The Polish Oil Producers Association (PSPO), which represents 95% of Poland’s oil and fat processing plants, has appealed to Prime Minister Donald Tusk to intervene and amend the decree issued by the Ministry of Development and Technology on Sept. 15, 2023, which bans agricultural imports from Ukraine.
According to the association, the reason is a projected rapeseed shortage on the Polish market.
PSPO estimates that the shortfall could reach at least 0.5 million tons in the 2025/2026 season.
The association stressed that the current situation in the domestic oil industry is already "extremely difficult," as it is experiencing a shortage of raw materials for the 2024/2025 season. The processing capacity of Poland’s oil plants exceeds 4 million tons of rapeseed per year.
PSPO director general Adam Stępień noted that the 2023 decree banned the import of rapeseed from Ukraine, but did not prohibit the import of Ukrainian oil — a measure that further disadvantages Polish processors.
On July 16, the Ukrainian Parliament imposed a 10% export duty on soy and rapeseed.
Negotiations to update the EU-Ukraine free trade agreement include significantly increased quotas for the export of sensitive agricultural products compared to the limits that existed prior to the 2022 Autonomous Trade Measures (ATM).
As of June 6, 2025, the European Union officially reintroduced import quotas for Ukrainian goods.
In January, Polish farmers held protests in Warsaw against imports of agricultural products from Ukraine and what they saw as “harmful” EU agricultural policies.