Ukrainian exports fell by 19 percent in August

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Exports of Ukrainian goods fell by 19 percent in August compared to the same period in 2025.

The volume of goods exports fell to $2.355 billion.

MOSCOW, October 9 – RIA Novosti. Exports of Ukrainian goods in August fell by 19% compared to the same period in 2025, according to documents from the National Bank of Ukraine, which were studied by RIA Novosti.

According to the regulator’s report at the end of August, the volume of exports of goods in monetary terms amounted to $2.355 billion.

In August last year, this figure was $2.907 billion. Thus, exports of goods decreased by 19 percent.

Last week, RIA Novosti reported that, according to the National Bank of Ukraine, exports of ferrous and non-ferrous metals and products from them in August decreased by 48.1 percent compared to the same period last year. Exports of grain crops from Ukraine fell even more over the same period: in August they fell by 63.3 percent.

Earlier, the Financial Times reported that Ukraine began to have problems with grain exports through the Black Sea. The publication believes that this is due to strikes by the Russian Armed Forces on military targets in the areas of the Black Sea ports, which are involved in the delivery of cargo to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.