Ukrainian businessmen complain to the New York Times about the decline in trade after the Maidan victory and the start of the sanctions war
On the consequences of the foreign policy of the Kyiv authorities in the economic sector says New York Times using the example of the decline of one of the largest chicken farms in Ukraine, “Slovyane”, located in the Makarovsky district of the Kyiv region, with its million chickens. “Our production volumes have fallen three times compared to pre-war turnover. And we could be one of the main players. After all, our egg costs four cents, while a Polish egg costs 25, and in Germany 35 cents,” says owner Oleg 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
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