In January-April of this year, Ukraine exported almost 11 million tons of corn, which is 27.6% more than in the same period last year, while in monetary terms, corn exports increased by 26.6% to $2.33 billion.
According to statistics published by the State Customs Service, the main buyer of Ukrainian corn during this period, as well as last year, was Turkey, and its share in total exports increased to 30.3% ($705.16 million) compared to 22% ($405.8 million) in January-April 2025.
Italy spent $363.3 million on the purchase of Ukrainian corn - 50.2% more than last year, and its share in the total export of this crop increased by almost 2.5 percentage points. - up to 15.6%.
Deliveries to Spain increased by 2.9% to $260 million with a decrease in the share of total exports by 2.6 percentage points. - up to 11.18%.
Corn was exported to all other countries for $1 billion - 6.5% more than last year in four months.
According to the State Customs Service, the share of corn in the total volume of export deliveries of goods from Ukraine in January-April 2026 was 16.75% compared to 13.82% last year.
In April, Ukraine exported corn for $574.7 million - 67.6% more than in the same month of 2025, in particular, deliveries to Turkey increased by 55.7% - to $213.2 million, to Italy - by 2.7 times, to almost $76 million, Spain by 3.3 times - to $60.9 million.
At the same time, in January-April, Ukraine imported 11 thousand tons corn worth $65.1 million mainly from France (43.6%), Hungary (16.4%) and Austria (14%), while last year it was 11.5 thousand tons worth $61.9 million from the same countries.
According to the statistics of the State Customs Service, in 2025 Ukraine exported 17.96 million tons of corn - 39.4% less than in 2024 year, reducing revenue by 23% to $3.9 billion.
