IMPORT OF ANIMAL PRODUCTS TO UKRAINE, CURRENT STATE AND TRENDS

Foreign economic relations play a crucial role in the development of every country, facilitating its integration into the global economic system. International trade is one of the key forms of such relations, providing the exchange of goods and services between different countries, including the export and import of goods and services. The purpose of the work is to analyze the statistical data of import of animal products to Ukraine during 2020–2022, to identify trends and factors that influenced changes in the volume of import in modern conditions. Import, as a component of international trade, allows a country to gain access to resources, technologies, and goods that it does not produce on its own, meeting the needs of the domestic market and promoting the development of production. In addition, imports can provide the country with critical goods such as energy, raw materials, medical equipment, ensuring its economic and national security. As well as animal products, namely live animals; meat and edible offal; fish and crustaceans; milk and dairy products, poultry eggs; natural honey and other products of animal origin. The import of animal products plays an important role in ensuring the country's food security and meeting the needs of the population for high-quality food products. Imports can be particularly important for countries that have limited resources for the development of their own animal husbandry or fisheries, or to meet the specific needs of certain categories of consumers. With a balanced approach, the import of animal products can become an important factor in ensuring food security, developing the domestic market and meeting the needs of consumers in a variety of high-quality food products. The development of foreign economic activity is associated with certain challenges and risks, such as dependence on foreign markets, fluctuations in world prices and competition from foreign manufacturers. However, with effective state regulation and support of domestic producers, international trade and imports can become a powerful factor in economic growth and development of the country. The article analyzes the import of animal products by dynamics and structure for 2020–2022.