Ukraine exported 3.7 million tons of agricultural products in September 2025, which is 6.5% less than in the previous month.
Compared to September of the previous year, the decrease in agricultural exports amounts to 25%, reports the Ukrainian Agribusiness Club Association (UCAB).
According to experts, the main two reasons for this dynamic are:
- a lag in harvesting compared to the same period last year by 2–3 weeks;
- the introduction of duties on the export of soybeans and rapeseed, which significantly reduced shipments, including due to the lack of an established mechanism. Oilseed exports fell by 53%.
The structure of agricultural exports in September 2025 was as follows:
- grains: 2.4 million tons (wheat — 86%, barley — 12%, corn — 2%), a decrease of 1% compared to the previous month;
- oilseeds — 322,400 tons (rapeseed — 73%, soybeans — 24%, flax — 2%), a decrease of 53%;
- vegetable oils — 313,300 tons (sunflower oil — 53%, rapeseed oil — 35%, soybean oil — 12%), an increase of 48%;
- meals after oil extraction — 281,000 tons (sunflower — 62%, soybean — 38%), unchanged;
- other types of agricultural products — 340,000 tons, an increase of 5%.
“In the next month, we expect an intensification of agricultural exports due to an increase in the volumes of late crops harvested and optimization of the export processes of soybeans and rapeseed,” experts forecast.
