As of 2021, Ukraine imports a variety of agri-foods, especially fish, tobacco, alcohol, palm oil, citruses, cheeses, grapes, bananas, coffee, and chocolate from different parts of the world. Notably, most of the imported products listed above are also Africa’s primary exports to Ukraine. In the same year, 39 out of 54 African countries exported 168 thousand tones of agricultural products worth $ 380 million to Ukraine. The top 5 exporters were Côte d’Ivoire (26% of Ukraine’s agri-foods imports), Malawi (19%), Egypt (15%), Ghana (11%) and South Africa (7%).
Ukraine is officially represented in 10 African countries and 10 more embassies are planned to be open. The map shows that the presence of a diplomatic mission positively influences trade.
In 2021, the top exported agri-foods from Africa to Ukraine were tobacco (more than 20%)*, citrus, cocoa products, coffee and exotic fruits. The African countries of origin of the majority of tobacco exports were Malawi, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique. Coffee was mostly supplied by Ethiopia and Uganda. Cacao beans, powder, oil and powder was exported solely from Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana.
In terms of import dependance, Ukraine depends on Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana as exporters of cocoa beans, paste, and powder. These two countries alone account for approximately 80% of Ukraine’s cacao-product supplies. Furthermore, Ukraine is dependent on Malawi, which accounts for 25% of Ukraine’s tobacco imports. As for citrus, Egypt and South Africa together make up more than 20% of citrus exports to Ukraine.
* share in the amount exported of tobacco to Ukraine
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