Ukraine reached the pre-war level of agricultural exports

Last year, Ukraine reached the pre-war level of agricultural exports – $24.5 billion, which accounted for 59% of total exports. This was announced by Vitaliy Koval, Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine.

This is the second historical record – in 2021, the corresponding amount was $ 27.7 billion. In total, last year Ukraine exported 78.3 million tons of agricultural products.

The largest share was sunflower oil – 21%. Almost 6 million tons of it were exported for $5.1 billion.

Corn is in second place, with 21%, with 29.6 million tons exported for $5 billion. The third is wheat – 15%, which is 20.6 million tons worth $3.7 billion.

Other leaders include rapeseed – 7% (3.8 million tons for $1.8 billion), soybeans – 5% (3.4 million tons for $1.3 billion), cake and residues obtained during the extraction of vegetable fats and oils – 4% (4.7 million tons for $1 billion).

The share of poultry meat and edible products amounted to 4%. These products were exported in the amount of 447 thousand tons for $958 million. Barley (3.3 million tons worth $557 million) and sugar (746 thousand tons worth $418 million) also accounted for 2% each.

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