EU Lawmakers Approve Tariffs on Russian Fertilizer Imports

We’re losing money because of these European decisions that treat us like pawns who don’t matter,

he said

Time is running out. We’ve been basically calling for action at the EU level for three years,

said Tiffanie Stephani of Yara, a Norwegian fertilizer giant

The proposed regulation would increase tariffs for the concerned goods originating in or exported directly or indirectly from the Russian Federation or the Republic of Belarus to a level high enough to halt the importation of these goods,

says the explanatory note to the draft Regulation, the text of which has been seen by European Pravda

The aim of this Regulation is to eliminate dependencies on imports from Russia and to prevent circumvention through Belarus. Through increased import duties and prohibitive tariffs, the Russian share of fertiliser import into the EU will gradually be replaced by other sources. Some of the EU Member States have already decoupled from Russian nitrogen-based fertilisers, without seeing shortages of supply or market price increases,

the explanatory note explains

European farmers must not become collateral damage."

warned Copa-Cogeca, adding