Slovakia has joined Poland and Hungary in banning grain imports from Ukraine, as farmers argue that imports from Ukraine have lowered prices and reduced their sales. This has caused pressure on Brussels to find a European Union-wide solution to the matter, however, Warsaw and Budapest have already announced bans on some imports from Ukraine at the weekend, with other countries in Eastern Europe considering following suit. Kyiv aims to re-open food and grain transit via Poland “as a first step” to ending import bans, however, no solution has been found yet to guarantee that the grain in transit would not end up on the local market. Meanwhile, Russian demands are making the prospect of exporting millions of tons of Ukrainian grain via the Black Sea, despite the Ukraine war, uncertain. EU envoys are scheduled to discuss Poland and Hungary’s bans on Wednesday.