In the list of walnut exporters in Europe, Ukraine is now in a leading position and ranked 5th in the list of the top 5 manufacturers of this product in the world. But still there are some issues of the subsequent formation of the branch and export. These issues were discussed during the meeting of the Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine on European integration, Olga Trofimtseva, with representatives of the NGO “Ukrainian Nut Association”. "The development of niche production, which small and medium-sized producers are interested in, such as the fruits of nuts, is considered one of the most important for the Ministry of Agrarian Policy now. For the development of industrial production and exports, cooperatives or clusters have to be made. But now the production of nuts is fragmented by structure. both effective access to external markets, and the organized work of this branch in the domestic market. Now the manufacturing society has the opportunity to solve almost all of these data in, "- the deputy minister highlighted. 
Representatives of the Ukrainian Nut Association spoke about the main ways that will affect the development of the nut business in Ukraine and the export itself. In particular, this is the development of modern processing technologies, the production of high-quality procurement systems, the storage and sale of products, etc.
Now in Ukraine, more than 5,000 hectares of walnut and 600 hectares of hazelnuts have already been planted. In 2017, another 2500 hectares of nut crops are planned to be planted, of which: walnut -1520 hectares; hazelnuts - 890 ha; Almond - 40 ha. In 2016, the export of nuts amounted to 40021.0 tons, worth 79285 thousand dollars, and its average cost was 1981.1 dollars. The main exporting countries in 2016 were: Iraq - $ 13,107, Iran - $ 11,277, Greece - $ 5,457, Azerbaijan - $ 2,913, Belarus - $ 2,099. 
