Share of agricultural products in exports decreased last year, but this is the third highest result since Ukraine’s independence

In 2025, agricultural products provided 56% of Ukraine’s total exports, retaining the first place in the structure of foreign supplies. This was reported by Mykola Pugachev, Deputy Director of the National Scientific Center “Institute of Agrarian Economics”.

Although this figure is lower than in 2024, when the share was 60%, it remains the third highest result since Ukraine’s independence.

In general, in 2025, the volume of foreign trade in agricultural products amounted to $31.83 billion, which is 3% less than a year earlier. Exports decreased by 9% to $22.71 billion, while imports, on the contrary, increased by 13% and reached $9.12 billion.

One of the key reasons for the decrease in export revenue was the reduction in supplies to the European Union. During the year, the terms of trade with the EU changed several times, and only at the end of the year were new rules approved, which will be in effect until 2028.

At the same time, a positive trend was the growth in exports of value-added products — ready-made food products, flour, dairy products, starch, and other processed goods. In 2025, their exports brought Ukraine $4.4 billion, and the share of such products was almost 20% of agricultural exports.

The dynamics of trade were also affected by Russian attacks on the port infrastructure of the Odessa region and the Danube region, which intensified at the end of the year and complicated the export of both raw materials and processed products.

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