In 2021, Ukraine imported more than $5.7 billion worth of agricultural products

Published Nov 8, 2021

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From January to September 2021, Ukraine imported over $5.7 billion worth of agricultural products, marking a 19% increase from the previous year, according to the State Statistics Service. The European Union was the primary supplier, contributing over half of the total imports. Other significant suppliers included the USA, Asia, and Latin America. The main imports were fish and seafood, fruits and berries, alcoholic beverages, tobacco products, seeds and oilseeds, various oils, food products, cocoa products, and chocolate, accounting for 60% of the value of domestic imports.

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According to the State Statistics Service, in January-September 2021, more than $ 5.7 billion worth of agricultural products were imported to Ukraine. This is $ 0.9 billion (+ 19%) more than in the first nine months of last year. This was announced 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 Dukhnytsky. According to him, the main suppliers of agri-food products to Ukraine are the European Union. The volume of import deliveries from this region amounted to 2997 million dollars. USA, ie more than half of purchases. "In Asian countries, our state has purchased food for 1033 million dollars. US (18%), and in Latin America - in the amount of 477 million dollars. USA (8%). Deliveries from these three regions cover almost 4/5 of all domestic imports of agricultural products, "he said. Traditionally, the largest suppliers to Ukraine are Poland ...

Source: Agropolit