In the first two months of the new marketing year (2025/2026 MY), which began on July 1, Ukraine exported 1.456 million tons of wheat, which is 28% less than in the same period last season (2.026 million tons), according to APK-Inform.

Egypt became the key importer of Ukrainian wheat, almost doubling its purchases to 699,000 tons and taking first place among buyers.

At the same time, most other traditional importers reduced their volumes:

• Indonesia — by 13%, to 528 thousand tons,
• Vietnam — by 17%, to 314 thousand tons,
• Algeria — by 28%, to 268 thousand tons,
• Spain — by 69%, to 243 thousand tons (the leader in purchases a year earlier).

Supplies to the following countries also decreased:

• Yemen — by 24%, to 126 thousand tons,
• Thailand — by 26%, to 120 thousand tons,
• Italy — by 42%, to 66 thousand tons,
• Tunisia — by 62%, to 49 thousand tons,
• Israel — by 33%, to 48 thousand tons.

As of early September, Ukraine had harvested 30.4 million tons of grain crops on an area of 7.2 million hectares, which is about 63% of the total area sown.

Earlier, the Experts Club information and analytical center presented a study of Ukraine’s main trading partners in the first half of 2025, where Egypt ranked first in terms of positive balance among all of Ukraine’s trading partners.

“Egypt is an extremely important and profitable trading partner for the country, along with a number of other Arab states. Partnerships with these countries provide the country with currency and somewhat offset the extremely negative trend of recent years with Ukraine’s ever-growing trade deficit,” emphasized Maksim Urakin, founder of Experts Club.

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Last modified: September 28, 2025