7 March 2022 - The Croatian Chamber of Agriculture (HPK) on Monday reported about a request from the European associations of farmers and agri-cooperatives Copa and Cogeca for the EU to protect its agriculture from the possible consequences of two major crises - the war in Ukraine and climate change.

The HPK recalls in a statement that Copa and Cogeca have asked the EU to do its best for all available land to be sown in 2022 so as to compensate for the blockade of Russian and Ukrainian agricultural production due to the ongoing war in Ukraine.

Maximum effort needs to be invested to prevent supply chain disruptions that will inevitably lead to food shortages in certain parts of the world. That is an important question of food sovereignty and democratic stability, the two associations said at a coordination meeting focusing on the humanitarian situation in the wake of the Ukraine war.

"The strong solidarity of the farmers' community with the Ukrainian people is real and evident in all member-countries. Farmers have already started welcoming refugees on their farms, they have already organised the first convoys and in addition to food, they are also sending other supplies as well as financial donations," HPK president Mladen Jakopović said.

He noted that Copa-Cogeca would soon publish on its website more information for farmers, cooperatives and all citizens wishing to support actions by the EU's farm community, and that Croatian famers and the HPK would join in as well.

In the coming days the Ukrainian farmers' organisation UNAF will join the European farm community and become a partner to Copa-Cogeca.

Copa-Cogeca expects the European Commission to adopt on 8 March comprehensive measures for a strong European response to the current humanitarian and economic crisis, the HPK said.

As Poslovni Dnevnik/Sergej Novosel Vuckovic writes on the 6th of June, 2019, the economic cooperation between the Republic of Croatia and Russia is growing, with more Croatian companies appearing on the Russian market, and with that, more and more Russian tourists are coming to Croatia.

It's easily seen that there has been significant growth in terms of Croatia's economic cooperation with Russia, and there are now more and more Russian tourists visiting the country, and according to the experience of the Croatian Chamber of Commerce's (HGK) Moscow office, more and more Croatian companies and entrepreneurs are looking for opportunities on the large Russian market, at least according to HGK's Luka Burilović who made the statement from St. Petersburg, where the Croatian Chamber of Commerce's delegation led by Economy Minister Darko Horvat participated in the International Economic Forum SPIEF recently.

The gathering is considered as one of the world's largest business meeting venues for business interests in Russia and on developing markets.

In the name of HGK, Burilović held a meeting with Russia's Sergej Čerjomin, on further possible economic cooperation and the organisation of the forums of Croatian and Moscow companies on July the 1st.

The worth of trade in goods between Croatia and Russia currently stands at about three billion dollars, but the goal is to reach and eventually surpass the former 3.4 billion dollar amount. Some Croatian companies are major exporters to Russia, such as AD Plastik and Belupo, which have both been recently awarded as the best Croatian exporters to the Russian Federation last year.

The fact that the Petersburg forum was the place to be for all things business was highlighted by the fact that its guest was the president of China, Xi Jinping.

Detailed discussions were held about trends in international economics, human development, environment and trade, technological achievements and much more between 5,000 representatives of both political and business circles, scientists, the public and media from all over the world.

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