Ukraine increased exports to Africa by 15% in a year, — Zelenskyy

In total, Ukrainian exports to Africa in 2024 amounted to over $41 billion.

This was announced by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy. According to Zelenskyy, in 2025 there will be “more activity in working with Africa,” and the goal for the year is to continue growth.

“Each such new partnership is greater opportunities for our diplomacy and greater opportunities for our economy. I instructed the Minister of Foreign Affairs to prepare some of our specific agreements with African countries. Over the past year, we managed to increase Ukrainian exports by 15% – this is an increase of more than $5 billion to the level of 2023, and in total – more than $41 billion of Ukrainian exports per year. And in conditions of a full-scale war, this is a lot,” Zelenskyy said.

Separately, President Zelenskyy mentioned the visit to Lebanon of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Andriy Sybiha.

“As a result of the visit, we will also increase trade with Lebanon: now we have $400 million in agricultural exports with this country alone, and we are preparing to increase it at least twice,” Zelensky said. Earlier it became known that in Ukraine, foreign exchange earnings from agricultural exports amounted to $24.5 billion.