Ukraine: Results of agricultural exports to EU countries in 2020

Published Mar 5, 2021

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In 2020, Ukraine's agricultural exports to the European Union fell by 10.7% to $6.7 billion due to COVID-19 restrictions and a bird flu-related ban on Ukrainian chicken, according to Mykola Pugachev. The ban impacted the quantity and value of all major export items, except for sunflower oil. The EU is the primary market for many Ukrainian agri-food products, but quotas for honey, apple and grape juices, sugar, barley groats and flour, canned food, processed starch, corn, poultry, eggs, processed cereals and starch were fully used.

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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 ...

Source: Infoindustria