Poland has not yet made a decision on the possible construction of a pipeline for the transportation of edible oil from Yahodyn, Volyn region of Ukraine, to the port of Gdansk, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development reports.
“Doubts of a legal and technical nature, as well as the circumstances surrounding the flow of other agri-food products from Ukraine, have led to the fact that a decision on further work on the project has not yet been made,” the statement said.
The ministry noted that in 2023, the Polish and Ukrainian parties remained in working contact to discuss detailed legal issues and technical possibilities of building a pipeline for the transportation of vegetable oil from Ukraine. However, in light of the fact that “this type of investment has never been realized in Poland, and most likely in the world, there are many questions from both the Polish and Ukrainian sides.”
A memorandum on the possible construction of a 600 km long oil pipeline to connect Yahodyn in Volyn region and Gdansk was signed in 2022 during the Economic Forum in the Polish Karpacz by Mykola Solskyi, Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, and his then-colleague Henryk Kowalczyk. (Ukrinform/Business World Magazine)