Ukraine imported $100 million worth of cucumbers and tomatoes

Published 2022년 11월 2일

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In the first eight months of 2022, Ukraine experienced a significant shift in its agricultural imports, with vegetables becoming a notable part of its agricultural imports for the first time in five years, contributing to 7% of the total agricultural imports' value. The vegetable imports volume increased by 43% from the previous year, reaching $263 million, primarily due to the impact of Russia's aggression, leading to a decrease in domestic vegetable production. The main vegetable suppliers to Ukraine were Turkey and Poland, contributing to 57.1% of the total imports, with tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, and garlic being the most imported vegetables. Overall, these five countries accounted for 81% of the total value of the imported agricultural products.

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In January-August 2022, for the first time in the last 5 years, vegetables entered the list of the main imported agricultural products. About 7% of the structure of foreign supplies of agricultural products to Ukraine fell on vegetables, according to the announcement of the Institute of Agrarian Economics. According to the State Customs Service, for eight months of the current year, the volume of vegetable imports amounted to $263 million. This is actually 43% more than the corresponding indicator of 2021 of $185 million. "In general, in terms of the value of purchases abroad, vegetables became the fourth in the rating of imported agricultural food products after fruits, fish and oil crops," the institute said in a statement. "This situation is connected with the consequences of the large-scale aggression of the Russian Federation in Ukraine. This is, first of all, about the loss of a significant part of the production of vegetables both in open ground and greenhouse cultivation ...

Source: Agroconf