Ukraine: Exporter Guide Annual

Despite the Russia-Ukraine war, Ukraine's retail, food processing, and food service sectors are functioning. The retail industry is working to maintain an assortment of imported products. Fish and other seafood, beef, nuts, food ingredients, whiskey, beer, snacks, and pet food imports are growing. After the economy and imports contracted in 2022, the situation recovered in 2023-2024 and kept improving in 2025. Many imports recovered to pre-war levels. Decreased consumer purchasing power and a focus on cheaper product tiers have pushed many U.S. imports into the high-end segment. Ukraine is adopting numerous European Union (EU) import regulations to align its regulatory system as part of EU accession negotiations that started in July 2024. The import situation for food and agricultural products will remain dynamic, with logistics challenges, until the end of the war.