Structural and Dynamic Changes in International Trade in Agricultural Products in Ukraine

The article is devoted to studying the structural and dynamic changes in international trade in agricultural products in Ukraine. The authors reveal the theoretical essence of the international trade in agricultural trade, export and import conditions taking modern challenges into consideration. The assessment of foreign trade regime is given, the trends and impact of implementing the Agreement on association between Ukraine and the EU on the development of Ukraine’s foreign trade are established. It was established that, on the one hand, the export orientation of raw materials to the EU crop production market increased, on the other hand, high import dependence on prepared food products remains, the import structure being more diversified. The peculiarities of key directions of Ukraine’s agro-industrial market under martial law and its place in the global food security system are characterized. The article also studies the structure of Ukraine’s trading partners, which were revised from the beginning of the war. The peculiarities of cooperation between Ukraine and the EU in the international trade in agricultural products are analyzed. The ways of diversifying export and increasing profitability of foreign trade in agricultural products from Ukraine in the EU market are suggested.本文致力于研究乌克兰农产品国际贸易的结构与动态变迁。作者结合当代发展挑战，阐释了农产品国际贸易、进出口态势的理论内涵。文中对乌克兰对外贸易制度进行了评估，并明确了《乌克兰与欧盟联系国协定》的实施对乌克兰对外贸易发展的趋势与影响。研究表明，一方面乌克兰向欧盟农作物产品市场出口的原材料导向有所增强，另一方面该国对预制食品的进口依赖度仍居高不下，且进口结构更趋多元。本文刻画了战时乌克兰农业产业核心方向的发展特征，及其在全球粮食安全体系中的地位。此外，本文还研究了俄乌冲突爆发后乌克兰贸易伙伴格局的重构情况，剖析了乌克兰与欧盟在农产品国际贸易领域的合作特点，并提出了优化乌克兰农产品对欧出口结构、提升其欧盟市场外贸盈利能力的路径方案。