Commodity exchange market: H1 2025 showed growth of 29.5%

In H1 2025, the volume of trade on Ukrainian commodity exchanges reached UAH 188.5 billion, which is 29.5% more than in the same period of 2024 (UAH 145.6 billion). This increase demonstrates the gradual growth of the commodity exchange market despite a difficult economic situation and indicates stable demand for key exchange commodities.

Key growth drivers:
• Electricity: +58.5% in terms of trading volume, totaling UAH 131.4 billion.
• Unprocessed wood and timber: growth of 30.9%, totaling UAH 20.1 billion.
• Natural gas: +16.2%, totaling UAH 10.7 billion.
• Coal: +48.9%, totaling UAH 194.6 million.

In contrast, there was a decline in the volume of trading in oil exchange commodities due to a number of challenges related to the war:
• Oil and its distillates: -28.4%.
• Liquefied petroleum gas: -35.2%.
• Bitumen: -34.2%.

Market structure:
• Electricity accounts for the largest share of transactions by volume — 69.7%.
• In second place are petroleum products, with 13.9%.
• Next came wood (10.7%) and natural gas (5.6%).

For more details on commodity exchange trading statistics, see our special digest.

Positive dynamics indicate stabilization of economic activity, increased transparency, and gradual recovery of industries even amid the war.

The NSSMC keeps up its work on improving the efficiency of exchange trading and creating a modern infrastructure for market development.