The market of plant protection products in Ukraine
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.31617/2.2025(55)02Keywords:
plant protection products, pesticides, market.Abstract
Ukraine, as a country with a high level of agricultural development, which is one of the producers and suppliers of grain and oilseed crops on the world market, requires significant volumes of plant protection products. Without the use of these products, crop losses can reach 33–48%. The most common today are chemical plant protection products – pesticides. Martial law as a result of a full-scale invasion of Ukraine has had a negative impact, in particular, on domestic agriculture and the chemical industry. Loss of agricultural land, destruction of industrial facilities, disruption of logistics chains, reduction in effective demand, shortage of personnel, led to a decrease in the use and supply of plant protection products in 2022. A hypothesis was formulated that the plant protection products market in Ukraine has stabilized due to the increase in the entry of cheaper products, in particular imported products, into the market. The study analyzed statistical data on the dynamics of production, import, export, and use of plant protection products in Ukraine. Statistical information was processed using comparative analysis and generalization methods; the work used the method of a systems approach. It was found that the volumes of production, export, and import in physical form and use of pesticides increased in 2024. At the same time, a decrease in the average cost of insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, and plant growth regulators imported into Ukraine was noted in 2024.
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