From 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.
Read MoreFrom January to March 2025, Ukraine imported 1,100 tons of live poultry: chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, and guinea fowl – 7.9% more than in the same period last year.
In monetary terms, imports for the first quarter reached $20.3 million, a 6.8% increase compared to the same period in 2024. The largest suppliers of live poultry to Ukraine in January–March this year were Poland (33.5%), Germany (26.3%), and Hungary (19.2%).
Read MoreAgrarian exports make up more than 50% of everything Ukraine sells abroad. Compared to March of the previous year, the level of exports increased by 4.5%.
Last year, the export of Ukrainian goods increased by 13%, and in March of this year, the positive trend of export growth continued, with a 4.5% increase compared to March of the previous year.
Read MoreAs of April 4, 2025, Ukraine’s wheat exports reached 13.254 million tons. The maximum export volume of wheat and wheat-rye mixtures (meslin) under the Ukrainian Commodity Code 1001 for the 2024/2025 marketing year was set at 16.2 million tons, as per the Annex to the Memorandum between the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and grain market participants. In the corresponding period of the 2023/2024 marketing year, wheat exports were 14.228 million tons.
Read MoreUkraine imported 40,000 tons of bananas in January-February 2025 for $39.74 million.
Banana imports in January-February 2024 reached 35,280 tons for $34.263 million. Banana imports for the full year 2023 totaled 201,000 tons for $201.6 million.
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The U.S. will not impose a 10% customs duty on goods from Ukrainian entrepreneurs valued up to $800. Customs duties will be applied to goods exceeding this value.
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