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Ukraine, the world's largest exporter of sunflower oil, is exporting 7% more oil than during the last marketing season. Two thirds of the way through the September to August marketing season, Ukraine has exported 3.3mn tons of the cooking oil, according to APK-Inform. The largest buyers are India, the EU and China.
With food exports leading the way, Ukraine’s largest trade exports last year were: India $1.6bn; Egypt $1.4bn; Netherlands $827mn; Spain $741mn; and Moldova $671mn. Source: State Statistics Service.
Ukraine increased electricity export revenue by 22% in January-March q- o-q, to $98.4mn, the State Fiscal Service reports. Hungary purchased 60%, or $58mn. Poland bought $22mn and Moldova about $14mn. Last year, Ukraine increased electricity exports by 19% to almost 1 gigawatt. In monetary terms, exports jumped by 41%, to $332mn.
Ukrainian enterprises in January-March 2019 exported 316 tonnes of pork, which was 33.4% down year-over-year ( y/y), while the exports in monetary terms decreased by the same figure, to $702,000. Read also Ukraine sees meat price hikes Meanwhile, pork imports into Ukraine over the period under review grew by 3.1 times, to 7,400 tonnes, while the imports in monetary terms rose by 3.3 times, to $13.5mn, according to customs statistics reports posted by Ukraine's State Fiscal Service (SFS) on its website.
Led by grain exports, cargo handling at Ukraine’s ports rose 12.4% q/q, to 37mn tons, reports the Sea Ports Administration. Grain exports were up by 33%, ore shipments were up by 30%, and container cargo was up by 14%. Fewer ships carry more cargo. The number of ship calls was down by 15.
Since 2014, Ukraine’s berry exports have increased five-fold, to 23,500 tons, Olga Trofimtseva, acting agriculture minister, said Wednesday at an industry conference in Kyiv organized by Berries of Ukraine. She said: “Ukrainian fresh berries are exported to Belarus, Poland, Moldova, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. The largest consumers of frozen berries have become EU countries.” Ukraine’s top harvests are: strawberries – 62,300 tons; raspberries – 35, 600 tons; and currants – 29,600 tons.
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