MAIN TRADE PARTNERS OF UKRAINE IN % FROM TOTAL VOLUME (EXPORT FROM UKRAINE TO OTHER COUNTRIES) JAN- APRIL 2021
FOREIGN TRADE TURNOVER BY THE MOST IMPORTANT POSITIONS IN JAN-APRIL 2021 (EXPORT)
STRUCTURE OF EXPORT OF SERVICES IN JAN-MARCH 2021 (GRAPHICALLY)
Ukraine in January-June 2021 reduced its revenue from electricity exports by 40.9% (by $74.921 million) compared to the same period in 2020, to $108.238 million, according to data from the State Customs Service.
According to the calculations of the Interfax-Ukraine agency, in the six months, electricity was supplied to Hungary for $50.714 million, Poland – for $31.217 million, Romania – for $14.446 million, other countries – for $11.861 million.
In particular, in June 2021, electricity was exported for $30.263 million against $5.96 million in June 2020.
In addition, during this period Ukraine imported electricity for $58.598 million against $109.004 million in the same period last year, in particular from Belarus – for $24.691 million, Slovakia – for $22.25 million, Russia – for $5.186 million, other countries – for $6.471 million.
Ukraine as of July 1, 2020/2021 marketing year (MY, September-August) exported 4.75 million tonnes of sunflower oil, which is 88.2% of the ceiling volume agreed by the Economy Ministry and Ukroliyaprom association, the association said on the website on Tuesday.
Ukroliyaprom said the highest export volumes of sunflower oil are 5.38 million tonnes in 2020/2021 MY. Thus, in July-August of the current MY, exporters can supply another 630,000 tonnes of this product to foreign markets.
The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food expects the recovery of the export volumes of grain and leguminous crops by Ukraine in the 2021/2022 marketing year (MY, July-June) to the indicators of the 2019/2020 MY, the department predicts their exports in the current MY at the level of 56 million tonnes with a harvest of 75.8 million tonnes, the European Business Association (EBA) said on its website.
According to the report, in the 2021/2022 MY, the export of grains and legumes will grow by a quarter compared to preliminary data for 2020/2021 MY, from 44.63 million tonnes to 56 million tonnes.
As reported, with reference to the preliminary data of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy, Ukraine’s exports of grain and leguminous crops in the 2020/2021 MY decreased by 21.3% compared to the 2019/2020 MY, to 44.63 million tonnes. Exports of wheat in the 2020/2021 MY decreased by 18.9% compared to the 2019/2020 MY, to 16.44 million tonnes, corn – by 23.9%, to 23.06 million tonnes, barley – by 17.1%, to 4.21 million tonnes, flour export – 2.6 times, to 126,000 tonnes.
Minister of Agrarian Policy Roman Leschenko told Interfax-Ukraine in May 2021 that the harvest of grains and oilseeds in the 2021/2022 MY could exceed 100 million tonnes, the harvest of winter wheat, corn, sunflower, barley and soybeans is expected to grow.
