Ministers ask for team to counter Russian embargo

Polish Minister of Agriculture Marek Sawicki together with the Deputy Prime Minister and  Minister of Economy Janusz Piechocinski have motioned for the creation of a special body designed to minimize the negative impact of the Russian embargo on Poland’s economy. According to Sawicki’s predictions, the Polish fruit and vegetable branch is going to lose PLN 160 billion by the end of the year due to Russian restrictions on imports from Poland. Current compensations to the producers are expected to be as high as PLN  80-100 billion in total. The minister of agriculture opts for a special meeting between the newly established team and the European Commission in order to gather further support for his initiative. In 2013, Poland exported over 800 thousand metric tons of products currently forbidden by the embargo.