Ukrainian agricultural imports to the EU increased by 11% between January and September this year compared to the same period in 2022, and it makes the country keep the third place among the largest suppliers of agricultural products to the EU.
Ukrinform refers to the latest report of the European Commission on EU agricultural trade, published in December this year.
The largest increase is shown by imports from Ukraine from January to September compared to 2022 (+EUR 891 million, or +11%), mainly due to higher grain imports. According to the report, EU imports from Ukraine have been below the level of 2022 since June and almost returned to the level of 2021 in September this year.
Totally, the volume of EUR 8.750 billion was reached by Ukrainian agricultural exports to the EU in the period from January to September 2023. Only Brazil and the United Kingdom are larger exporters of agricultural products to the EU than Ukraine.
Agricultural products worth EUR 2.505 billion were imported from the EU by Ukraine during the same period (19% more than in the same period in 2022).Ukraine ranks 14th (1% of total EU agricultural exports) among the most important destinations for European agricultural exports.
The European Commission reports that the EU’s total trade balance in the period from January to September 2023 reached EUR 51 billion (EUR 8.5 billion more than in the same period of 2022).
According to the report, solidarity lanes on the borders with Ukraine were established by the EU to transport Ukrainian agricultural exports to the European and global markets by land after the blockade of Ukraine’s Black Sea ports.
Imports of wheat, corn, rapeseed, and sunflower from Ukraine to Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, and Romania were banned by the European Commission at the insistence of these countries in May 2023. It extended the ban until September 15, 2023 on June 5. On September 15 it was announced by the European Commission that the EU would not extend the temporary restrictions on Ukrainian grain, after which a unilateral ban on agricultural imports from Ukraine was imposed by Poland and Hungary, although the neighboring countries continued the transit of Ukrainian agri-products.
At present, Polish checkpoints are blocking cargo transportation from Ukraine on the initiative of Polish carriers. Checkpoints are also blocking transportation routes on Ukraine’s borders with Slovakia and Hungary.
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