The first skidders manufactured for the Carpathian branch of State Enterprise “Forests of Ukraine” under a contract with a Slovak manufacturer have successfully passed factory tests, the state enterprise announced on its Facebook page.
According to the post, the contract for the delivery of 11 units of equipment was signed in January 2025. The first two skidders have now been manufactured at the plant, and the company’s specialists personally tested them before they were shipped to Ukraine.
“This is a crucial stage, because it’s not just about the quality of the equipment, but also about people’s safety and the reliability of operations in challenging mountainous conditions. That is precisely why we conduct testing at the factory—before the equipment is put into service,” the post notes.
According to the State Enterprise, the first units will arrive in Ukraine in the coming weeks, and deliveries of the remaining nine units are scheduled for mid-summer. The new tractors will be used in 11 forest districts of the Western Region, specifically in the Brustury, Rakhiv, Uzhhorod, and Ivano-Frankivsk districts.
The company emphasized that this is the first purchase of modern specialized equipment of this caliber. Currently, the Carpathian Forest Office uses about 350 tractors, of which more than 80% (285 units) are machines manufactured in the 1980s and 1990s that frequently break down.
“The new equipment will provide greater off-road and mountain mobility thanks to a reinforced frame and all-wheel drive. Twin-drum winches will boost productivity, and modern remote control systems will make the operator’s work safer,” summarized the State Enterprise “Forests of Ukraine.”
As reported, the State Enterprise “Forests of Ukraine” will implement an investment program in 2026 with a total funding volume of 4.1 billion UAH. The modernization strategy allocates over 2.1 billion UAH for the procurement of goods and services from domestic manufacturers, specifically firefighting equipment, trailers, and reforestation equipment.
The modernization of the vehicle fleet aims to replace outdated Soviet-era equipment from the 1980s and 1990s with specialized European-standard machines. The program includes the purchase of more than 200 units of equipment, including modern skidders, harvesters, and energy-efficient tractors, which are expected to increase productivity in challenging terrain and reduce fleet maintenance costs.
IMK Agricultural Holding has purchased 10 high-horsepower New Holland T8.440 Genesis tractors in partnership with the official dealer “Technotorg Group of Companies,” the equipment manufacturer’s press service reported on Facebook.
According to the report, the T8.440 Genesis model, with a rated power of 403 hp, is designed for intensive work with wide-cut tillage implements and modern seeding complexes. The equipment is equipped with FieldOps precision farming and telemetry systems, which allow for optimizing logistics and remotely controlling work processes.
IMK CEO Oleksandr Verzhikhovsky noted that investments in fleet modernization will help significantly reduce operating costs and ensure high-quality work completion within tight agronomic deadlines.
“This is one of those cases where it’s not ‘shameful’ to praise partners. Because this partnership has been tested by time, quality, and an appropriate response to successes and setbacks,” the head of the agricultural holding wrote on Facebook.
The IMK agricultural holding is an integrated group of companies operating in the Sumy, Poltava, and Chernihiv regions (northern and central Ukraine) in the crop production, grain elevators, and warehousing segments. Its land bank totals approximately 120,000 hectares, with storage capacity of 554,000 tons.
Since May 2011, the group’s shares have been listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. The group is ranked among the TOP 100 largest landowners in Ukraine.
Astarta, Ukraine’s largest sugar producer, has purchased 10 light tractors worth approximately UAH 16 million for livestock farming, the company’s press service reported on Monday.
According to the report, the equipment will be used primarily in feeding, cleaning, and logistics processes at production sites to improve the regularity of processes and reduce the cost of milk production.
“We expect that the upgrade of equipment will improve operational discipline and ensure more predictable and stable production results,” said Yaroslav Kushnir, director of Astarta’s livestock department.
The agricultural holding company noted that, in total, Astarta allocated approximately $22 million in 2025 to upgrade its technical fleet in key production areas as part of a comprehensive program of modernization and transition to energy-efficient solutions.
Astarta is a vertically integrated agro-industrial holding operating in eight regions of Ukraine. It includes six sugar factories, agricultural enterprises with a land bank of 220,000 hectares and dairy farms with 22,000 head of cattle, an oil extraction plant in Hlobine (Poltava region), seven elevators, and a biogas complex.
