Imports of goods into Ukraine have exceeded exports by more than twice since the beginning of the year

In January-September 2026, Ukraine’s trade turnover amounted to almost $104.7 billion. Imports more than doubled exports.

This was reported by the State Customs Service of Ukraine.

Over the nine months, Ukraine imported goods worth over $75.1 billion, while exports amounted to almost $29.6 billion.

Ukraine imported the most goods from China — almost $22.6 billion. This is followed by Poland — over $7.1 billion and Germany — over $4.9 billion.

The main sales markets for Ukrainian goods were Poland, where products worth almost $3.7 billion were exported, Turkey — over $2.2 billion and Germany — almost $2.1 billion.

In the import structure, more than 73% fell on three categories of goods. Machinery, equipment and transport were imported for almost $34.4 billion, fuel and energy products – for over $10.8 billion, chemical industry products – for over $10 billion.

At the same time, food products remain the largest category of Ukrainian exports – for nine months they were exported abroad for almost $17 billion.

Exports of metals and products made of them amounted to almost $2.9 billion, machinery, equipment and transport – almost $2.7 billion.

Taxed imports for this period amounted to $52.8 billion, or 70% of the total volume of imported goods.

During customs clearance of goods on which export duties were established, the state budget received almost UAH 1.5 billion.

Earlier, USM reported that the government is preparing a priority for the export of oil, meal and cake will not be included in the list.