This year, due to crop failure, Ukraine increased potato imports by 90%

Published 2024년 12월 4일

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In 2024, Ukraine experienced a below-expectation vegetable harvest, leading to increased potato imports, while imports of other vegetables like onions, garlic, carrots, cabbage, and cucumbers decreased due to better domestic production. The value of fruit and berry imports remained stable compared to 2023. Major vegetable suppliers to Ukraine include Turkey, Poland, and the Netherlands. Despite a 25% drop in vegetable production in 2022, improvements in 2023 reduced import needs, though high prices persist due to lower harvest quality and quantity, especially for cabbage, apples, grapes, and potatoes. The domestic market is expected to rely mainly on local production, but uncertainties and high risks remain for 2025.

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This year's harvest was far from planned, so Ukraine was forced to increase supplies of some vegetables. The volume of potato imports has increased significantly, but other vegetables are dismantling the completely opposite dynamics. Bohdan Dukhnytskyi, a senior researcher at the Department of Economics of Agrarian Production and International Integration of the National Research Center "Institute of Agrarian Economics", reports SEEDS. It is noted that according to the results of 10 months of 2024, there was a decrease in the value of vegetable supplies to Ukraine, which affected their quantity. At the same time, the total value of the import of fruits and berries remained at the level of 2023. With regard to the dynamics of import purchases for 10 months of 2024 in the vegetable group, the fact that, although relatively insignificant, there was a 90% increase in potato purchases from last year's base is noteworthy. This is due to the fact that this year's harvest was far from ...

Source: Agrobusiness