The initial export ban was made a week ago by the government but did not sit well with the country’s grain growers, traders and indeed the European Commission, reports All About Feed.
Romanian Prime Minister Ludovic Orban made the decision in order to preserve the food supply within the country amidst the coronavirus pandemic and even threatened to seize the supply stocks.
The production of wheat and maize crops in Romania is four times bigger than the domestic consumption, and with there not being enough grain silos in the country to store this then it must be exported.
On Thursday afternoon, last week, however, the Romanian government did a complete U-turn and reversed the decision as pressure mounted on it to do so.
