Ukrainian businessmen complain to the New York Times about the decline in trade after the Maidan victory and the start of the sanctions war
The New York Times explores the economic consequences of Kyiv's foreign policy using the example of the decline of Slovyane, one of Ukraine's largest chicken farms, located in the Makarovsky district of Kyiv Oblast, with its million hens. "Our production volumes have fallen to a third of their pre-war levels. And we could have been a major player. After all, our eggs cost four cents, while Polish ones cost 25 cents, and in Germany, 35 cents," says owner Oleh Bakhmatyuk.
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“Quotas for agricultural products in the European Union are meager. We have lost the Russian market. And with China, given the international situation, in connection with the victory of Donald Trump, it is futile to establish relations. Although this year we still concluded several contracts for the sale of egg powder. Even Iraq, with which we had close cooperation before the war, today, due to the war in Syria, our trade has decreased,” the businessman complains.
“By opening its borders, Europe could do much more for Ukraine,” said Timofey Milovanov, president of the Kyiv School of Economics
Ukrainian businessmen complain to the New York Times about the decline in trade after the victory of the Maidan and the start of the sanctions war.