The list of agricultural products banned for import from Ukraine to Poland as of 16 April includes a broad list of grains, flour and starch, as well as, sugar, caramel, seeds for sowing, vegetables and fruits, including exotic ones, dairy products, honey, wine, livestock products and live animals, as well as dog and cat food packaged for retail sale.
According to the text of the annex to the decree of the Minister of Development and Technology of Poland Waldemar Buda dated April 15, 2023 (Interfax-Ukraine news agency has a copy), since April 16 imports of sugar maize (fresh and chilled) from Ukraine to Poland are prohibited, except for hybrids for sowing; Seeds of soft wheat and meslin, spelt, soft wheat and meslin, except for sowing, rye, barley, oats, grain sorghum, except for hybrids for sowing, buckwheat, millet, canary seed, other cereals, durum wheat: wheat and meslin flour; rye flour; wheat cereals; malt, even roasted; grain flour; and, corn, barley and oat flakes; wheat, corn, potato and other kinds of starch.
The list also included lactose, maltose, glucose, fructose in solid form; sugar syrups without added flavorings or colorings, artificial honey mixed or not with natural honey; and caramel. Also sugar beet, sugar cane, cane or beet sugar, including chemically pure sucrose, maple sugar and maple syrup. Melass obtained from the extraction or refining of sugar, beet pulp.
A range of seeds for sowing, including sweet corn hybrids, seed peas, chickpeas, crude rice, grain sorghum hybrids, linseeds; canola seeds, sunflower seeds (crushed or uncrushed; for sowing), other oilseeds and fruits; flax and hemp;
The range of fruits and vegetables prohibited for importation includes: tomatoes fresh or chilled, onions, shallots, garlic, leeks and other onion vegetables; cabbage, cauliflower, kohlrabi, leafy cabbage and similar edible vegetables; lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and chicory (Cichorium spp. ), carrots, turnips, salad beets, goatweed, celery, radishes and similar edible root vegetables, fresh or refrigerated. Also, cucumbers and gherkins, fresh or refrigerated; leguminous vegetables, peeled or unpeeled, fresh or refrigerated; nuts; fresh and dried bananas; fresh figs; pineapples; avocados; guavas mangoes and mangosteens; citrus fruits; table grapes, fresh; melons (including watermelons); papaya; apples, pears and quinces, fresh apricots, cherries, peaches (including nectarines), plums, other fruits.
It is prohibited to import not only raw vegetables, but also steamed or cooked in water, frozen, canned, dried. Under the ban are jams, marmalades, marmalades, fruit purees; wine, including grape juice and grape must; wine made from fresh grapes, including fortified wines; fresh grapes, except table grapes; vinegar.
The list includes a wide range of animal products: beef, veal, live animals of domestic species of cattle, except purebred farm animals; meat of cattle, fresh or chilled; beef frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked; Meat or meat by-products meal and meal; other prepared or preserved meat; live stock – thoroughbred breeding animals; preserved meat; by-products and offal; poultry meat and offal; Pig fat, meat and edible by-products of domestic pigs, sausages and similar products of meat, meat by-products or blood; swine fat (including lard); prepared products or preserves of the liver of any animal except goose or duck; pigs; mutton and goat meat; lambs (under one year of age), live sheep, except purebred breeding animals and lambs; sheep and goat meat; live swine; chilled and frozen swine meat; horses, including purebred breeding animals.
Ukraine in January-March this year, Ukraine reduced the import of nickel ores and concentrates in physical terms by 97.4% compared to the same period last year – up to 7,238 thousand tons.
According to statistics released by the State Customs Service (SCS), in monetary terms, imports of nickel ores decreased by 98% to $257,000 during the period.
Imports were from Guatemala (100% of shipments in monetary terms).
In 1Q2023, like in 1Q2022, Ukraine did not export or re-export this commodity.
