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Yet Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, and Bulgaria say Ukrainian grain is too cheap and upsets local farmers. Guys, but the EU said it was for feeding the poor, and no
by f6v 4y ago
Yet Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, and Bulgaria say Ukrainian grain is too cheap and upsets local farmers. Guys, but the EU said it was for feeding the poor, and not for making pierogi. I’m so confused at this point.
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- yamtaddle 4y agoBoth could be true. A glut of product trying to make its way through ports & other logistic routes that it usually doesn't, might drive down the price of the product at those ports—while, globally, the supply might be lower and prices higher. Think up a toy case with some remote old-west town coming into a glut of some bulky, perishable good, but having only one train line to distribute it, and the potential for this effect becomes clear. Or an island, or whatever. The logistics systems in question aren't that isolated, obviously, but they still have limited capacity that's unlikely to go up much in response to anything perceived as only a temporary situation, so they absolutely might see local prices (including for export) depressed even as global prices rise. It's not implausible.
- f6v 4y agoI think it’s a lot of words trying to justify why the “grain deal” hasn’t achieved the declared goals. I’m sure lots of profit has been made though.