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Trade between Hungary and Ukraine

In 2024, Hungary exported $2 billion to Ukraine and imported $1.1 billion. Hungary ran a surplus of $875 million with Ukraine, compared with a deficit of $404 million in 2019. Ukraine was Hungary’s 21st largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and Hungary was Ukraine’s 9th (3%).

Summary

Hungary → Ukraine
$2billion
Ukraine → Hungary
$1.1billion
Hungary’s balance
$875million

Balance

Hungary’s trade balance with Ukraine

Trade between Hungary and Ukraine grew 4.7-fold since 1995

USD billions (current). Hungary’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 2
  • Imports 1.1
  • Balance +0.9

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$303 million$345 million-$43 million
1996$265 million$413 million-$148 million
1997$242 million$345 million-$103 million
1998$237 million$291 million-$54 million
1999$140 million$292 million-$152 million
2000$179 million$325 million-$146 million
2001$194 million$432 million-$237 million
2002$236 million$545 million-$309 million
2003$336 million$884 million-$549 million
2004$557 million$817 million-$260 million
2005$760 million$678 million$82 million
2006$951 million$970 million-$19 million
2007$1.4 billion$1.4 billion$72 million
2008$1.5 billion$1.6 billion-$142 million
2009$799 million$809 million-$9 million
2010$1.4 billion$888 million$486 million
2011$1.5 billion$1.5 billion$49 million
2012$1.4 billion$1.6 billion-$249 million
2013$1.6 billion$1.7 billion-$125 million
2014$1.4 billion$1.8 billion-$398 million
2015$1.6 billion$1.2 billion$410 million
2016$939 million$1.3 billion-$396 million
2017$1.4 billion$2 billion-$590 million
2018$1.6 billion$1.9 billion-$320 million
2019$1.5 billion$1.9 billion-$404 million
2020$1.4 billion$1.5 billion-$88 million
2021$1.7 billion$1.9 billion-$223 million
2022$1.3 billion$2.5 billion-$1.2 billion
2023$1.6 billion$1.3 billion$315 million
2024$2 billion$1.1 billion$875 million

What they sell each other

What Hungary sells to Ukraine

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Electricity$220 million · 11.2%
    Hungary’s destinations
  2. Cars$202 million · 10.3%
    14 thousand tonnes · Hungary’s destinations
  3. Cables and wire$124 million · 6.3%
    12 thousand tonnes · Hungary’s destinations
  4. Natural gas and LPG$119 million · 6.1%
    246 thousand tonnes
  5. Refined petroleum$117 million · 6%
    167 thousand tonnes · Ukraine’s sources
  6. 804 tonnes · Hungary’s destinations
  7. 1 thousand tonnes
  8. Other rubber articles$44 million · 2.2%
    240 tonnes
  9. Pet and animal feed$42 million · 2.1%
    26 thousand tonnes
  10. 1 thousand tonnes

What Ukraine sells to Hungary

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. 19 thousand tonnes
  2. Cables and wire$159 million · 14.5%
    6 thousand tonnes · Hungary’s sources
  3. Soybean meal and pellets$70 million · 6.4%
    174 thousand tonnes
  4. Cane and beet sugar$43 million · 3.9%
    59 thousand tonnes
  5. Sawn wood$42 million · 3.8%
    116 thousand tonnes
  6. 394 tonnes
  7. Soybeans$26 million · 2.3%
    61 thousand tonnes · Ukraine’s destinations
  8. Corn$25 million · 2.3%
    8 thousand tonnes · Ukraine’s destinations
  9. Control panels$23 million · 2.1%
    430 tonnes
  10. Phones and telecom equipment$23 million · 2.1%
    213 tonnes

How it travels

Hungary and Ukraine traded $3.1 billion in 2024 (both directions together). They trade mostly over land: 100% of the value travels by truck, rail or pipeline.

Split by transport mode

  1. Land$3.1 billion · 100%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

Ukraine was Hungary’s 21st largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and Hungary was Ukraine’s 9th (3%).

Ukraine in Hungary’s trade
1%
Ukraine’s rank among Hungary’s partners
21st
Hungary in Ukraine’s trade
2.6%
Hungary’s rank among Ukraine’s partners
9th

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Sources and methodology

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.