Market overview of Ukraine as of December 28, 2025 by experts from Spike Brokers

As of December 25, 2025, Ukraine has harvested 17.4 million tons of oilseed crops (including soybeans) and 57.6 million tons of cereals and legumes, including 27.5 million tons of corn (of which 1 million tons in the last week). From December 1-25, 3.8 million tons of agricultural products were exported (4.3 million tons during the same period last year), including 416 thousand tons of wheat, 156 thousand tons of rapeseed, 1.7 million tons of corn, 65 thousand tons of barley, 280 thousand tons of soybeans, 313 thousand tons of sunflower oil, and 3 thousand tons of sunflower meal. Processing plants are forced to reduce sunflower processing volumes. The logistics difficulties caused by damage to port infrastructure force plants to incur higher costs for the sale of processed products, leading to a decrease in purchase prices for sunflower. Against this background, the export of sunflower to the EU is becoming increasingly relevant. The increase in energy and logistics costs raises ...