Agro Napló • 2023. március 13. 13:53
EU trade with Ukraine has been strongly affected since the start of Russia's invasion, with an initial strong disruption recorded between February and March 2022, when the share of Ukraine with respect to extra-EU flows dropped for both imports and exports (-40% and -56%, respectively).
However, in December 2022, the share of Ukraine in extra-EU exports was above the pre-war level (1.5% in December compared with 1.2% in February 2022) while imports remained slightly below (1.0% compared with 1.1%).
Source dataset: ext_st_eu27_2020sitc
When looking at six key traded products, selected because of their relevance with respect to total extra-EU imports, the share of Ukraine in extra-EU imports declined for products such as sunflower oil (79.8% in 2022 compared with 87.5% in 2021; -7.7 percentage points), maize (47.5% compared with 50.7%; -3.1 pp), rape or colza seeds (31.0% compared with 39.2%; -8.2 pp) and iron and steel (4.4% compared with 10.7%; -6.3 pp).
Source dataset: DS-045409
On the other hand, the share of Ukraine in extra-EU imports grew for soya bean oil (37.6% in 2022 compared with 35.9% in 2021; +1.7 pp) and wood (11.6% compared with 9.8%; +1.8 pp).
For more information
- A Statistics Explained and news article on Russia-EU - international trade of main product groups are being published on Friday 3rd March.
- Statistics Explained article on Ukraine-EU - international trade of main product groups
- Statistics 4 Beginners on trade in goods
- Thematic section on international trade in goods
- Database on international trade in goods
- News article on EU agricultural prices in Q3 2022
- EU solidarity with Ukraine
Methodological notes:
- The following Harmonised System (HS) codes were used for the selected products:
- HS 1512: Sunflower-seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
- HS 1005: Maize (corn)
- HS 1205: Rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken
- HS 1507: Soya-bean oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
- HS 72: Iron and steel
- HS 44: Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal
- The above products were selected because of their relevance with respect to total extra-EU imports in terms of share or in terms of their absolute value.
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