How much did Ukraine earn from vegetable oil exports in 2025?

The main buyers of Ukrainian sunflower oil from January to June this year were Spain and Italy, which accounted for 12.88% and 12.18% of exports, respectively, followed by India with an 11.77% share. These countries spent $357M, $337.5M, and $326M on Ukrainian sunflower oil, respectively. Overall, in the first half of the year, Ukrainian sunflower oil exports totaled more than 2.4 million tons, generating up to $2.77B in revenue.

However, rapeseed oil exports this year decreased by about 72.2% compared to January-June 2024, falling to 19.99 million tons, with revenue down roughly 65.5%, totaling $58.02M. The main buyers of Ukrainian rapeseed oil were the Netherlands, which accounted for 39.29% of the exported volume and brought Ukraine $7.75M, Germany with 21.44% ($4.23M), and Slovakia with 13.13% ($2.59M).

Meanwhile, Ukraine increased its soybean oil exports this year by 52% from 287.05 million tons a year ago, doubling revenue to $295M. The most active buyers of Ukrainian soybean oil were Poland – accounting for 63.97% of exports and $188.7M, India – 9.02% and $26.62M, and Germany – 4.04% and $11.93M.