Hungary will add honey and certain meat products to a list of food items it has temporarily banned from being imported from Ukraine in an effort to relieve market pressures on Hungarian farmers, a government minister said Thursday.
Along with honey and meat, Hungary's government has banned the import of 25 Ukrainian products including grains, oil seeds, flour, and cooking oil until June 30, minister Gergely Gulyas told a news conference. The government will also require shipments of those products coming from third countries to be monitored as they enter Hungary to make sure they aren't coming from Ukraine, he said.
The EU on Wednesday signalled that it was willing to address the concerns of farmers in countries neighbouring Ukraine. Proposals by the European Commission include an initial support package of 56.3 million euros for the most affected farmers in the front-line countries with the possibility of a second package of 100 million euros.
A government spokesperson also announced Thursday that the government will require grocery chains to enact discounts on various food products in an effort to curb Hungary's 47% yearly increase on food prices, the highest in the EU.
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