Imports of products into Ukraine cost a total US$70.5 billion in 2024, increasing by 29.7% compared to $54.3 billion five years earlier in 2020.

Year over year, the overall value of Ukrainian imported goods accelerated by 10.9% starting from $63.6 billion for 2023.

Based on the average exchange rate for 2024, the Ukrainian hryvnia depreciated by -33.2% against the US dollar since 2020 and fell by -8.3% from 2023 to 2024. Ukraine’s weaker local currency makes Ukraine’s imports paid for in the comparatively stronger US dollars relatively more expensive when converted starting from the weaker Ukrainian hryvnia.

Major Suppliers of Ukrainian Imports

The latest available country-specific data 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 33.4 million people, its total US$70.5 billion in 2024 imports translates to roughly $2,100 in yearly product demand from every person in the Eastern European nation. That dollar metric exceeds the country’s average $1,900 per capita for 2023.

Ukraine’s Top 10 Imports

The following product groups represent the highest dollar value in Ukraine’s import purchases during 2024, at the 2-digit Harmonized Tariff System (HTS) code level. Also shown is the percentage share each product category represents in terms of overall imports into Ukraine.

1. Mineral fuels including oil: US$8.9 billion (12.6% of total imports)
2. Electrical machinery, equipment: $8.4 billion (11.9%)
3. Vehicles: $7.5 billion (10.7%)
4. Machinery including computers: $6.5 billion (9.3%)
5. Plastics, plastic articles: $2.9 billion (4.1%)
6. Pharmaceuticals: $2.4 billion (3.5%)
7. Optical, technical, medical apparatus: $1.7 billion (2.5%)
8. Iron, steel: $1.48 billion (2.1%)
9. Aircraft, spacecraft: $1.46 billion (2.1%)
10. Other chemical goods: $1.3 billion (1.8%)

Ukraine’s top 10 imports were about three-fifths (60.4%) of the overall value of its product purchases from other countries.

The fastest growers among Ukraine’s top import categories were imported aircraft and spacecraft (up 88.6% from 2023), electrical machinery and equipment (up 40.5%), then machinery including computers (up 23.6%).

The sole declining product category from 2023 was for imported mineral fuels including oil via a -14.2% reduction.

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 (9.7% of the Ukrainian total), cars (6.2%), medication mixes in dosage (2.8%), unmanned aircraft (1.8%), phone devices including smartphones (also 1.8%), trucks (1.4%), electric storage batteries (1.35%), packaged insecticides, fungicides and herbicides (1.2%), tractors (1.1%) then computers including optical readers (also 1.1%).

Ukraine’s Imports of Mineral Fuels Including Oil

In 2024, Ukrainian importers spent the most on the following 10 subcategories of mineral fuels-related energy products.

1. Processed petroleum oils: US$6.8 billion (down -12.9% from 2023)
2. Electrical energy: $669.2 million (up 332.7%)
3. Petroleum gases: $665.8 million (down -65%)
4. Coal, solid fuels made from coal: $402 million (up 116.9%)
5. Coke, semi-coke: $235.5 million (up 81.9%)
6. Petroleum oil residues: $73.1 million (down -41.7%)
7. Petroleum jelly, mineral waxes: $12.9 million (down -7.2%)
8. Peat: $7.2 million (up 54.5%)
9. Coal tar oils (high temperature distillation): $5.8 million (down -6.3%)
10. Asphalt/petroleum bitumen mixes: $3.3 million (down -45.7%)

Among these import subcategories, Ukrainian purchases of electrical energy (up 332.7%), coal, solid fuels made from coal (up 116.9%) then coke and semi-coke (up 81.9%) grew at the fastest pace from 2023 to 2024.

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.

Ukraine’s Imports of Electrical Products

In 2024, Ukrainian importers spent the most on the following 10 subcategories of electronics.

1. Phone devices including smartphones: US$1.3 billion (up 9.1% from 2023)
2. Electric storage batteries: $950.2 million (up 103.9%)
3. Electric generating sets, converters: $731.2 million (up 3.4%)
4. Electrical converters/power units: $595.9 million (up 108.6%)
5. Insulated wire/cable: $475.5 million (up 9.3%)
6. TV receiver/transmit/digital cameras: $472.7 million (up 206.1%)
7. Electric water heaters, hair dryers: $388.3 million (up 21.2%)
8. Lower-voltage switches, fuses: $378.8 million (up 9.1%)
9. Solar power diodes/semi-conductors: $326.4 million (up 133.3%)
10. Electric motors, generators: $322.3 million (up 136.4%)

Among these import subcategories, Ukrainian purchases of television receivers, transmitters and digital cameras (up 206.1%), electric motors and generators (up 136.4%) then solar power diodes or semi-conductors (up 133.3%) grew at the fastest pace from 2023 to 2024.

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.

Ukraine’s Imports of Vehicles

In 2024, Ukrainian importers spent the most on the following 10 subcategories of vehicles-related goods.

1. Cars: US$4.4 billion (up 7.9% from 2023)
2. Trucks: $986.1 million (up 31.9%)
3. Tractors: $777.8 million (down -6.4%)
4. Automobile parts/accessories: $677 million (up 17.8%)
5. Trailers: $251.5 million (down -32.6%)
6. Special purpose vehicles: $216 million (up 31.5%)
7. Motorcycles: $83.7 million (up 50.2%)
8. Public-transport vehicles: $52.8 million (up 3.8%)
9. Automobile bodies: $39.7 million (down -27.9%)
10. Bicycles, other non-motorized cycles: $17.4 million (up 17.9%)

Among these import subcategories, Ukrainian purchases of motorcycles (up 50.2%), trucks (up 31.9%) then special purpose vehicles (up 31.5%) grew at the fastest pace from 2023 to 2024.

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.

Ukraine’s Imports of Machinery Including Computers

In 2024, Ukrainian importers spent the most on the following 10 subcategories of machinery including computers.

1. Computers, optical readers: US$759.6 million (up 2.7% from 2023)
2. Centrifuges, filters and purifiers: $303 million (up 22.3%)
3. Harvest/threshing machinery: $297.9 million (up 21.1%)
4. Soil preparation or cultivation machinery: $285.1 million (up 51.2%)
5. Refrigerators, freezers: $270.8 million (up 18.4%)
6. Machinery for soil preparation, cultivation: $264.4 million (up 36.2%)
7. Liquid pumps and elevators: $251.5 million (up 33.7%)
8. Taps, valves, similar appliances: $240.8 million (up 9%)
9. Transmission shafts, gears, clutches: $199.5 million (up 28.5%)
10. Heavy machinery (bulldozers, excavators, road rollers): $192.5 million (up 48%)

Among these import subcategories, Ukrainian purchases of soil preparation or cultivation machinery (up 51.2%), heavy machinery such as bulldozers, excavators and road rollers (up 48%) then nuclear reactors including fuel elements (up 36.2%) grew at the fastest pace from 2023 to 2024.

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 January 16, 2026

EXCHANGE-RATES.org, Exchange Rates History: Ukraine Hryvnia (UAH) To US Dollar (USD). Accessed on January 16, 2026

International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database (GDP based on Purchasing Power Parity). Accessed on January 16, 2026

International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on January 16, 2026