On Monday, June 2, the European Union and Ukraine began the first formal negotiations on new trade conditions that will replace the autonomous trade measures establishing a preferential trade regime for Ukrainian exporters.
This was announced at a briefing in Brussels on June 2 by European Commission spokesperson Olof Gill.
The European Commission spokesperson stated that the first negotiations on new long-term...
Read MoreThe domestic hazelnut market in Ukraine consists of 1,000 tons (4,000 tons in-shell) of imported products and 1,000 tons of domestically produced hazelnuts.
Read MoreFor the 11 months of the 2024/2025 marketing year (MY), Ukraine exported 38.303 million tons of grain and leguminous crops.
According to the provided data, as of June 2 in the 2024/2025 MY, Ukraine exported 14.8 million tons of wheat (compared to 17.4 million tons last year), 2.3 million tons of barley (compared to 2.4 million tons last year), 10.8 thousand tons of rye (compared to 1.6 thousand tons), and 20.5 million tons of corn (compared to 26....
Read MoreIn May, Ukraine reduced its electricity exports by more than 40% compared to the previous month, reaching 92,500 MWh.
According to monitoring data, the largest share of electricity was exported to Hungary, accounting for nearly 37% of the total volume.
Compared to the previous month, the most significant reduction in exports was to Moldova. However, compared to May 2024, electricity exports increased 22-fold.
Read MoreIn April, the volume of IT exports from Ukraine amounted to $569 million, which is $24 million (or almost 4.4% more) than in March. At the same time, last year in April, Ukrainian IT exports amounted to $545 million.
The total amount of IT exports for the first four months of 2025 is $2,138 million, which is $3 million more than for the same period in 2024.
The publication recalled that in April 2023, IT exports brought in $539 million. The largest April revenue was in 2022 – $578 million.
Read MoreFrom January to April 2025, Ukraine exported 7,100 tons of live cattle, 2.2 times more than in the same period last year.
In monetary terms, exports generated 2.9 times more revenue than in January–April 2024, reaching $16 million.
The largest buyers of Ukrainian live cattle during these four months were Lebanon (76.9%), Libya (13.9%), and Kazakhstan (7.3%).
Read MoreUkraine is rapidly increasing its exports of dairy products, particularly butter, to EU countries.
In the first five months of 2025, Ukraine’s dairy product exports exceeded $25 million, surpassing the totals for the entire years of 2023 ($15 million) and 2024 ($17 million).
The primary growth is attributed to exports to the EU, particularly butter and skimmed milk powder (SMP).
Read MoreIn Ukraine, excise tax revenues from domestically produced and imported goods for January–May 2025 reached UAH 69.7 billion, compared to UAH 46.9 billion for the same period last year.
Over these five months, the budget exceeded projections by UAH 11.3 billion (+19.3%). In May 2025 alone, excise tax revenues reached UAH 15.3 billion.
The overperformance is driven by an increase in imports of excisable goods,...
Read MoreFrom September to April of the 2025/26 marketing year, Ukraine exported only 3.3 million tons of sunflower oil, a quarter less than the same period in the previous season, marking the lowest volume for this period since the 2016/17 marketing year.
While the EU remains the key market for Ukrainian sunflower oil, its position in the Asian market is weakening.
Read MoreThe Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved amendments to Resolutions No. 341 and No. 644, which regulate the activities of industrial parks. The Ministry of Economy is now accepting applications for state support for industrial parks in 2025. The application period will run until August 15.
The amendments make the application process and allocation of funding more flexible.
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