Ukraine has gained new leading positions in the rankings of world exporters of agricultural products

Published 2021년 6월 30일

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In 2020, despite the pandemic, Ukraine maintained high positions in the global rankings of exporters of certain agri-food products and took the leading position in terms of exports of meal and cake, millet, barley, honey, rapeseed, and other agricultural products. The country also became the leader in sunflower oil exports, with foreign sales reaching a record 6860 thousand tons. Ukraine also increased its sales of meal and cake, millet, and honey, becoming the second largest exporter of barley, honey, and rapeseed. However, the export of fresh or chilled peas in 2020 continued to decline, resulting in Ukraine dropping from second to third. The country also continued to occupy a place in the top ten of the world market for many other products.

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In 2020, Ukraine, despite significant restrictions on international trade due to the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, managed to maintain high positions in the global rankings of exporters of certain agri-food products. Ukraine also took the leading position in terms of exports of meal and cake, millet, barley, honey, rapeseed and other agricultural products. This was stated by a senior researcher at the Department of Economics of Agricultural Production and International Integration of the National Research Center "Institute of Agrarian Economics", Ph.D. Bohdan Dukhnytskyi, informs Kurkul.com. According to him, Ukraine has already taken the first place in terms of sunflower oil exports. Last year, foreign sales of this product reached a record 6860 thousand tons. By increasing sales of meal and cake (mainly from sunflower) from 4957 thousand tons in 2019 to 5 522 thousand tons (+11%) in 2020, Ukraine has become a leader among exporters of these products in the ...

Source: Agropolit