As Ukrainian News earlier reported, in 2022, Ukraine reduced the imports of nickel ores and concentrates by 71.9% YoY to 346,719 tons. In monetary terms, imports of nickel ores decreased by 73.8% to $15.428 million. Imports were from Guatemala (100% of deliveries in monetary terms).
For 2022, like in 2021, Ukraine did not export or re-export this product.
Ukraine imports nickel ore from Pobuzhsky Ferronickel Plant (PFK, part of Solway Group).
PFC processes about 1.2 million tons of ore per year.
Ukrainian companies in January-March this year increased imports of copper and copper products in value terms by 45.1% compared to the same period last year – up to $ 28.511 million.
According to customs statistics, released by the State Customs Service of Ukraine on Monday, the export of copper and copper products for the period decreased by 31.2% – to $21.822 million.
In March, imported copper at $ 11.045 million, exported – 7.672 million.
In addition, in January-March 2023, Ukraine reduced the imports of nickel and its products by 88.8% compared to the same period in 2022 – to $3.176 million (in March – $2.020 million), aluminum and its products – by 0.7%, to $82.110 million (in March – $28.530 million). It reduced the imports of lead and lead products by 89.4% to $216 thousand (in March – $12 thousand), imports of tin and tin products by 8% to $648 thousand (in March – $104 thousand) and zinc and zinc products by 51% to $7.698 million (in March – $3.581 million).
Exports of aluminum and aluminum products in the first three months of 2023 decreased by 6.6% to $23.103 million (in March – $8.732 million) compared to the same period last year, while lead and lead products decreased by 33.6% to $4.436 million (in March – $1.412 million) and nickel and nickel products – $92 thousand (in March – none) compared to $875 thousand in January-March 2022.
Zinc exports for the three months of this year amounted to $46 thousand (in March – $22 thousand), while in January-March 2022 it was $892 thousand. Tin exports and products totaled $48 thousand (in March – $29 thousand) against $53 thousand in the same period last year.
As reported, the Ukrainian enterprises in 2022, imports of copper and copper products in value terms reduced by 64.3% compared to the previous year – up to $65.370 million, their exports decreased by 56.3% – to $90.245 million.
In addition, Ukraine has reduced imports of nickel and its products in 2022 by 49.9% compared to 2021 – up to $59.754 million, aluminum and its products – by 33.4% to $ 340.398 million, while the imports of lead and its products decreased by 66.6% – to $ 2.839 million.
Imports of tin and tin products fell by 33.5% to $3.312 million, while imports of zinc and zinc products decreased by 58.7% to $38.690 million.
Exports of aluminum and aluminum products for 2022 were down 42.7% from 2021, to $96.972 million, lead and lead products were down 68.7%, to $11.970 million, and nickel and nickel products were down 73.9%, to $1.268 million.
Zinc exports for 2022 were $1.331 million, up from $550,000 in 2021. Tin and products exports for 2022 were $424,000, up from $346,000 the previous year.
Imports of drugs to Ukraine in 2022, after five years of growth, decreased by 38% compared to the previous year – to $ 1.9 billion from $ 3.1 billion.
This is evidenced by the research conducted by the marketing agency Top Lead together with the pharmaceutical company “Darnitsa”.
According to the study, the largest importers of medicines to Ukraine are Germany with the import volume of about $ 368 million, India ($ 173 million), France ($ 31 million), Italy ($ 125 million) and Slovenia ($ 110 million).
At the same time, export of Ukrainian medicines in 2022 decreased by 24% as compared with 2021, and amounted to $ 238 million.
The biggest buyer of Ukrainian medicines is Uzbekistan, where Ukrainian companies exported products worth almost $52m, which is 36% less than a year earlier.
At the same time, other top three buyers of Ukrainian medicines increased export – Kazakhstan by 12% (to $ 32 million), Lithuania – by 324% ($23 million).
“In 2022, Ukrainian companies stopped selling medicines to Russia and Belarus, export to Lithuania and Latvia increased. But despite this, most of the Ukrainian pharmaceutical export goes to Asia”, – report’s authors emphasize.
