Last year, according to preliminary data, Ukraine exported at least $20 billion of agricultural products, which is about half as much as in 2021, Mykola Solskyi, the Minister of Agricultural Policy and Food of Ukraine, said on the air of the national telethon.
He also emphasized that it is still a very considerable amount, especially taking into account the aggression of the Russian Federation and other circumstances under which Ukraine made external supplies.
Solsky noted that in 2021, most of the foreign exchange earnings went to the Ukrainian agricultural sector, while in 2022, infrastructure and logistics companies, in particular foreign ones, received a significant part of the margin from the export of agricultural crops.
"Ships that go with Ukrainian grain, insurance services and everything else, due to military risks and the conditions in which we live, have become significantly more expensive. But it is still the #1 item in terms of foreign exchange earnings of the country, and there is a good chance that next year the situation will be similar," the minister emphasized in a video interview.
As reported, according to the preliminary data of the Deputy Minister of Economy - Trade Representative of Ukraine Taras Kachka, last year Ukraine exported 99.8 million tons of products and goods of all kinds for a total amount of $44.1 billion, which is 38.4% and 35% less than the indicators, respectively in 2021. year
The largest revenue was received from the export of agricultural products - corn for $5.94 billion (+1% until 2021), oil for $5.46 billion (-14.4%), wheat - $2.6 billion (-44.7%) , rapeseed - $1.54 billion (-8.6%), sunflower seeds - $1.26 billion (33-fold increase), soybeans - $862 million (+43%), poultry - $852 million (+19%) ).
