Imports of insulated wires and cables, including fiber optic cables, to Ukraine in 2025 increased by 24.3% compared to 2024, reaching $590.7 million, according to data from the State Customs Service.
The largest suppliers of wires and cables last year were Hungary ($153.4 million, or 26% of imports), China ($132.3 million, or 22.4%), and Poland ($94.4 million, or 16%). For comparison: in 2024, imports from Hungary amounted to $127.8 million, from Poland – $80 million, and from China – $75 million.
In December 2025, imports of these products decreased by 4.4% compared to December 2024, to $49.1 million.
According to the State Customs Service, in 2024, Ukraine increased imports of insulated wires and cables by 9.3% compared to 2023, to $475 million.
In 2025, Ukraine increased exports of insulated wires and cables, including fiber optic cables, by 10.6% compared to 2024, to $1.41 billion, according to data from the State Customs Service. According to statistics, Germany remained the largest importer of Ukrainian products, with deliveries to this country falling by 6.2% to $471.7 million, and Germany’s share in total exports decreasing by 6 percentage points to 33.4%.
The top three markets also included Hungary ($239.1 million, almost 17%) and Poland ($224 million, 15.9%). In 2024, the main buyers, apart from Germany, were Poland ($184.4 million) and the Czech Republic ($165.6 million).
In December 2025, Ukraine exported insulated wires and cables worth $95.1 million, which is 25.5% more than in December 2024.
According to the State Customs Service, in 2024, Ukraine increased exports of these products by 60.2% compared to 2023, to $1.275 billion.
The production of cable and wire products in Ukraine in the first quarter of 2021 decreased by 8.2% (by weight of metal) compared to the same period in 2020, the Ukrelektrokabel association reported on its website on Monday.
“Due to quarantine restrictions, a rapid decrease in demand, an uncontrolled rise in prices for raw materials and other unfavorable factors, in the first quarter of 2021 the enterprises of the association and the cable industry of Ukraine showed a decline,” the association said.
According to the analysis of the activities of the member enterprises, the processing of copper decreased by 12.1%, PVC (polyvinyl chloride) compounds by 13.1%, polyethylene by 8.5%, and insulating varnishes by 25.2%.
A significant decrease in production was demonstrated, in particular, by self-supporting insulated and protected wires by 30.1%; power cables with voltage up to 1 kV by 23.5%; electrical wires for power units by 27.7%, and lighting cords and wires by 18.1%.
The production of wires for industrial blasting operations fell even more significantly by 66.2% and radio frequency cables by 55%.
In addition, Ukrelektrokabel informs, in the first quarter, TF Cable Ukraine LLC (Chernihiv), a manufacturer of cable and wire products for energy distribution networks, has completely ceased production and 25% of the personnel were laid off.
According to the Unified State Register of Legal Entities and Individual Entrepreneurs, TF Cable Ukraine LLC with a charter capital of UAH 125.6 million was registered in 2008, and 100% of its shares are owned by the Polish company Tele-Fonika Kable.
According to Ukrelektrokabel, the negative events also included the forced reduction of 60% of the personnel at Cable Factory LLC (Kamianets-Podilsky), which produces installation cables and wires, as well as 15% of the personnel at Odesa-based Twomen Cable Factory (production of telecommunication copper and fiber-optic cables).
According to the data on the association’s website, it unites 18 manufacturers of cable and wire products, including large ones: Odeskabel, Pivdencable (Yuzhcable) plants (Kharkiv) and others.
