In the 2025 calendar year, Turkey imported 5.41 million tonnes of Ukrainian corn and became its largest buyer, accounting for more than 30% of total supplies.

In 2025, Turkey became the largest buyer of Ukrainian corn, importing 5.41 million tonnes (30% of the total volume). The average price was $219.1/tonne. Italy was in second place (2.82 million tonnes), followed by Spain (1.7 million tonnes). The Netherlands, Egypt and Korea also purchased significant volumes. This was reported by latifundist.com.

The average export price was $219.1 per tonne, which is one of the highest among key buyers.

Italy ranked second, importing 2.82 million tonnes of Ukrainian corn (15.7% of the total volume) at an average price of $208.8 per tonne.

Spain ranked third with 1.7 million tonnes and a 9.4% share, with an average delivery price of $209.3 per tonne.

Significant volumes of Ukrainian corn in 2025 were also purchased by the Netherlands — 1.46 million tonnes (8.1%) at a price of $215.4/tonne, and Egypt — 1.31 million tonnes (7.3%) at an average price of $207.6/tonne.

Among Asian destinations, the Republic of Korea remained the key buyer in 2025, importing 765,900 tonnes of corn from Ukraine at an average price of $212.2/tonne.

Libya closed the list of major importers of Ukrainian corn with 643,500 tonnes at a price of $216.8/tonne.

As reported, during July-November of the 2025/ 2026, Turkey increased its purchases of Ukrainian barley by 6.4 times compared to the same period last season, from 36 to 233 thousand tonnes, and ranked second among importers of this Ukrainian product with a 20% share of total supplies.