The Ministry for Development of Economy and Trade () is the main authority in the system of central government of Ukraine responsible for formation and realization of state economic and social development policies (business economics); regulation of consumer prices; industrial, investment and trade economic policies; development of entrepreneurship; technical regulation and security of consumer rights; inter-agency coordination of economic and social cooperation of Ukraine with the European Union. In 2019-2020 it also encompassed functions of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food, and since 17 July 2025 ministries of Agrarian Policy and Environment have been merged into its structure.
The ministry is based on the former Ministry of Economy,Presidential decree #1085/2010 "For optimization of the system of central bodies of executive power taking its origin from the Planning Commission of the Ukrainian SSR. Over the years it included such former ministries as Ministry of Trade and Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations. Activities of the current ministry are coordinated by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.
Structure
The ministry consists of the central body of ministry headed by its leadership composed of a minister, first deputy and other deputies to assist the minister. Ministry elects several state administrations representatives to coordinate operations of the government companies.
Between September and mid-December 2020 the ministry was also responsible for Ukraine's agricultural policy. On 29 August 2019 the Honcharuk Government merged the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food into the ministry. On 17 December 2020 the agricultural ministry was resurrected when Roman Leshchenko was appointed as Minister of Agricultural Policy and Food of the Shmyhal Government.Parliament appoints Leshchenko as agricultural policy minister, Ukrinform (17 December 2020)
State agencies State Agency of Ukraine in governing the state corporate rights and properties State Agency of Reserves of Ukraine State Agency in investments and national projects of Ukraine (Ukrproject) State Agency in energy efficiency and energy conservation of Ukraine State Service of Statistics of Ukraine State Service of Export Control of Ukraine State Inspection in Protection of Consumers' Rights National Accreditation Agency of Ukraine (until 2011 State Committee for Technical Regulation and Consumer Policy)
List of ministers Ukrainian People's Republic (1917-1918) Title Name of minister Term of office Start End General Secretary for Trade and Industry Vsevolod Holubovych 20 November 1917 9 January 1918 Minister of Trade and Industry Vsevolod Holubovych 9 January 1918 18 January 1918 Ivan Feshchenko-Chopivskyi February 1918 April 1918 Ukrainian State (1918) Title Name of minister Term of office Start End Minister of Trade and Industry Serhiy Hutnyk 3 May 1918 18 October 1918 Serhiy Mering 24 October 1918 14 December 1918 West Ukrainian People's Republic Title Name of minister Term of office Start End State Secretary for Trade and Industry Yaroslav Lytvynovych 9 November 1918 4 January 1919 Sydir Holubovych 4 January 1919 9 June 1919 Ukrainian People's Republic (restored) Title Name of minister Term of office Start End Minister of Trade and Industry Serhiy Ostapenko 26 December 1918 13 February 1919 Minister of National Economy Ivan Feshchenko-Chopivskyi 13 February 1919 9 April 1919 Teofan Cherkaskyi 9 April 1919 26 May 1919 vacant Mykola Shadlun 29 August 1919 26 May 1920 Yevhen Arkhypenko 26 May 1920 10 November 1920 Soviet Ukraine Trade Name of ministry Name of minister Term of office Start End People's Commissariat for Internal Trade Oleksandr Genkin June 1924 January 1925 Mikhail Chernov January 1925 May 1929 Izrail Weitzer July 1929 December 1930 People's Commissariat for Supplies Izrail Weitzer July 1929 December 1930 Mikhail Mayorov 25 December 1930 9 February 1932 Ivan Sapov 9 February 1932 15 December 1932 Alfred Rozit 15 December 1932 March 1934 Arkadiy Kiselyov May 1934 December 1934 People's Commissariat for Internal Trade Ivan Sapov 15 December 1934 28 July 1935 Heorhiy Bohatyriov 28 July 1935 1937 Ivan Lukashov 1937 1938 Panteleymon Borisov 1938 March 1944 Illia Drofa March 1944 15 March 1946 Ministry of Trade Illia Drofa 15 March 1946 3 January 1947 Ivan Lukashov 3 January 1947 21 August 1950 Vasyl Zaporozhets 21 August 1950 1953 Heorhiy Sakhnovskyi 10 April 1953 7 August 1970 Volodymyr Starunskyi 7 August 1970 23 November 1987 Anatoliy Statynov 23 November 1987 14 December 1989 Oleh Slyepichev 14 December 1989 December 1991 Ukraine (since 1991) Trade Name of ministry Name of minister Term of office Start End Ministry of Trade Volodymyr Tymofyeyev December 1991 February 1992
