For the first time in 5 years, Ukraine imported a significant share of vegetables

Published 2022년 10월 27일

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In the first eight months of 2022, Ukraine experienced a notable shift in its agricultural imports, with vegetables making up about 7% of foreign agricultural supplies, marking a significant increase of 43% from the previous year, totaling $263 million. This surge is largely attributed to the loss of domestic production due to the impact of the Russian Federation's aggression, particularly in key vegetable-growing regions. Turkey and Poland have emerged as major suppliers, contributing to over half of Ukraine's vegetable imports, mainly tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, and carrots. This reliance on imported vegetables is anticipated to persist throughout the year due to the ongoing constraints on domestic production.

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In eight months of 2022, for the first time in at least the last 5 years, a significant share - about 7% - in the structure of foreign supplies of agricultural products to Ukraine fell on vegetables, said a senior researcher of the Department of Agricultural Production Economics and International Integration of the National Research Center "Institute of Agrarian Economics", d .e.n. Bohdan Dukhnytskyi. According to the State Customs Service of Ukraine, in January-August 2022, the volume of vegetable imports amounted to 263 million dollars. USA. This is actually 43% more than the corresponding indicator of 2021 of $185 million, the scientist informed. In general, in terms of the value of purchases abroad, vegetables became the fourth in the rating of imported agro-food products after fruits, fish and oil crops. This situation is related to the consequences of the Russian Federation's large-scale aggression in Ukraine. This is, first of all, about the loss of a significant part of ...

Source: Agrotimes