In May 2025, the Export Credit Agency (ECA) supported 1.14 billion UAH in exports by insuring 8 loans reaching 68.4 million UAH, issued by Ukrainian banks to entrepreneurs for fulfilling export contracts.
Read MoreIn June 2025, Ukraine exported 3.4 million tons of agricultural products, a 23.8% decrease compared to the previous month.
The structure of agricultural exports in June 2025 was as follows:
Read MoreHesburger Ukraine intends to invest more than €12 million to open at least 10 new restaurants in Ukraine’s western regions over the next 5 years.
The Finnish family-owned fast-food chain, Hesburger, was founded in 1966. As of 2025, it operates over 480 restaurants in 9 countries, including Ukraine, where 7 restaurants are currently located in Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast, employing approximately 75 staff members.
Read MoreIn January-May 2025, Ukraine boosted its processed cast iron exports by 45.2% in physical terms compared to the same period last year, rising from 507,106 tons to 736,418 tons.
Over this period, cast iron exports in monetary terms increased by 53.2%, reaching $290.546 million.
Exports were primarily directed to the USA (79.11% of shipments in monetary terms), Italy (10.23%), and Turkey (5.90%).
Read MoreIn June, the volume of agricultural exports from Ukraine by road transport reached 262,700 tons, a 19% decrease compared to May.
Read MoreUkraine sold 19,200 tons of honey on foreign markets in January-May 2025, according to the State Customs Service. The country earned $41.57 million from honey exports.
Starting June 6, 2025, updated rules for trading Ukrainian agricultural products with the EU came into effect.
Read MoreFor the first time in history, Ukrainian pig farming has become part of Agribenchmark, a leading global platform that unites pig farms worldwide to evaluate production efficiency, competitiveness, and sustainability.
Read MoreIn January-May 2025, Ukraine exported 7,900 tons of butter, 4.2 times more than in the same period last year.
In monetary terms, exports for the first five months of this year increased by 4.7 times compared to the same period last year, reaching $56.4 million.
The largest buyers of domestic butter in the first five months of 2025 were Moldova (20.5%), Poland (14.7%), and Lithuania (12.2%).
Read MoreIn the first half of June 2025, foreign trade in dairy products reached $19.5 million, a 29% decrease compared to the first half of May.
The industry association noted that dairy export volumes decreased by 44%, while import volumes dropped by 4%. The export-to-import ratio in June was 0.96, compared to 1.6 in May and 1.2 in April.
Read MorePromising areas for German business: Ukraine's reconstruction, defence, energy, IT and digitalisation. Ukraine has become Germany's most important trade partner in Eastern Europe by the end of 2024, surpassing Russia for the first time in terms of trade turnover.
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