The European Union is preparing to move forward in the imposition of duties in the imported grain from Russia and Belarusto appease farmers and some member states, reports today’s (Tuesday) report in the Financial Times, citing sources familiar with the plans in Brussels.

The European Commission is expected to announce in the coming daysthe imposition of a duty of 95 euros per ton of cereals from Russia and Belarus, the newspaper said, adding that 50% tariffs are also planned on oilseeds and products produced by their processing.

Farmers across the European Union are calling for restrictions imposed on them under the Green Deal to tackle climate change to be eased and tariffs on imported Ukrainian agricultural products again. These tariffs were lifted when the Russian army invaded Ukrainian territory in February 2022.

Farmers in neighboring countries, the Poland, Hungary and Slovakia —all three are EU member states— stress that this decision it dealt them a heavy blow, as it pushed down the prices of their products.

The Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk, where in recent days there have been mass agricultural mobilizations, similar to the one in the rest of the EU, has proposed to ban the import of agricultural products from Russia and Belarus.

The imports of the products to be targeted reached 4 million tons in 2023, or about 1% of total consumption in the EU, a record amount, according to the Financial Times report.