Ukrainian agricultural imports represent only 2% of the EU market, analyst says

Ukraine accounts for a modest share of the European Union’s agricultural market – just 2% when measured against the EU’s total agricultural GDP. Despite this limited footprint, several EU member states are advocating for tighter import quotas on Ukrainian agricultural products.

This perspective was outlined by Pavlo Martyshev, an analyst at the Food and Land Use Research Center at the Kyiv School of Economics, during a briefing held at Media Center Ukraine.

“It’s important to recognize that the data is on our side,” Martyshev said. “Ukraine’s share of the EU’s total food imports currently stands at 7%, up from 5% before the full-scale invasion. This includes the consumption needs of several million Ukrainians who have relocated to EU countries since the war began. These figures indicate that Ukraine remains a relatively minor player in the European market.”

Martyshev further explained that, when Ukraine’s agricultural exports are assessed in terms of the EU’s agricultural GDP, the overall value of agricultural production across the bloc – Kyiv’s share amounts to just 2%.

“In simple terms, we comprise about 2% of the European market,” he noted. “Can we be accused of dumping? Probably not. But European policymakers often take a different view and are pushing for fairly strict quotas on certain Ukrainian products.”

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