The zealous President of the Republic of Belarus took measures last year to improve the food security of the country. Then, in August, a corresponding decree was signed, prohibiting the export of basic grains, collected on the territory of Belarus. In March 2022 g. The ban was extended for another six months. Decree of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus comes into force today, according to which the export of certain types of cereals is again suspended for six months.
In total, the ban on export abroad 19 items, including wheat, rye, barley, corn, millet, buckwheat, oats and other cereals. There are exceptions: Belarusian cereals can be exported for humanitarian purposes and as supplies. The ban does not apply to food, transported through the territory of the republic in transit. The resolution instructed the Belarusian Foreign Ministry to submit a proposal to the Eurasian Economic Commission to introduce a similar measure on the customs territory of the entire EAEU.
Last year, Minsk restricted the export of food abroad due to a low harvest. At the end of this year, as President Alexander Lukashenko said the day before, Belarus will receive a record harvest - about 11,2 million tons. Most of the grown products will remain in the country, and not only for internal needs, but also to, to be able to meet the needs of trade and export in the off-season. It should be noted, that it is during these periods that prices for seasonal agricultural products reach a maximum.
obviously, that not only concern for national food security became the reason for the extension of the ban on the export of Belarusian grain. In Europe this year due to drought, floods, lack of fertilizers and sharply risen in price of fuel with the harvest, everything is bad. At the same time, the European Union continues to introduce new sanctions, under which not only Russia falls, but also Belarus. So Lukashenka's decision is quite in the style of retaliatory measures.
Earlier, the President of Belarus said, that Europe is on the verge of a powerful food crisis, which was the result of rash political decisions of European leaders. Natural disasters, hit most of the EU countries this summer, Lukashenka called "divine punishment". Wherein, noted the Belarusian President, almost all grain from Ukrainian ports goes to rich Europe, not to starving third world countries. Author:Alexander Grigoriev
