Croatia is refusing to import Ukrainian grain and is considering imposing an embargo on agricultural products from Ukraine

Croatia will not import Ukrainian grain.

This according to a statement by the country’s Prime Minister, Andrej Plenković, as reported by Politico.

“The position and desire of Croatia are that we are a transit country, not a country that receives a large amount of Ukrainian grain, which is cheaper than ours, which would mean that our farmers would be in trouble,” Plenković said.

According to him, Zagreb is willing to provide its ports for grain transshipment services but nothing more. He also mentioned the possibility of imposing an embargo on Ukrainian agricultural products, following the example of Poland, Hungary and Slovakia.

When asked whether Croatia would implement a similar ban, Plenković would not say, but reiterated that Croatian ports were currently facilitating the passage of Ukrainian grain to third countries, according to reports.

Croatia offered use of its seaports to Ukraine while the latter’s access to the Black Sea is blocked by Russia, amid the Kremlin’s ongoing war.

“It is not known how much grain has been exported via Croatian ports but the route is “already popular,” Ukraine’s First Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said earlier this month.

Kyiv launched legal action on Monday against the three European Union countries at the World Trade Organization, over their refusal to drop a ban on Ukrainian agricultural products.