Foreign economic relations Name of ministry Name of minister Term of office Start End Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations Valeriy Kravchenko June 1991 March 1992Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade Anatoliy Voronkov March 1992 October 1992 Ivan Herts October 1992 September 1993 Oleh Slyepichev September 1993 August 1994 Ministry of Foreign Economic RelationsSerhiy Osyka August 1994 July 1995Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade July 1995 January 1999 Andriy Honcharuk January 1999 January 2000
Economy
Name of ministry Name of minister Term of office Start End Ministry of Economy of UkrSSR Anatoliy Minchenko May 21, 1991 August 24, 1991 Ministry of Economy August 24, 1991 March 5, 1992 Volodymyr Lanovyi March 5, 1992 July 11, 1992 Viktor Pynzenyk October 27, 1992 April 13, 1993 Yuriy Bannikov April 13, 1993 August 30, 1993 Roman Shpek August 30, 1993 July 3, 1995 Vasyl Hureyev July 3, 1995 February 25, 1997 Yuriy Yekhanurov February 26, 1997 July 25, 1997 Viktor Suslov July 25, 1997 April 21, 1998 Vasyl Rohovyi April 24, 1998 December 31, 1999 Serhiy Tyhipko December 31, 1999 July 5, 2000 Vasyl Rohovyi August 9, 2000 June 25, 2001 Oleksandr Shlapak July 10, 2001 August 30, 2001Ministry of Economy and European Integration August 30, 2001 November 30, 2002 Valeriy Khoroshkovskiy November 30, 2002 January 11, 2004 Mykola Derkach January 11, 2004 February 3, 2005 Serhiy Teryokhin February 4, 2005 May 16, 2005 Ministry of Economy May 16, 2005 September 27, 2005 Arseniy Yatsenyuk September 27, 2005 August 4, 2006 Volodymyr Makukha August 4, 2006 March 21, 2007 Anatoliy Kinakh March 21, 2007 December 18, 2007 Bohdan Danylyshyn December 18, 2007 March 11, 2010 Vasyl Tsushko March 11, 2010 December 9, 2010 Ministry of EconomicDevelopment and Trade Andriy Klyuyev December 9, 2010 February 14, 2012Khoroshkovsky dismissed as finance minister, appointed first deputy prime minister , Interfax Ukraine (22 February 2012) Petro Poroshenko March 23, 2012Poroshenko appointed economic development and trade minister of Ukraine, Kyiv Post (23 March 2012)Poroshenko explains reasons behind accepting economy minister's post, Kyiv Post (23 March 2012) December 24, 2012 Ihor PrasolovYanukovych appoints new Cabinet of Ministers, Kyiv Post (24 December 2012) December 24, 2012 February 27, 2014Verkhovna Rada accepts Sheremeta's resignation as economy minister, Interfax-Ukraine (2 September 2014) Pavlo Sheremeta February 27, 2014 September 2, 2014 Aivaras Abromavičius December 2, 2014 February 3, 2016 Stepan KubivNew Cabinet formed in Ukraine, UNIAN (14 April 2016) April 14, 2016 August 29, 2019 Minister of Economic Development, Trade and AgricultureTymofiy MylovanovNew Cabinet formed in Ukraine The Rada appointed the new Cabinet: Avakov and Markarova remained (РАДА ПРИЗНАЧИЛА НОВИЙ КАБМІН: АВАКОВ І МАРКАРОВА ЛИШИЛИСЬ), Ukrayinska Pravda (29 August 2019)August 29, 201914 March 2020Ihor Petrashko17 March 202018 May 2021Lawmakers back Economy Ministry's resignation, UNIAN (18 May 2021) Minister of EconomyOleksiy LiubchenkoRada appoints Liubchenko as First Dpty PM, Minister of Economy – 293 affirmative votes, Interfax-Ukraine (21 May 2021)20 May 20213 November 2021Rada dismisses Liubchenko from post of First Dpty PM, Economy Minister, Interfax-Ukraine (3 November 2021) Minister of Economic DevelopmentYulia SvyrydenkoRada appoints Svyrydenko as First Dpty PM, Economy Minister, Interfax-Ukraine (4 November 2021)4 November 202117 July 2025 Minister of Economy, Agrarian Policy and Natural ResourcesOleksiy Sobolev17 July 202516 July 2026 Minister of Economy and EcologyOleksandr Kravchenko16 July 2026Incumbent
See also Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
References
External links Official Website of the Ukrainian Ministry of Economic Development and Trade Textile Companies of Ukraine. Catalog.