Seeds of foreign selection are sold annually for almost a billion dollars in Ukraine

In 2024, Ukraine imported $400 million worth of foreign seeds. Within the country, the same amount is spent on the production of conditioned foreign-bred seeds financed by foreign companies. In total, foreign-bred seeds are sold for $0.8-0.9 billion annually.

Such calculations are provided in the commentary to AgroPortal.ua by the Institute of Agrarian Economics.

According to Oleksandr Zakharchuk, Head of the Investment and Logistics Department of the Institute, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences, the main countries where most seeds are purchased are France, the USA, Germany, Canada, Turkey, Spain, Romania, and Hungary.

At the same time, France, the US, and Germany are countries with highly developed breeding and seed potential, while Hungary, Romania, and Turkey have seed production plants owned by large multinational companies.

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