In the 2024/2025 marketing year, Ukraine exported 34.345 million tons of grains and legumes, a 4.263 million tons, or 12.4% decrease, compared to last year. Wheat exports reached 13.558 million tons, a decrease of 1.453 million tons, or 10.7%, from the previous year. Ukrainian farmers also exported 2.247 million tons of barley and 10,800 tons of rye. Corn exports reached 18.027 million tons, decreasing by 3.140 million tons, or 17.4%, compared to last year.
Read MoreIn January–March 2025, Ukraine reduced imports of nickel and nickel products by 49.3%, to $3.9 million.
In March, imports reached $1.92 million.
Exports of nickel products tripled, reaching $361,000 compared to $94,000 last year, with $328,000 in March alone.
In 2024, imports increased by 73.7% to $26.73 million, while exports increased to $602,000 (+13%).
Read MoreIn the first quarter of 2025, Ukraine exported 192 tons of mollusks, 11.5% decrease compared to the same period last year. In monetary terms, mollusk exports reached $578,000, a 4.6% decrease from January–March 2024. The main buyers of Ukrainian mollusks in Q1 2025 were Spain (83%), Italy (4.2%), and Lithuania (3.8%).
Read MoreIn the first three months of 2025, 127.8 thousand civilian unmanned aerial vehicles were imported into Ukraine, with a total value of $371.3 million.
In terms of value, this is $103 million (or 39%) more than the same period in 2024.
Customs noted that customs duty exemptions were applied to 98% of all imported drones.
Read MoreChina continues to actively purchase Brazilian corn, while interest in Ukrainian corn remains low. In the 2024/2025 marketing year (September–March), exports to China reached only about 120,000 tons, 20 times less than the previous year. So far, there are no signs of growing demand.
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Read MoreFrom January to March 2025, Ukraine imported 2,600 tons of pork, a 3.8-fold increase compared to the same period last year.
In monetary terms, pork imports for the first quarter increased 3.2 times compared to the same period in 2024, reaching $5.4 million.
In January–March 2025, pork was primarily imported from Denmark (84.6%), the Netherlands (9.4%), and Poland (4.5%).
Read MoreIn March, China significantly cut grain imports from its main suppliers, with the largest reductions affecting Ukraine and the EU.
The country reduced grain imports nearly fourfold to $463.9 million, slashing corn imports by 23 times and wheat by 10.6 times.
Read MoreIn Ukraine, within two months of the online portal for international routes being operational, carriers submitted 400 applications for opening, extending, or amending routes.
The Ministry of Development has already approved decisions to open 57 new routes, extend 14 routes, and amend 15 routes. Additionally, 20 routes have received approval from destination countries.
Read MoreThis season, Ukraine significantly increased sunflower oil exports to India and Iraq, despite a smaller sunflower harvest. India remains the largest buyer of Ukrainian sunflower oil, accounting for 23% of the market. From September to April, 519,000 tons were supplied to India, which is twice as much as the 209,000 tons in the same period last year.
Read MoreIn the first quarter of 2025, the supply of foreign cheeses to Ukraine increased, and they now account for nearly half of the population’s consumption in national supermarket chains. From January to February 2025, large national retail chains provided 47% of domestic cheese consumption with imported products.
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