Russian strikes on the port infrastructure of Higher Odesa and the Danube ports have considerably worsened Ukraine's export capability and are already having tangible penalties for the agricultural sector, the Ukrainian Agri Council has mentioned.

Supply: Ukrainian agribusiness consulting company APK-Inform

Particulars: "Resulting from intensified assaults in December and January, agri-food export efficiency deteriorated sharply," mentioned Denys Marchuk, Deputy Head of the Ukrainian Agri Council. "Present export volumes are 47% decrease than final 12 months. Up to now, round 16 million tonnes have been exported, which is about 6 million tonnes lower than throughout the identical interval final 12 months."

He added that manufacturing indicators within the agricultural sector stay robust, however farmers are shedding profitability. Within the 2025/26 advertising 12 months, Ukraine harvested greater than 58 million tonnes of grain crops and about 17.7 million tonnes of oilseeds.

"It is a good consequence, however with out secure exports these volumes flip into further storage prices for farmers. Ukraine has not reached its deliberate export figures, which suggests a lack of international forex earnings and farm incomes," Marchuk defined.

He famous that such situations negatively have an effect on the well timed financing of producers in preparation for the brand new sowing marketing campaign.

Quote from Marchuk: "Winter is historically a interval of useful resource accumulation for preparation for the sowing marketing campaign: buying seeds, gasoline and crop safety merchandise. Nonetheless, resulting from extra advanced logistics, further insurance coverage prices and declining incomes, many farms are experiencing a scarcity of working capital.

The ultimate worth obtained by the producer is lowering, and this immediately impacts readiness for the spring marketing campaign. The price of the 2026 sowing marketing campaign might enhance by about 15% in comparison with the earlier 12 months."

Background:

• Ukraine's seaports fulfilled greater than 95% of their deliberate cargo turnover targets by the tip of 2025. Beneath the plan, cargo turnover at seaports for 2025 was set at 86.2 million tonnes, whereas the precise consequence amounted to 82.2 million tonnes, or 95.36% of the plan.
• During the last 12 months, the depth of Russian assaults on Ukrainian port infrastructure elevated considerably: in 2024, 36 assaults have been recorded, whereas in 2025 their quantity rose to 96. In 2025, 325 port infrastructure amenities have been broken.

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