He expressed this opinion on Espreso TV.
“If we are talking about our responsibility in the situation with the ban on imports of Ukrainian products through the territory of certain countries, then, in my opinion, we have oversaturated the Eastern European market. Obviously, this is also a question of the game rules for our producers and carriers, who sometimes ignore them. After all, the agricultural products that were supposed to be in transit often ended up in these Eastern European countries,” Kulyk explained.
The political scientist noted that Ukrainian associations that provided support for agricultural products should have monitored the situation more closely.
“For example, Ukrainian honey has captured more than 70% of the Polish market. Therefore, Polish producers say that they are now actually going bankrupt. This suggests that, given a favorable situation, our leading associations that have been providing international support for the foreign economic activity of Ukrainian companies should participate in this competition not only on paper,” he added.
On April 15, Poland approved a ban on the import of Ukrainian grain and other food products to Poland. The government emphasized that this decision does not change the country's position on support and friendship with Ukraine.
On April 16, Bulgaria said it was considering refusing to import Ukrainian grain.
A spokesman for the European Commission said that unilateral actions by EU member states on trade are unacceptable.
On April 18, it became known that Poland would receive EUR 30 million in aid from the EU amid the crisis with Ukrainian grain.
After that, Warsaw decided to unblock the transit of Ukrainian agricultural products to European ports on April 21.
Bulgaria also imposed a temporary ban on imports of grain and food products from Ukraine, but made an exception for transit goods.