Will exporters take advantage of increase trade in food?

The government has signed an agreement with the EU for the partial lib eralization of the agriculture products trade. This will come into force on April 1 and allow more Polish specialties to be sold on the common market, such as powdered milk, meat conserves and vegetable-related goods. In return Poland will cancel some of its quotas for importing EU wines. Moreover, a total liberalization of rice and durum type wheat and some fruit and v egetables were also agreed upon. Poland was the last of the candidate countries to sign such an agreement with the EU and according to the EU Agriculture Commissioner this is an important step in preparing Poland to fully open its food market in 15 months. The European Commission estimates that the agreement will not affect the foreign trade balance of neither party. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B3) M.M.