FINANCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT FOR COMPETITION POLICY IN UKRAINE

The purpose of this article is to analyse the key trends in Ukraine’s foreign trade reorientation and institutional support of competition under the influence of war and European integration processes. The study focuses on trade reorientation indicators and institutional measures of competition policy rather than direct measurement of market competition. The study examines the dynamics of export flows and the scale of reorientation towards the EU market, analyses the activities of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine as the key regulator, and evaluates changes in logistics routes. The methodological basis includes system and comparative analysis, statistical and structural methods, documentary analysis of legal acts and reports of international organisations, as well as methods of synthesis and generalisation. The results show that the war has caused radical changes in foreign trade: the share of exports to the EU has exceeded 60%, but instability in the liberalisation regime creates risks of losing positions. The work of the Antimonopoly Committee has confirmed the importance of independent control, yet the unfinished reform of state aid remains a problem. Logistics have been rebuilt thanks to the “solidarity corridors”, but they require large-scale investment. In the long run, European integration is identified as the main driver of competitiveness and sustainable economic growth in Ukraine.