As reported by Open4Business, in January-September In 2026, Ukraine exported insulated wires and cables, including fiber-optic products, for $1.065 billion, practically maintaining the volume of supplies at the level of the same period last year.
According to the data of the State Customs Service, Germany remains the largest market for Ukrainian cable products. For nine months, deliveries to this country amounted to $348.7 million, a decrease of 2.8% compared to January-September 2025.
Germany's share in total Ukrainian exports of wires and cables decreased by approximately 1 percentage point to 32.7%, but the country still provides almost a third of all export earnings of the industry.
Poland is in second place, where Ukraine supplied products worth $177.1 million against $168.1 million a year earlier. Thus, exports to Poland increased by approximately 5.4%.
Hungary retained the third position with a purchase volume of about $172 million, practically unchanged from last year's figure — $172.3 million.
The three largest European markets — Germany, Poland and Hungary — in January-September accounted for a total of almost $698 million, or about 65.5% of the total of Ukrainian exports of wires and cables.
In September, the export of these products amounted to 122.7 million dollars. Compared to September of last year, it decreased by 6.6%, but compared to August 2026, it immediately increased by 26%.
The cable industry remains one of the notable export-oriented segments of Ukrainian engineering and component manufacturing. A significant part of the products is supplied to enterprises of the European automotive, electrical engineering and industrial industries.
According to the results of the whole of 2025, Ukraine increased the export of insulated wires and cables by 10.6% to $1.41 billion. If the pace of deliveries in the fourth quarter remains close to last year, the annual volume of exports in 2026 may also remain at the level of about $1.4 billion.
