Ukraine

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The report provides a global overview of production, consumption and prices of soybeans. Soaring input costs and supply disruptions put pressure on soybean producers and add more volatility to the market. Meanwhile, dry weather in South America has…

The commodities country overview provides comprehensive data on production, consumption and price trends in key commodities markets. The commodities overview in Ukraine covers production and consumption trends in agricultural commodities, energy…

This report provides a global overview of commodity market trends from 2017 through to 2022, including price forecasts up to 2024 for the key commodities in the Agriculture, Energy and Metals sectors. Insights analyse long-term global trends that can…

Cigarettes recorded a strong unit volume decline in 2022, losing around a fifth of their sales in this year. However, given the backdrop in the country during 2022, cigarettes could actually be said to have showed a slightly better performance than…

Cigars, cigarillos and smoking tobacco all recorded major sales declines in unit volume terms in 2022, hit by a marked reduction in the assortment that was available as well as frequent out-of-stock situations, which were related to economic, import…

Although heated tobacco recorded declining sales in both volume and real value (at constant 2022 prices) terms, it managed to register modest growth in current value terms in 2022, which was seen as not too bad a performance given Ukraine was…

As with all fmcg industries in the country, the war has strongly impacted the tobacco market in Ukraine. For example, there is a much-diminished consumer base, with approximately eight million people – some 20% of the population – estimated to have…

During times of economic uncertainty, chocolate confectionery tends to cede ground to sugar confectionery in Ukraine. This is largely because of the higher prices of chocolate confectionery amid strong pressure on consumer incomes. Towards the end of…

The demand for gum in Ukraine suffered heavily in the wake of the Russian invasion of the country in 2022. This was partly because consumers in Ukraine looked to save money, and they tended to make fewer impulse purchases, which included perceived…

Like other packaged food categories, ice cream suffered in late 2022 and 2023 from electricity outages. These energy problems had strong negative impact on the manufacture and storage of frozen goods. While ice cream is set to register strong retail…

Savoury snacks can be said to have suffered most from the effects of the war in Ukraine in terms of production, supply and consumer behaviour. This is partly reflected in savoury snacks recording the highest decline in snacks in retail volume sales…

All snacks categories are projected to see good-to-strong retail volume growth over 2023. However, sales bases have been lowered significantly by the slump in 2022, and market sizes at the end of the review period are expected to be lower than in…

Strongly increased sugar prices and electricity outages in late 2022-2023 increased the cost of manufacturing and negatively impacted consumers’ ability to afford or justify the prices of sugar confectionery. As a result, consumers tended to reduce…

In 2023, sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruit snacks all started to rebound from the double-digit declines recorded in retail volume sales in 2022. During the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, fruit snacks, snack bars and sweet biscuits posted only…

Ukraine’s population will plummet in 2021-2040 as a result of millions leaving the country in 2022-2024, following the commencement of the war, triggering a demographic crisis in the country. At the same time, natural increase will remain negative…

Baby food suffered heavy losses in 2022 as large numbers of families fled the country following Russia’s invasion. The category’s recovery in 2023 continues to be limited by the significantly smaller consumer base for these products. Besides which,…

In June 2022 Ukrainian dairy manufacturers were granted duty-free exports to the EU for one year. This was extended for one more year in 2023 as part of ongoing efforts to support Ukraine’s economy while it continues to cope with the impact of…

The war has taken its toll on the local economy with disposable income in most households being squeezed. As a result, some price-sensitive consumers are downtrading when it comes to shopping for cheese. For instance, some consumers are shifting to…