According to the results of 2025, Astarta reduced its total revenue from sales of key product categories by 15.6% compared to 2024, to UAH 21.05 billion, while physical sales volumes of its main products fell by 23.5%, to 1.21 million tons.
The volume of tractor imports to Ukraine in January 2026 amounted to $33.3 million, which is 24.2% less than in the same month of 2025 ($43.9 million), according to statistics from the State Customs Service.
According to the published statistics, tractor imports decreased by 2.5 times compared to December last year.
Last month, tractors were imported mainly from China (31.2% of total imports of this equipment, or $10.4 million), the United States (13.3%, or $4.4 million), and Germany (11.8%, or $3.9 million), while last year China was also the leader ($9.34 million), Germany was second ($5.5 million), and the United States was third ($3.7 million).
According to statistics from the State Customs Service, last month $0.4 million worth of tractors were exported, mainly to Belgium (31.8%), while last year exports amounted to $0.56 million, with most supplies going to Zambia (41.4%).
As reported, the volume of tractor imports to Ukraine in 2025 reached $845.7 million, exceeding the 2024 figure by 7.9%. The main suppliers were the United States ($179.7 million), Germany ($145 million), and China ($142.8 million). Exports amounted to $6.6 million, compared to $5.4 million in 2024, and were mainly to Romania, Belgium, and Germany.
Tractor imports to Ukraine in 2025 amounted to $845.7 million, which is 7.9% more than in 2024 ($784 million), according to statistics from the State Customs Service.
According to the published statistics, tractors were mainly imported from the United States (21.2% of total imports of this equipment, or $179.7 million), Germany (17.1%, or $145 million), and China (16.9%, or $142.8 million), while last year Germany was the leader ($120.4 million), China was second ($105.3 million), and the Netherlands was third ($100.5 million).
At the same time, imports from other countries decreased by 17.4% last year to $378.3 million.
At the same time, in December 2025, tractor imports to Ukraine increased by 36.2% compared to December 2024, to $83.1 million, which is also 39.7% more than in November 2025.
Since the beginning of this year, as reported, tractor imports to Ukraine have shown negative dynamics: in January, they were one-third lower than in January 2024, and at the end of the first half of the year, the figures were almost equal to last year’s and continued to show positive dynamics.
According to statistics from the State Customs Service, last year, tractors worth almost $6.6 million were exported, mainly to Romania (20.4%), Belgium, and Germany, while the year before, exports amounted to $5.4 million, mainly to Moldova (26.5%), Kazakhstan, and the Czech Republic.
As reported, the volume of tractor imports to Ukraine in 2024 amounted to almost $784 million, 5.6% less than a year earlier, while exports amounted to $5.44 million compared to $5.74 million.
The volume of tractor imports to Ukraine in January-November 2025 amounted to $762.55 million, which is 5.5% more than in the same period of 2024 ($722.5 million), according to statistics from the State Customs Service.
According to the published statistics, tractors were mainly imported from the United States (21.8% of total imports of this equipment, or $166 million), China (17% or $130 million), and Germany (16.6% or $126.4 million), while last year Germany was the leader ($110 million), China was second ($100.56 million), and the US was third ($97.3 million).
At the same time, imports from other countries in January-November decreased by 18% to $340.31 million.
In November this year, tractor imports to Ukraine decreased by 4% compared to November 2024, to $59.5 million, which is also 19.4% less than in October 2025.
Since the beginning of this year, as reported, tractor imports to Ukraine have shown negative dynamics: in January, they were one-third lower than in January 2024, but by the end of the first half of the year, the figures were almost equal to last year’s.
According to statistics from the State Customs Service, this year, in January-November, tractors worth almost $6 million were exported, mainly to Romania (22.4%), Belgium, and Germany, while last year during this period, exports amounted to $5 million, mainly to Moldova (25.6%), Kazakhstan, and the Czech Republic.
As reported, tractor imports to Ukraine in 2024 amounted to almost $784 million, 5.6% less than a year earlier, while exports amounted to $5.44 million compared to $5.74 million.
