Salt purchase costs in the first half of 2025 were reduced to $ 26.919 million compared to 52.225 million dollars for the same period last year.
In the first half of 2025, Ukraine significantly reduced salt imports. Since the beginning of the year, 211.692 thousand tons of salt were imported, which was 45.88% lower than the same period last year. It reports about it Interfax-Ukraine With reference to HMS data.
According to statistics, the costs of buying salt in foreign markets in the first half of 2025 have reduced by 48.46% to $ 26.919 million against $ 52.225 million for the same period of 2024.
The main suppliers are Egypt, which costs 46.09% of imported goods, worth $ 12.407 million, Turkey (17.57% and $ 4.730 million) and Romania (13.41% and $ 3.611 million).
Back in 2021, Ukraine exported 710.04 thousand tons of salt $ 28.32 million, while 2022 supplies overseas fell five times – up to 142.038 thousand tons, and income of $ 3.82 million.
Ukrainian’s main salt consumer in 2021 was Poland (39.1%), Hungary (27.4%) and Romania (7.3%). In 2021, Ukraine imported salt of 142.81 thousand tons of $ 12.92 million.
In April 2022, after the work of the largest salt manufacturer – Artemosoli – Our country is practical to stop exporting it, becoming a net import.
Remember that the Dolinskoye department in the Ivano-Frankiv region is planning to continue salt booty.
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