In 2021, the share of agricultural products in the overall Ukrainian exports decreased to 41% from 45% in 2020. However, agricultural products remained the core of the Ukrainian exports. In 2021, Ukraine set several records in agricultural exports – 20.071 mln tonnes of wheat, 459 thsd tonnes of poultry, 38 mln tonnes of pasta. Grains and oilseeds, vegetable oils, residues from food processing industry, meat products remained the core of the Ukrainian agricultural export. The common share of these products totaled 87%.
In 2021, Ukraine exported agricultural products at the sum of 27.9 bln USD, up 25% from the previous record of 2020. In 2021, Asia strengthened its position as the key buyer of Ukrainian agricultural products. Ukrainian export to Asia amounted to 13.7 bln USD, up 26% from the preceding record of 2020. Asian countries accounted for 49.1% of the total Ukrainian agricultural export.The supplies to the EU and UK increased by 12% to 8.4 bln USD in 2021. The share of the region totaled 30.1%. Shipments to Africa increased by 28% to 3.7 bln USD, the share of the region was 13.3%. Agricultural export to the CIS countries grew by 8% to 1.4 bln USD, their share was 5%.
Source: State Customs Service
