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Imports of products into Ukraine cost a total US$69.6 billion in 2025, decreasing by -4.4% compared to $72.8 billion five years earlier in 2021.

Year over year, the overall value of Ukrainian imported goods slowed by -1.2% starting from $70.5 billion for 2024.

Based on the average exchange rate for 2025, the Ukrainian hryvnia appreciated by 34.6% against the US dollar since 2021 and strengthened by 3.7% from 2024 to 2025. Ukraine’s stronger local currency makes Ukraine’s imports paid for in the comparatively weaker US dollars relatively more expensive when converted starting from the local Ukrainian hryvnia.

The latest available country-specific data from 2024 shows that 70.8% of products imported into Ukraine was supplied by exporters in: mainland China (35.6% of the Ukrainian total), Poland (7.5%), Germany (5.2%), Türkiye (5.1%), United States of America (4%), Italy (2.8%), Czech Republic (2.7%), Bulgaria (2.16%), Greece (also 2.16%), Slovakia (1.8%), Romania (1.7%) and France (1.3%).

Applying a continental lens to the latest data, over half (54.5%) of Ukraine’s total imports by value was purchased from fellow European countries. Asian trade partners supplied 37.1% of imports purchased by Ukraine, while another 5.6% worth of goods originated from North America.

Tinier percentages came from suppliers in Africa (1.4%), Latin American countries (1.1%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, then Oceania (0.2%) led by Australia and New Zealand.

Given Ukraine’s population of 32.9 million people, its total US$69.6 billion in 2025 imports translates to roughly $2,125 in yearly product demand from every person in the Eastern European nation. That dollar metric outpaces the country’s average $2,100 per capita for 2024.

Ukraine’s top 10 imports exceeded three-fifths (64.8%) of the overall value of its product purchases from other countries.

The fastest growers among Ukraine’s top import categories were imported arms and ammunition (up 6,255% from 2024), aircraft and spacecraft (up 71.9%), mineral fuels including oil (up 4.6%) then machinery including computers (up 4.3%).

The severest-declining product categories from 2024 were Ukrainian imports of pharmaceuticals (down -18.4%), plastics both as materials and items made from plastic (down -17.6%) then the metals iron and steel (down -7.3%).

Please note that the results listed above are at the 2-digit Harmonized Tariff System (HTS) code level.

Information presented below is from the more granular 4-digit HTS code perspective.

Focusing on the 4-digit HTS codes, Ukraine’s top 10 imported products are refined petroleum oils (8% of the Ukrainian total), cars (5.1%), bombs, grenades and other ammunition (3.5%), petroleum gases (2.6%), medication mixes in dosage (2.3%), unmanned aircraft (also 2.3%), phone devices including smartphones (1.9%), electric generating sets or converters (1.6%), trucks (1.5%) then electrical energy (1.3%).

Among these import subcategories, Ukrainian purchases of petroleum gases (up 168%), coal including solid fuels made from coal (up 76.9%) then petroleum oil residues (up 50.7%) grew at the fastest pace from 2024 to 2025.

These amounts and the percentage gains within parenthesis clearly show where the strongest demand lies for different types of mineral fuels-related energy imports among Ukrainian businesses and consumers.

Among these import subcategories, Ukrainian purchases of radar and radio communication items (up 209.4%), electrical machinery (up 53.9%) then electric generating sets or converters (up 53.2%) grew at the fastest pace from 2024 to 2025.

These amounts and the percentage gains within parenthesis clearly show where the strongest demand lies for different types of electronics-related imports among Ukrainian businesses and consumers.

Among these import subcategories, Ukrainian purchases of armored vehicles including tanks (up 18,243%), motorcycles (up 62.6%) then public-transport vehicles (up 62.2%) grew at the fastest pace from 2024 to 2025.

These amounts and the percentage gains within parenthesis clearly show where the strongest demand lies for different types of vehicles-related imports among Ukrainian businesses and consumers.

Among these import subcategories, Ukrainian purchases of miscellaneous engines and motors (up 167.1%), miscellaneous machinery (up 65.8%) then harvesting or threshing machinery (up 63.1%) grew at the fastest pace from 2024 to 2025.

These amounts and the percentage changes within parenthesis clearly show where the strongest demand lies for different types of machinery-related imports among Ukrainian businesses and consumers.
 

See also Ukraine’s Top 10 Exports, Russia’s Top 10 Imports, Wheat Imports by Country and Most Valuable Red Meat Import Markets by Country

Research Sources:
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook report on Europe: Ukraine. Accessed on November 8, 2026

EXCHANGE-RATES.org, Exchange Rates History: Ukraine Hryvnia (UAH) To US Dollar (USD). Accessed on November 8, 2026

International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database (GDP based on Purchasing Power Parity). Accessed on November 8, 2026

International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on November 8, 2026