Trends in the Development of Ukrainian Grain Exports in the Сontext of Observance of State Food Security

Abstract

Progressive increase in exports of Ukrainian agricultural and food position, maintaining the leading position of the state in world commodity markets in the agri-food segment, especially in the grain market should not pose a threat to food security and the emergence of shortages in the domestic market. The article is devoted to the identification of features and indicators of effective realisation of the export potential of the Ukrainian grain market in view of the food security of the state. The methodological basis of the study was a number of general and special research methods, in particular, the dialectical method of cognition, the method of comparisons, empirical, graphical and abstract-logical methods. The result of the study is the identification of trends in foreign economic relations in the field of grain trade. Potential threats to Ukraine’s food security from the increase in the volume of export-import operations in the grain market have been identified. The need for state coordination of processes to eliminate potential threats to the internal market has been highlighted. Theoretical and methodological approaches to the regulation of foreign economic transactions in the grain market based on the definition of tools to correct existing disparities in the realisation of economic interests of producers and traders in the context of food security gained further development. Along with the positive changes in the development of international grain trade, potential threats to the country’s food security and to domestic market operators were identified. Proposals for their elimination by active methods of state regulation were substantiated.