They also noted that, although the largest manufacturers of medicines in Ukraine have GMP-certificates issued by Gosleksluzhba, that confirm the production and control of drugs in accordance with international quality standards, the EU does not yet recognize these certificates. “Therefore, to export to the EU, a manufacturer has to undergo an additional check by the regulatory authorities of one or another EU country. The task for Ukraine in the near future is to achieve recognition of Ukrainian certificates in the EU,” the authors of the study stressed.
Ukraine in January this year, Ukraine has reduced imports of manganese ore and concentrate in physical terms to a minimum – to 235 tons from 44 thousand tons in the same period last year.
According to statistics released by the State Customs Service (SCS), imports of manganese ore and concentrate totaled $38,000 in monetary terms during the period, compared to $5.827 million in January 2022.
At that, all imports were carried out from Slovakia (100% of deliveries in money terms).
Last month, Ukraine did not export manganese ore and concentrate, as it did in January-2022.
As earlier reported, in 2022, Ukraine reduced imports of manganese ore and concentrate in volume terms by 68.1% YoY to 135,798 thousand tons, and in monetary terms by 66.4% to $18.098 million. Most imports were from Ghana (99.16% of supplies in monetary terms), Slovakia (0.71%) and Belgium (0.10%). In August-November 2022 there were almost no imports of manganese ore.
For 2022, Ukraine did not supply manganese ore and concentrate for export.
Ukraine mines and enriches manganese ore at the Pokrovsky (formerly Ordzhonikidze) and Marganets mining and processing plants (both in Dnepropetrovsk Region).
Consumers of manganese ore are ferroalloy plants.
Ukrainian companies in January this year, imports of copper and copper products in value terms decreased by 20.9% compared to the same period last year – up to $ 6.368 million.
According to customs statistics, released by the State Customs Service of Ukraine on Thursday, the export of copper and copper products for the period decreased by 56.2% – to $ 6.407 million.
In addition, Ukraine reduced imports of nickel and its products by 96.2% in January 2022 compared to January 2021 – to $312 thousand, aluminum and its products – by 33.6%, to $26.529 million. In addition, Ukraine reduced imports of lead and its products by 95.4% – to $32 thousand, imports of tin and its products by 20.4%, to $172 thousand, and zinc and zinc products – by 67%, to $2.238 million.
Exports of aluminum and aluminum products in the first month of 2023 fell 33.7% from January 2022 to $6.776 million, lead and lead products fell 41.4% to $1.633 million, and nickel and nickel products were $3,000, down from $397,000 in January 2022.
There were no zinc exports last month, whereas in January-2022 it was $220 thousand. Tin exports and products totaled $17 thousand in January-2023, whereas in January-2022 there were no.
As reported, Ukrainian enterprises in 2022 decreased imports of copper and copper products in value terms by 64.3% compared to the previous year – to $ 65.370 million, their exports decreased by 56.3% – to $ 90.245 million. In December-2022, imported copper and copper products for $ 6.107 million, exported – to $ 6.956 million.
In addition, Ukraine has reduced imports of nickel and its products by 49.9% in 2022 compared to 2021 – up to $59.754 million (in December – $0.668 million), aluminum and its products – by 33.4% to $340.398 million ($29.457 million). At the same time, the imports of lead and lead products decreased by 66.6% to $2.839 million ($12 thousand).
Imports of tin and tin products fell by 33.5% to $3.312 million ($171 thousand), while imports of zinc and zinc products decreased by 58.7% to $38.690 million ($4.386 million).
Exports of aluminum and aluminum products for 2022 decreased 42.7% from 2021 to $96.972 million ($6.330 million in December), lead and lead products decreased 68.7% to $11.970 million ($1.396 million), and nickel and nickel products decreased 73.9% to $1.268 million ($0.1 million).
Zinc exports for 2022 were $1.331 million ($11,000 in December) compared to $550,000 in 2021. Tin and products exports for 2022 were $424,000 ($1,000 in December) compared to $346,000 the previous year.
