Europe is experiencing its worst refugee crisis since World War II. More than five million people have fled to neighboring countries since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, according to the United Nations. In this context, A group of Argentine companies decided to donate 10 tons of peanuts, which will leave for Poland in the coming days.

There are about five tons of peanut paste and five tons of ready-roasted peanuts that are already packaged and labeled with a heart made from peanuts. They will travel to the container on a flight led by Argentine film director and pilot Enrique Pineiro. The flight was scheduled to take place a few days ago, but had to be postponed due to a technical problem.

“After the start of this war, when we saw the plight of Ukrainian refugees in Poland and other countries, we wanted to make a donation to alleviate it.”– said Edoardo Fracanzan, CEO of the Peanut Chamber of Argentina, which brings together 20 companies that have donated their products to the event.

He said when the idea came up, all the members of the chamber agreed. “When you can, you should try to help as much as you can,” he added.

According to the executive, the majority Argentine companies have strong commercial ties with both Ukraine and Russia, which are significant consumers of this food.

According to data provided by the Rosario Stock Exchange, exports of peanuts to Russia last year amounted to 38,545 tons, the country’s foreign exchange earnings amounted to 50.6 million US dollars. Meanwhile, in relation to Ukraine, they amounted to 1071 tons, worth $ 1.4 million.

The director noted that the average consumption of peanuts in Argentina is one kilogram per capita per year, so along with the goods there are peanuts per 10,000 people.

It is noteworthy that Argentina is a world leading exporter of high quality peanuts and a leading supplier to the European market.

At the CAM, they stressed that the initiative was made possible by the joint work of the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Argentine Embassy in Poland, through which it was possible to establish contact with the government agency of this country, which distributes humanitarian aid to refugees. I also know Managed to count on the support of white helmets.

He explained that companies from other sectors joined the solidarity action with these products, so that they sent a significant number of pallets not only of peanuts, but also of other food products such as milk powder and legumes.

“The situation of this war has affected the whole world and also the peanut growers, who have strong commercial ties with these directions. “For this reason, they decided to carry out this solidarity action and send a batch of products to Poland, where there are thousands of refugees,” Frakanzan said.