Ukraine continues to play a key role as one of the world’s major grain suppliers. In the 2025/26 marketing year, according to preliminary estimates, the country may export around 14 million tons of wheat, 25 million tons of corn, and 1.52 million tons of barley. This represents approximately 6%, 12%, and 4% of global exports of these crops, respectively.

This was announced by Taras Vysotskyi, Deputy Minister of Economy, Environment and Agriculture of Ukraine, during his online presentation at the International Grains Council (IGC Grains Conference 2026).

It is becoming increasingly important for Ukraine to increase the share of processed products in its agricultural exports. In particular, to expand processing in the following areas: grain, soybean, rapeseed, feed ingredients, biofuels, and the bioeconomy. This requires investment in processing capacity, access to financing, war risk insurance, stable trade policy, harmonization of standards with the EU, and investment protection.

This approach will strengthen Ukraine’s position in foreign markets, increase export resilience, and boost the economic returns from the agricultural sector.

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