Imports of transformers, inductors, and chokes to Ukraine in January-September 2025 increased 2.1 times compared to the same period in 2024, reaching almost $777 million, according to statistics from the State Customs Service.
According to the published data, China remains the largest supplier of these products to Ukraine. During this period, $649.5 million worth of these products were imported from China (83.6% of all imports of these goods), while a year ago, $239.5 million worth of transformers and chokes were imported from this country (64.1%).
In addition, transformers were imported from Germany ($40.4 million) and Turkey ($17.9 million), while in January-September 2024, imports from Turkey amounted to $46.1 million, and from Germany – $9.9 million.
In particular, in September, supplies of this equipment to Ukraine increased by 42.6% compared to September 2024, to $95.9 million.
Since the beginning of this year, as reported, the volume of transformer imports has significantly exceeded last year’s figures—in particular, in January, their imports increased sixfold, but the growth rate gradually slowed down and, at the end of the first half of the year, was already 2.6 times higher than in January-June 2024.
According to the State Customs Service, Ukraine exported transformers, inductors, and chokes worth $23.8 million in the first nine months of this year, compared to $24.8 million in the same period last year, mainly to Germany, Hungary, and Poland.
As reported with reference to the State Customs Service, imports of transformers, inductors, and chokes to Ukraine in 2024 more than doubled compared to 2023, reaching $596.11 million, with imports from China increasing 2.5 times to $400.48 million.
Polish companies, with the assistance of the Polish Power Transmission and Distribution Association, handed over 20 wagons with electrical equipment to Ukrainian power engineers, the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine reported on its website on Thursday.
“Electrical equipment, power transmission towers, transformers, generators, power cables transferred by Polish companies with the assistance of the Polish Electricity Transmission and Distribution Association were transferred to seven regions of Ukraine,” the ministry said in the report.
According to the ministry, the first two batches of aid from Polish companies have already been distributed and transferred to distribution system operators in Kyiv, Odesa, Zaporizhia, Luhansk, Chernihiv, Mykolaiv, and Sumy regions. The third batch is awaiting distribution and transfer to the regions.
“We are very grateful to our Polish colleagues for their help in restoring the power infrastructure destroyed due to Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine. The equipment received, first of all, will be aimed at restoring power grids and power facilities, which were most damaged due to hostilities,” Energy Minister Herman Haluschenko said.
As the Ministry of Energy said, in total, assistance from Polish companies amounted to more than 12,500 units of equipment, including line fittings, power transformers, backup power generators, more than 400 reinforced concrete poles for power transmission lines, as well as more than 65 km and 7.3 tonnes of power cable and wires.
