Ukraine has more than halved the export of pasta

Due to the war and its negative impact, Ukraine more than halved its pasta export last year (to 18,000 tons), lost its previous positions and took 47th place in the world ranking. Thus, the five-year trend of increasing foreign sales of dough products, which was supported by specialized companies even during the COVID-19 pandemic, was broken. This was reported by the press service of the Ukrainian Association of Agrarian Export. According to the latest available data, in January-June 2023, our country exported about 10,000 tons of pasta worth $23 million. This year, the largest buyers of Ukrainian dough products are Germany, Romania and Moldova, which account for 47% of all revenue. According to the summary information of the International Trade Center (ITC), from 2018 to 2022, revenues from the export of pasta products are growing steadily. Thus, in 2022, these products were sold on the world market in the amount of almost 14 billion dollars, that is, 9% more than in the previous ...