In January-June 2024, Ukraine imported 22,617 thousand tons of coffee, which is 6.1% less than in the same period a year earlier, when foreign purchases amounted to 24,094 thousand tons.
According to statistics released by the State Customs Service (SCS), spending on coffee purchases in the first half of the year rose by 36.9% to $173.403 million, compared to $126.684 million in the same period a year earlier.
The main suppliers of coffee to Ukraine were Poland, which accounted for 16.58% of imports, worth $28.749 million, Brazil – 12.75% and $22.104 million, and Germany – 12.49% and $21.653 million.
A year earlier, the top three coffee suppliers to Ukraine were Poland (16.83% worth $21.326 million), Italy (15.87% worth $20.1 million), and Brazil (12.31% worth $15.598 million).
Tea imports in January-June 2025 decreased by 22.87% to 5,452 thousand tons compared to 7,069 thousand tons in the same period last year. In monetary terms, imports in the first half of 2025 decreased by 16.26% and amounted to $20.957 million compared to $25.027 million last year.
At the same time, the three key suppliers of tea to Ukraine in January-June remained unchanged: Sri Lanka (30.13% worth $6.313 million), Kenya (17.77% worth $3.724 million) and China (14.63% worth $3.067 million). Last year, these countries accounted for 28.95%, 23.07%, and 11.33% of tea exports to Ukraine, bringing them $7.247 million, $5.774 million, and $2.835 million, respectively.
Tea and coffee production in Ukraine involves 570 business entities, in 2024 they earned UAH 10 billion, which is 19% more than in 2023, when their revenue amounted to UAH 8.6 billion, according to a study by YouControl.
It is noted that as of July 2025, there are 570 business entities in Ukraine that are not in a state of termination, registered and conducting financial activities under CEA 10.83 “Production of tea and coffee”. In particular, 264 operate in the form of companies, and 306 are individual entrepreneurs. Most of them are concentrated in Kyiv – 153 entities, in Dnipropetrovska (54) and Kyiv (48), Lviv (40) and Odesa (36) regions.
The analysts noted that among the analyzed companies there are also legal entities with foreign capital, in particular from China, India, Turkey, as well as Cyprus, Moldova and other European countries.
According to the study, the ten largest tea and coffee companies in Ukraine earned a total of UAH 7.9 billion, which is 79% of the total revenue of companies that submitted financial statements for 2024.
According to YouControl, the leaders of the coffee market are Monomakh JSC with UAH 2.3 billion in revenue, Fes Ukr LLC (MacCoffee and HILLWAY brands) with UAH 2 billion, Galka Ltd and Coffee from Lviv LLC (Galka and Coffee from Lviv brands) with UAH 1.63 billion, and Vienna Coffee LLC (Vienna Coffee brand) with UAH 526 million, TC Trade LLC (brands Greenfield, TESS, Princess Nuri, etc.) – UAH 408 million, Food Pack LLC (brand Gemini) – UAH 373.6 million, Trypillian Sun LLC (brands Trypillian Sun, Sherlock Secrets, Tea Moments, Tea Family) – UAH 323 million, Ukrainian Coffee Company LLC (brands GALEAD’OR, XO, 1CUP, 1CUPsule. Inspiro Gusto, 1CUPsule. EGO, RIO NEGRO, LEONARDO) – UAH 280 million, SUB LLC Ukrainian Tea Factory Ahmad Tee (Ahmad Tea brand) – UAH 187.3 million, LLC Lisova Skazka (Lisova Skazka, Tea Collection, EcoTea brands) – UAH 165 million.
“Unfortunately, the market leaders are not without ties with the aggressor,” the resource noted and added that this thesis applies to half of the rating participants.
Scientists from the US National Institutes of Health recently found that tea has a beneficial effect on human health.
So, according to the study, those who drink at least two cups of black tea a day are more likely to live a long life than those who do not drink tea at all.
The researchers analyzed data from the British Biobank Genetic Information Repository of nearly 500,000 men and women aged 40 to 69 living in the UK.
As it turned out, 85% of these people regularly consumed tea. This is not surprising, given the love of the British population for tea and the traditions associated with this drink.
The results showed that the risk of death in the middle age group from diseases associated with the cardiovascular system is 9-13% lower in those who drink at least two cups of tea per day than in those who refuse this drink in general. .
At the same time, the authors of the study note that it does not matter exactly how you drink tea – with milk, sugar or lemon, the presence of the drink itself in your diet is important.
Professor of Medical Sciences and one of the authors of this work, Fernando Artalejo, however, notes that it is still impossible to say categorically that it was tea that caused less mortality in the studied population category. According to him, it cannot be ruled out that there were other factors not related to the use of tea.
Meanwhile, Chinese scientists have also reached similar conclusions about a possible connection between tea consumption and health effects. They found that the risk of dementia and heart attack is lower in people who drink two to three cups of coffee a day, or three to five cups of tea a day.
