Fewer barriers to agricultural trade with Hungary as quotas are reviewed

Poland is to increase its quota on certain foods imported from Hungary. The limit for processed tomatoes will increase from 3,000 tonnes to 7,000 tonnes, and later this year a further 4,000 tonnes will be allowed. The new quotas allow for importation of 25,000 tonnes of corn (duty-free), 2,000 tonnes of pork (25% duty),1.5 tonnes of poultry (28% duty), and 50,000 thousand tonnes of wheat (15% duty). This will add zl. 15.23 million to the budget deficit, but can not be treated as losses because Poland is a signatory of the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA). (Rzeczpospolita, page B2) M.M.