In the first month of the 2025/2026 marketing year (MY), Ukraine exported 78 thousand tons of soy, which is almost three times less than last year's September figure.
In September, traders offered premium prices for fast deliveries to cover deficit export volumes. However, over the past week, export prices for GMO soy decreased by $5-10 per ton, to $388–390 per ton, or 16,800–17,000 UAH per ton with delivery to Black Sea ports.
Read MoreFrom January to September 2025, goods worth $60.1 billion were imported into Ukraine, and goods worth $29.5 billion were exported. At the same time, taxable imports amounted to $45.9 billion, which is 76% of the total volume of imported goods.
The countries from which the most goods were imported into Ukraine: China – $13.3 billion, Poland – $5.7 billion, and Germany – $4.8 billion.
Read MoreIn August 2025, the Export Credit Agency (ECA) supported exports worth UAH 282.7 million.
Among banks, the largest partners of the agency during this period were Kreditwest Bank, which facilitated UAH 156.6 million in export support by providing UAH 102.2 million in loans to businesses, Oschadbank with UAH 59.2 million, and Ukrgasbank, which issued UAH 22.1 million in loans, securing UAH 39.9 million in future export revenue.
Read MoreIn 2025, Azerbaijan significantly increased potato supplies to foreign markets, particularly to Ukraine.
Main export directions (January-July 2025):
Read MoreUkraine exported 16.8 thousand tons of apples worth $10.1 million, a 64% decrease in volume compared to the 2023/24 season, when exports reached approximately 47 thousand tons.
Read MoreFrom January to August 2025, Ukraine imported 119.8 thousand tons of frozen fish (excluding fish fillets), a 13.4% decrease compared to the same period in 2024.
In monetary terms, frozen fish imports dropped by 2.5% compared to January-August 2024, reaching $253.5 million.
The largest suppliers of frozen fish in January-August 2025 were Iceland (17.4%), Norway (13.4%), and the USA (11.6%).
Read MoreUkraine has imposed restrictions on the import of poultry products from Canada due to avian influenza.
Read MoreFor many years, Ukraine has steadily been among the top five suppliers of organic products to the EU. Currently, Ukraine has 260 certified operators compliant with national organic legislation and 436 operators compliant with EU and/or U.S. legislation.
Two certification bodies are now operational in Ukraine, reflecting growing demand and interest from producers.
Read MoreIn August 2025, Ukraine’s IT export volume reached $540 million, which is $15 million (or 2.7%) less than in July.
However, the August 2024 figure was even lower, at $507 million.
Overall, for the first 8 months of 2025, IT exports reached $4,305 million, surpassing the $4,259 million recorded for the same period in 2024.
Read MoreFive companies accounted for 87% of Ukraine’s total sugar export volume in the 2024/25 marketing year.
The top-5 sugar exporters from the previous season included: Radekhiv Sugar; Astarta-Kyiv; Ukrprominvest-Agro; A’SPIK Group; Teofipol Sugar Plant.
In the 2024/25 marketing year (September to August), Ukraine supplied 580 thousand tons of sugar to foreign markets for a total of $294 million.
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