Ukraine: During the nine months of the current year export of agricultural products increased by a quarter

The export index for the nine months of the current year is 13.1 billion dollars, which is about a quarter more than it was in the same period last year.

Such data was provided by Nikolai Pugachev, corresponding member of the NAAN (National Academy of the Agricultural Sciences).

According to his statement, the most exported Ukrainian agricultural products are grains and oilseeds, sunflower oil, etc. The share of these products in agricultural export is approximately 90%.

Three regions in the world are importers of Ukrainian agricultural products: Asia, the European Union and Africa. According to Nikolai Pugachev, it is these regions that import approximately 90% of Ukrainian agricultural products.

The representative of NAAN noted that Asian countries are the main importers of Ukrainian agrarian and food products. During the nine months of the current year, they purchased products to the value of $ 5.5 billion, which equals to 42% of the total export amount of agricultural and food products.

The rest of the products were exported to the European Union and Africa. So, according to the data, about a third of the Ukrainian products were exported to the European Union to the value of 4.2 billion dollars, which equals to 32%. The export index to the African countries is about 15%, which equals to 2 billion dollars.