Ukraine: Results of agricultural exports to EU countries in 2020

In total, in 2020, supplies of domestic agricultural products to the European Union amounted to 6.7 billion dollars. The United States, having decreased against the previous year's figure by 10.7%, said Deputy Director of the National Research Center "Institute of Agrarian Economics", Academician of NAAS Mykola Pugachev. The reason for this, he explained, were both restrictions related to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic and some other circumstances, including bird flu, due to which the European Union imposed a ban on the supply of Ukrainian chicken. As a result, last year there was a reduction in the quantity and value of sales of all major export items, except for sunflower oil. The commodity structure of domestic supplies to the European Union largely repeats the general one. It accounts for more than 80% of exports of cereals and oilseeds, fats and oils, and processing residues. Interestingly, the scientist noted that the European Union is the main market for a number of ...