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At the end of October, updated conditions of the free trade area between Ukraine and the EU will start to apply, which provide for a substantial increase in quotas for duty-free export of certain agricultural goods from Ukraine. 

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In the 2024/25 marketing year, Romania plans to import a record volume of soybeans.

Available statistics for September–July show that approximately 270 thousand tonnes of soybeans were imported, which is already an absolute record for the country.

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In 2025, currant production in Ukraine has practically stabilized after declining by 6–7% annually since 2022.

Ukraine has also managed to restore fresh currant export volumes to 2022 levels.

The main importer remains Poland – over 90% of exports. Exports to Moldova, which was previously one of the key partners in this category, have also been resumed.

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The volume of rail transportation of cake and meal in export traffic for the first 14 days of October reached 132.9 thousand tonnes. This is 3.5 times more than in September and 20% higher than the volume for the corresponding period last year.

Currently, 72% of cake and meal is transported through western border crossings, while 28% is shipped toward seaports.

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Under the Grain from Ukraine initiative, since 2022 Ukraine has sent more than 300 thousand tonnes of agricultural products to countries in need.

Food has been delivered to 18 of the world’s most vulnerable countries.

Russia’s aggressive war against Ukraine remains one of the main causes of the current global food crisis.

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In the three quarters of this year, Ukraine increased imports of lard by 18.5%. This also includes pork fat and poultry fat. That is, we are talking about 12.8 thousand tonnes.

In monetary terms, lard imports reached the level of 14.7 million dollars. This is 7.3% more than in January–September of last year.

The largest suppliers during this period were Poland (68%), Germany (14.2%) and Spain (8.8%).

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An audit in remote format has begun in Ukraine by the competent authority of Great Britain – the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (DEFRA) – aimed at opening the British market for the export of Ukrainian beef.

The purpose of the audit is to assess the Ukrainian system of state control over the production, processing and export of beef, in particular compliance with... Read More

Rapeseed processors in Ukraine have recently in some cases lowered prices due to the suspension of rapeseed purchases as they plan to switch to sunflower, where a fairly good crush margin is currently also observed.

Overall, rapeseed bid prices varied within a wide range – 22,000–23,800 UAH/t CPT-plant.

At the same time, the rapid rise in sunflower prices and the shrinking supply of rapeseed prevented the market... Read More

Ukraine since the beginning of 2025 has already opened 17 new markets for the export of agricultural products. 

In particular, to Albania domestic exporters will be able to supply food eggs, to the Eurasian Economic Union – raw materials of non-food animals for the production of feeds, and to Georgia – composite products that contain poultry meat and dairy ingredients, brought to culinary readiness. To Canada the supply of table eggs and apples... Read More

Over the first 9 months of 2025, the Export-Credit Agency of Ukraine (ECA) provided insurance support for Ukrainian non-commodity exports worth 9.49 billion UAH. This is more than 66.5% higher than in the same period last year (5.7 billion UAH).

From January to September 2025, ECA insured credit agreements for a total of more than 1.18 billion UAH.

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