Despite the war, Ukraine continues to export its products to other countries. Thus, according to the State Customs Service, in January-March 2023, the export of agricultural products by 5% exceeded the corresponding figure for the same period last year.. This was announced by the Deputy Director of the National Scientific Center "

In the first quarter of 2023, agri-food exports amounted to $6,745 million. USA. The expert noted that agricultural and food industry products dominate in the commodity structure of Ukraine's total exports, occupying 65% of it now..

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The regional structure of domestic exports this year continues to focus mainly on deliveries to the EU countries (3671 million USD. USA), Asian countries (2449 million dollars. USA), as well as Africa ($345 million. USA) and the CIS (155 million USD. USA); USA); As a result, these four geographical regions purchase 98% of Ukrainian-made agricultural products, the expert informed.

So far, China has regained the first position in the ranking of major importers by importing Ukrainian food in the amount of $986 million.. USA.

The top 10 also included: Romania ($828 million. USA), Turkiye (759 mln USD. USA), Poland (666 mln USD. USA), the Netherlands (381 million USD. USA), Spain (379 million USD. USA); ), Hungary ($268 million. USA), Italy (256 million dollars. USA), Germany (154 million USD. USA) and Egypt ($149 million. USA);

Pugachev stressed that these ten countries provide 71% of the income of Ukrainian agricultural exporters.

The main groups of agri-food exports of Ukraine in the first quarter of 2023 are still:.

grain crops ($3,168 million. USA);

oils and fats ($1465 million. USA);

oilseeds and fruits ($826 million. USA);

remnants of the processing industry ($361 million. USA);

meat and offal ($202 million. USA);

These types of agricultural products together account for about 90% of the cost of foreign supplies of domestic agricultural products..

The expert noted that the current dynamics of external sales currently confirms the preliminary forecasts of scientists from the Institute of Agrarian Economics. According to forecasts, while maintaining the relative stability of the terms of foreign trade, Ukraine's food exports should remain at the level of the calendar year 2022, being in the range of USD 23-25 \u200b\u200bbillion.. USA.

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