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This report lists Ukraine’s requirements for health and nutritional claims that are allowed for domestically produced and imported food products.

Ukraine has ambitions regarding combating climate change at the level of its laws and regulations.

Post projects Ukraine’s walnut production at around 133,000 metric tons (MT) for marketing year (MY) 2021/22 based on favorable weather conditions. Industrial walnut production is gradually gaining ground in Ukraine, driven both by state support and export demand for high-quality product.

On January 1, 2022, Ukraine will implement new Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs) for chlorpyrifos and chlorpyrifos-methyl in agricultural and food products at the level of 0.01 milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg) or milligrams per liter (mg/l) depending on whether the product is solid or liquid.

While the total number of Ukrainian livestock remained on its downward trend in 2021, the swine herd exhibited some signs of recovery after low prices and low production in 2020.

Ukraine’s chicken meat production and exports are expected to decline in 2021 with a slow rebound in 2022. Slimmer production margins due to increased feed costs led to production contraction by smaller producers and bankruptcy of the second largest Ukrainian poultry manufacturer.

For 2020/21 oilseeds will remain a top choice for Ukrainian farmers due to higher profitability compared to grains.

Ukraine harvested a record-breaking volume of wheat and barley for MY2019/20, while corn production was similar to the MY2018/19 volume.

Ukraine introduced export restrictions for wheat at 20.2 million metric tons (MMT) until the end of marketing year (MY)2019/20.

Ukraine is a developing country with a market-oriented economy. Following several years of recovery from the 2014 – 2015 economic crisis, the retail food sector has recently demonstrated slow growth.