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worth of products were exported. Ukraine exports not only raw materials but also processed products. In addition, Vysotskyi added, the export of livestock products to the EU has increased, particularly poultry and eggs. Ukraine has set an all-time record for selling dairy products to the EU. Moreover, there has also been an increase in bioethanol export to the EU.
The pace of Ukrainian agricultural exports has reached pre-war indicators. During the last four months, the average monthly export rate of Ukrainian farm products reached pre-war indicators. In total, Ukraine managed to export more than 50 million tons of grain and oil crops and their processed products during the year, said Deputy Minister of Agricultural Policy Taras Vysotskyi. According to him, despite the war, 2022 was one of the best in recent years in terms of export indicators. At the same time, Vysotsky noted that this year Ukraine will not be able to fully utilize its sown areas in order to increase production volumes to the pre-war period; therefore, the situation in global price policy will not improve yet.
About 17 mln metric tons of agricultural products have been exported
through the maritime humanitarian corridor since the start of the grain deal, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar announced on January 6.
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Bulgaria becomes the leader in diesel fuel export to Ukraine.The country provides up to 40% of Ukraine's diesel fuel needs. According to Die Welt, the fuel is produced from Russian crude oil at the Black Sea oil refinery owned by the Russian company Lukoil. In April 2022, when there was a fuel shortage in Ukraine, the Minister of Finance of Bulgaria, Asen Vasylev, insisted that the company start exporting oil products to Ukraine. The company supported this idea and began to export about half of its produced fuel by tanker trucks through Romania and by rail transport. In June, when the EU decided to introduce an embargo on Russian tanker oil, an exception was made for Bulgaria - it was allowed to continue buying oil until 2024 for domestic needs. However, subsequent EU sanctions prohibited the Bulgarian Lukoil plant from selling gasoline and diesel fuel to the EU, leaving only the Ukrainian market open to the company.
Ukrainian furniture manufacturers exported $806M in products in 2022.
The volume of furniture exports by Ukrainian manufacturers in 2022 reached $806M, which is 23% lower than the pre-war 2021 figures, said a member of the Ukrainian Association of Furniture Makers, Oksana Donska. “The furniture exports for 2022 amounted to $806M, which is $56.2M more than the volume of exports in 2020, but $244.5M less than Ukraine exported in 2021. However, despite IKEA's refusal to cooperate with Ukrainian furniture manufacturers and the reduction of JYSK orders, the average annual export growth rate over the past six years is 11.5%," Donska said. According to the State Customs Service, the top buyers of Ukrainian furniture are Poland, Germany, Denmark, Austria, Belgium, Romania, and the UK.
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