Lithuanian vegetable farmers claim that Russian-grown cucumbers and tomatoes are entering Lithuania through Belarus and Poland with falsified origin documents. The country's agriculture vice-minister says EU restrictions could solve the problem.
"The main problem is preventing these goods from entering the EU. There is already free movement of goods within the EU, and it is more difficult to control it without border checks, so the main task is to restrict the entry of these goods into the common market," Vytenis Tomkus told Lrt Radio on Wednesday.
In March, he noted, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, and the Czech Republic called on the European Commission to weigh in and consider restricting food imports from Russia and Belarus. At the moment, there are no sanctions on food products.
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