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Trade between Slovakia and Ukraine

In 2024, Slovakia exported $1.9 billion to Ukraine and imported $944 million. Slovakia ran a surplus of $966 million with Ukraine, compared with a deficit of $34 million in 2019. Ukraine was Slovakia’s 18th largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and Slovakia was Ukraine’s 12th (2%).

Summary

Slovakia → Ukraine
$1.9billion
Ukraine → Slovakia
$944million
Slovakia’s balance
$966million

Balance

Slovakia’s trade balance with Ukraine

Trade between Slovakia and Ukraine grew 9.1-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 1.9
  • Imports 0.9
  • Balance +1

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$190 million$122 million$67 million
1996$241 million$288 million-$47 million
1997$265 million$315 million-$50 million
1998$212 million$282 million-$70 million
1999$155 million$242 million-$87 million
2000$162 million$246 million-$84 million
2001$162 million$236 million-$74 million
2002$169 million$288 million-$118 million
2003$223 million$299 million-$76 million
2004$291 million$419 million-$128 million
2005$356 million$534 million-$178 million
2006$506 million$582 million-$76 million
2007$601 million$669 million-$68 million
2008$840 million$943 million-$102 million
2009$366 million$465 million-$99 million
2010$561 million$595 million-$35 million
2011$807 million$891 million-$84 million
2012$827 million$703 million$125 million
2013$840 million$775 million$65 million
2014$594 million$688 million-$94 million
2015$483 million$488 million-$6 million
2016$526 million$488 million$38 million
2017$670 million$685 million-$15 million
2018$660 million$875 million-$215 million
2019$694 million$728 million-$34 million
2020$856 million$446 million$410 million
2021$973 million$964 million$9 million
2022$1.3 billion$1.5 billion-$219 million
2023$2.3 billion$1.1 billion$1.3 billion
2024$1.9 billion$944 million$966 million

What they sell each other

What Slovakia sells to Ukraine

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

  1. Refined petroleum$432 million · 22.6%
    427 thousand tonnes · Slovakia’s destinations
  2. Cars$263 million · 13.8%
    18 thousand tonnes · Slovakia’s destinations
  3. Electricity$213 million · 11.2%
    Slovakia’s destinations
  4. 1 thousand tonnes
  5. Coated flat steel$68 million · 3.5%
    54 thousand tonnes
  6. Trucks$54 million · 2.8%
    7 thousand tonnes
  7. 113 tonnes
  8. New tires$32 million · 1.7%
    5 thousand tonnes · Slovakia’s destinations
  9. 62 thousand tonnes
  10. Military weapons$29 million · 1.5%
    250 tonnes

What Ukraine sells to Slovakia

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

  1. Iron ore$468 million · 49.6%
    4.9 million tonnes · Ukraine’s destinations
  2. Poultry meat$78 million · 8.3%
    33 thousand tonnes
  3. Cables and wire$67 million · 7.1%
    3 thousand tonnes · Slovakia’s sources
  4. Unwrought aluminum$24 million · 2.6%
    12 thousand tonnes
  5. Cyclic hydrocarbons$22 million · 2.3%
    25 thousand tonnes
  6. Railway parts$20 million · 2.1%
    9 thousand tonnes
  7. Plastic sheets and film$16 million · 1.7%
    4 thousand tonnes
  8. 12 thousand tonnes
  9. Soybeans$12 million · 1.3%
    32 thousand tonnes · Ukraine’s destinations
  10. Sawn wood$11 million · 1.2%
    10 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Slovakia and Ukraine traded $2.9 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$2.9 billion · 100%

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

How much each matters to the other

Ukraine was Slovakia’s 18th largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and Slovakia was Ukraine’s 12th (2%).

Ukraine in Slovakia’s trade
1.3%
Ukraine’s rank among Slovakia’s partners
18th
Slovakia in Ukraine’s trade
2.4%
Slovakia’s rank among Ukraine’s partners
12th

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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.