From which countries Ukraine imports tractors

The indicators of agricultural equipment imports to Ukraine have become known. In particular, in such an important segment as field tractors. Contrary to pessimistic expectations, in 2020 the domestic agrarians bought tractors for a pretty decent amount - more than 520 million U.S. dollars.

Note that the absolute record was recorded three years ago and amounted to almost $700 million. However, just in 2016-2017, there were very good weather conditions in most of the country, which were favorable for getting good crops of corn and sunflower.

In contrast, dry weather and uncertainty about the land market in 2020 were not conducive to buyer sentiment. But, as it turned out, Ukrainian farmers were still actively buying tractors.

If we talk about the geography of tractor imports to Ukraine in 2020, the first place goes to the U.S. with 77.6 million dollars. Second place goes to China, which has almost caught up with the U.S. with 76.6 million dollars. Note that in the first case we are mainly talking about more expensive high-performance machines, and in the second - about low-cost tractors of small and medium power.

Third place went to Germany with $70.9 million, fourth place to Belarus tractors with $63.2 million, and finally Poland in fifth place with $45.5 million.

On the one hand, we should be happy for domestic agricultural producers who have received new modern equipment, but on the other hand, of course, it would be much better for the country's economy if at least part of this amount went to Ukrainian tractors.