The original ban was introduced in 2023 to protect Hungarian farmers from cheap Ukrainian imports flooding the markets
Hungary has restored a ban on Ukrainian food imports after the new government “accidentally” allowed the restrictions to lapse.
The ban, covering around 20 categories of agricultural goods, was introduced in 2023 after former Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government declared an emergency over the economic fallout of the Ukraine conflict.
Budapest argued that cheap Ukrainian imports flooded EU border markets after Brussels lifted tariffs, undercutting Hungarian farmers and destabilizing the agriculture sector.
While transit shipments were allowed, imports for the Hungarian market were restricted, and the ban stayed in place even after the EU replaced its temporary tariff-free regime with a trade pact last year.
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