Abstract:

With the progress of globalization, the needs for strengthening the role of technological capacities and innovations in managing agri-food export logistics have been recognized. The problems of developing efficient agricultural supply chains management in the context of Ukraine’s merchandise exports have been discussed in the article. The export strategy of Ukraine oriented on the targets related to creating the favorable economic environment with the aim of achieving diversified export structure, developing business and trade support services and improving skills of domestic enterprises that take part in the international trade. According to the research, there is a positive trend in country’s export-to-import ratio of merchandise agricultural commodities. However the stable tendency of increasing economic power of intermediaries in supply chain reflects the necessity for strengthening the functions of producer and interbranch organizations in export-oriented agrilogistics. The main bottlenecks of agri-food export logistics of Ukraine have been reflected in the context of implementation of efficient traceability system.