Since the beginning of the year, Ukraine has been importing more than exporting: the deficit is $11.5bn

In January-April this year, Ukraine imported goods worth $24.8 billion and exported goods worth $13.3 billion. The total trade turnover was over $38 billion.

This was reported by the press service of the State Customs Service of Ukraine.

Ukraine imported the most goods from China — $5.2 billion, Poland — $2.3 billion and Germany — $2.1 billion.

At the same time, it exported the most to Poland — $1.6 billion, Turkey — $932 million, and Italy — $843 million.

Import and export data for the first 4 months of 2025. Infographic: State Customs Service of Ukraine

Imports were mainly made up of machinery, equipment and transport — more than $9 billion (67% of total imports), chemical products — $4.2 billion, and fuel and energy products — $3.3 billion.

The largest exports from Ukraine were food products — worth $7.6 billion, metals and metal products — $1.5 billion, and machinery, equipment and transport — $1.2 billion.

As a reminder, agricultural exports in Mykolaiv region have decreased, while imports of machinery are breaking records.