Agricultural Products Account for 60% of Ukraine's Total Exports in the First Half of the Year
Ukraine's agri-food exports totaled $12.592 billion in January–June 2026, up 11% compared with the same period last year ($11.305 billion).
This was reported by Mykola Puhachov, Deputy Director of the National Scientific Centre «Institute of Agrarian Economics» and Full Member of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine (NAAS).
According to calculations by the Institute of Agrarian Economics, agri-food products accounted for 60% of Ukraine's total exports during the first six months of 2026.
According to Mykola Puhachov, the European Union, Asia, and Africa remained the main destinations for Ukrainian agricultural exports. Together, these three regions accounted for 91% of the total value of Ukraine's agricultural exports in the first half of 2026.
At the same time, export revenues from Ukrainian agricultural and processed food products increased across all three regions.
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