Ukraine: Exporter Guide Annual

Despite Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine's retail, food processing, and food service sectors are functioning. The retail sector is working to maintain an assortment of imported products. Fish and other seafood, beef, nuts, food ingredients, whiskey, beer, snacks, and pet food imports are growing. After the economy and imports contracted in 2022, the situation recovered in 2023 and kept improving in 2024. A decrease in consumer purchasing power and a focus on cheaper product tiers has pushed many U.S. imports into the high-end segment. Ukraine is adopting numerous EU import regulations as it aligns its regulatory system as part of EU accession negotiations that started in July of 2024. The food and agricultural products import situation will remain dynamic with logistics challenges until the war ends.