Israel among key buyers of Ukrainian flour and cereals: what export data shows for 2025/26

Ukraine maintained a significant presence in foreign markets for grain processing products over the ten months of the 2025/26 season, although exports in several categories were below last year’s levels. For Israel, this statistic is important not only as an agricultural news item but also as part of a broader picture of food ties with Ukraine during the war.

According to the ‘Flour Millers of Ukraine’ union, Ukraine exported 52.6 thousand tons of wheat flour from July to April of the 2025/26 marketing year. This is 3.5% less than the same period last season, when the supply volume was 54.7 thousand tons.

Israel remains among the notable buyers in this structure. Over the ten months of the season, it imported 4.5 thousand tons of Ukrainian wheat flour and ranked among the top five destinations after Moldova, Palestine, the Czech Republic, and Spain.

Ukrainian flour and Israel: why these numbers matter

For the Israeli audience, Ukrainian exports of grain processing products are not abstract statistics. The Israeli market depends on stable external supplies of food raw materials and finished products, and Ukraine, despite the war, infrastructure strikes, and logistical risks, continues to hold positions in several categories.

Israel’s role is particularly noticeable in the segment of other types of flour. From July to April of the current season, Ukraine exported 1.4 thousand tons of such products compared to 4.2 thousand tons a year earlier. The decline is significant, but Israel became the main importer in this category — 606 tons.

Next are Moldova with 374 tons, Poland with 113 tons, and the Czech Republic with 107 tons. Thus, in a separate segment of processed grain products, Israel turned out to be not just one of the buyers but actually a key destination.

Groats and pellets: Israel again at the top of the list

Exports of groats and pellets from Ukraine for the ten months of the 2025/26 MY amounted to 21.8 thousand tons. For comparison: during the same period of the previous season, the figure was higher — 27.4 thousand tons.

Moldova became the main buyer, importing 6.4 thousand tons. But Israel took the second position with 4.8 thousand tons, surpassing Romania and Costa Rica.

This shows that Ukrainian processed grain products remain in demand in Israel even against the backdrop of a general decline in exports in some commodity groups. For a market where issues of food sustainability are often linked to security, prices, and logistics, such supply directions have practical significance.

Where exports decreased and where they increased

For grain processed in other ways, Ukraine also showed a decline. From July to April of the 2025/26 MY, exports amounted to 49.6 thousand tons compared to 53.0 thousand tons a year earlier.

The top five buyers of this product included Romania, Turkey, Germany, Poland, and the United Kingdom. Israel is not listed among the leaders in this segment, but the overall picture is important: Ukrainian grain processing continues to work for different markets, distributing supplies between Europe, the Middle East, and other regions.

NANews — Israel News | Nikk.Agency draws attention to the Israeli aspect of this statistic: in several categories, Israel does not disappear from the Ukrainian export profile but remains among the main destinations. This is especially noticeable in other types of flour, groats, and pellets.

At the same time, the export of bran has hardly changed. Over the ten months of the current season, Ukraine exported 308.2 thousand tons of bran abroad. A year earlier, the figure was 308.5 thousand tons, so the difference is minimal.

Turkey became the largest buyer of bran — 220.3 thousand tons. Other key importers include Syria, Romania, Poland, and Hungary.

Pasta and couscous: growth despite the overall market caution

Amid declines in several categories, the export of pasta and couscous stands out. Here, Ukraine, on the contrary, increased supplies.

Over the ten months of the 2025/26 MY, exports of this product reached 25.2 thousand tons. In the previous season, during the same period, it was 21.8 thousand tons.

Germany became the main importer of Ukrainian pasta and couscous — 5.5 thousand tons. Next are Moldova, the United Kingdom, Romania, and Latvia.

What this means for Israel and Ukrainian exports

The main conclusion from these data is that Ukrainian grain processing remains part of the international food chain, even if individual indicators have declined. For Ukraine, this is a matter of foreign exchange earnings, enterprise loading, and maintaining export geography.

For Israel, this is another example that the connection with the Ukrainian agricultural sector is not limited to grain as a raw material. Supplies include flour, groats, pellets, and other value-added products.

It is especially important that Israel appears in several lists of major buyers. This makes the topic not only economic but also geopolitical: Ukrainian products continue to reach the Israeli market at a time when Russia is trying to destroy Ukrainian infrastructure, pressure export routes, and use food security as a tool of pressure.

Data for July-April 2025/26 MY shows a mixed picture. There is a decline in wheat flour, other types of flour, groats, and processed grain. For bran — actual stability. For pasta and couscous — confident growth.

But for Israel, the key detail is different: the country remains among the important buyers of Ukrainian grain processing products. And as long as this connection is maintained, the Ukrainian-Israeli food direction remains alive, practical, and significant for both sides.