According to the State Customs Service of Ukraine, in monetary terms it allowed Ukrainian cheese makers to earn 23.2% more – $66.8 million.
The largest buyers of Ukrainian cheese in 2025 were Moldova (34.7%), Kazakhstan (30.3%) and Germany (9.3%).
At the same time, last year Ukraine imported 42.3 thousand tons of cheese – 10.4% more than a year earlier and three times more than it exported.
In monetary terms, cheese imports increased by 19.9%, compared to 2024 – to $272.3 million. This is four times more than was received from exports.
Cheese was imported to Ukraine mainly from Poland (43.4%), Germany (16.4%) and the Netherlands (8.1%).
