The turnover through maritime border crossings in 2024 increased by 28.2% – reaching 97.91 million tons, while land transport decreased by 8.1% – to 64.3 million tons, reported the State Customs Service.
It was noted that, in addition, the movement of goods through pipelines amounted to 26.1 million tons, and the transportation of electricity via power lines was 6237.5 GWh, which represents a decrease of 8.1% and an increase of 2.9 times compared to 2023, respectively.
According to the State Customs Service data, imports rose by 10.3% – to 30.1 million tons, while exports increased by 10.9% – to 132.1 million tons.
It is highlighted that the number of maritime vessels passing through the customs border last year grew by 14.1% – to 10.4 thousand, river vessels by 3% – to 34.4 thousand, while road transport decreased by 6.8% – to 7 million 670.2 thousand, and railway cars by 8.2% – to 1 million 277.4 thousand.
Additionally, the report from the State Customs Service indicated 0.2 thousand aircraft compared to 0.1 thousand in 2023.
The agency specified that on land, the turnover increased only through the border with Poland – by 1%, reaching 32.83%, while it decreased through the Slovak and Romanian borders by 12% and 12.2% – to 13.36 million tons and 9.26 million tons, respectively; through the Hungarian and Moldovan borders, it fell by 22.1% and 26.5% – to 4.57 million tons and 4.27 million tons, respectively.
When it comes to the number of vehicles that crossed the borders, there was a decrease at all borders last year: the smallest drop was with Moldova – by 3.4% to 1.44 million, with Poland – by 7.3% to 4.32 million, with Romania – by 7.4% to 1.51 million, with Slovakia – by 8.7% to 0.84 million, and with Hungary – by 10% to 0.90 million.
As previously reported by the State Customs Service, in monetary terms, exports of goods from Ukraine in 2024 increased by 18.5% – to $41.6 billion, while imports rose by 11.3% – to $70.7 billion.