Polish Processors Sound the Alarm: Domestic Oil Industry at Risk Without Ukrainian Rapeseed
The Polish Association of Oil Producers (PSPO), representing 95% of Poland’s oil and fat processing industry, has officially appealed to Prime Minister Donald Tusk to lift the import ban on rapeseed from Ukraine.
The reason is a projected shortage of at least 500,000 tons of rapeseed for the 2025/2026 season, which threatens the continued operation of processing plants. These facilities can handle over 4 million tons of rapeseed annually, but they are already facing a raw material deficit for the 2024/2025 season.
“The domestic oil industry is facing an extremely difficult situation,” PSPO stated.
PSPO also pointed to the inconsistency of the current regulation: the import of rapeseed is banned, yet Ukrainian rapeseed oil can still enter Poland freely, further hurting domestic processors.
The ban was imposed by the Polish Ministry of Development and Technology in September 2023, but now even producers themselves are calling for its revision.
Background:
- On June 6, 2025, the EU officially reinstated quotas on Ukrainian agricultural imports, including rapeseed.
- Ukraine’s Parliament introduced a 10% export duty on soy and rapeseed.
- At the same time, new trade agreements between Ukraine and the EU provide for expanded export quotas, compared to those before the 2022 Autonomous Trade Measures (ATM).
This situation highlights Europe’s growing dependence on Ukrainian agricultural raw materials and casts doubt on the effectiveness of unilateral trade restrictions.
Source: Money.pl
