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Food provided almost 60% of Ukraine's commodity exports in seven months

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Food provided almost 60% of Ukraine's commodity exports in seven months

Ukraine exported $14.1 billion worth of food products in January-July 2026, according to the data of the State Customs Service.

According to calculations based on the statistics of the State Customs Service, food products provided about 58.5% of all merchandise exports of Ukraine, which amounted to $24.1 billion in seven months.

The second place among export categories was occupied by metals and their products — $2.5 billion, or a little more than 10% of total exports.

Machines, equipment and transport were exported for $2.1 billion, which corresponds to approximately 8.7% of foreign supplies.

Thus, food, metal products, and engineering products collectively accounted for about 77.6% of Ukrainian commodity exports.

Poland remained the largest sales market for Ukrainian goods for seven months, where products worth $2.8 billion were delivered. Exports to Turkey amounted to $2 billion, to Germany — $1.5 billion.

In general, Ukrainian exports in January-July 2026 increased by 3.8% compared to the same period last year — to $24.1 billion from $23.2 billion.

At the same time, imports increased much faster — by 26.6%, to $58.1 billion