{"id":40249,"date":"2026-02-25T14:57:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T11:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/?p=40249"},"modified":"2026-04-03T11:18:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T08:18:06","slug":"slovakia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/slovakia\/","title":{"rendered":"Slovakia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Ukraine & Slovakia economic dialogue<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n
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~1%<\/h4>\n

Approx. 1% of all goods imported by SK come from UA<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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SK owns transport, wholesale trade, and energy companies in UA<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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UA received 4% of SK\u2019s total extra-EU services exports <\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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UA owns poultry, machine building and IT in SK<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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Majority of UA refugees in SK are employed<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n

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Centre for Economic Strategy (CES), an independent Ukrainian think tank that analyzes key public policies and promotes support for reforms.<\/p>\n

With donor support, CES has launched a series of studies on trade relations between Ukraine and the European Union countries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n

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Both pre-war and now, UA\u2019s main export to SK has been iron ore. 99% of all iron ore imports of SK came from UA<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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UA exports transport, business, and materials-processing services<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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1.7%<\/h4>\n

In 2024, 1.7% of SK\u2019s total exports went to Ukraine, including electricity, smartphones, and war-related ammunition<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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SK runs a net surplus and has exported around 4% of its total extra-EU service export to UA, specifically transport, telecommunication, \r\nbusiness and IT services<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n

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Trade Balance UA-SK 2024<\/h2>\n
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Free movement of persons and capital<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n\n \n
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Pre war:<\/div>\n
56k<\/div>\n

Ukrainians in SK<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n \n

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+139k<\/div>\n

with temporary protection (Dec 2025)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n \n

~ 67% employed; ~30% working age; 76% consider staying for 5+ years<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n \n \n

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UA FDI in SK:<\/div>\n
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EU Poultry, Craft in SK, UTAS Technologies, Atwix, ARM Servis, etc<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n \n

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SK FDI in UA:<\/div>\n
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\u20ac185 m in 2024 (0,5% of EU FDI).\u00a0Highest in 2021 \u2014 \r\n\u20ac246 m<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n \n \n \n \n

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SK’s FDI stock in UA, EUR million<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n\n \n
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Tighter co-operation potential<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n\n
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    Closer cooperation through FDI, including manufacturing and metallurgy.<\/p>\n <\/li>\n

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    Slovakia supported EU\u2019s solidarity lanes and\u00a0remains an essential pillar of Ukraine\u2019s energy resilience through electricity and fuel exports and participation in energy system reconstruction.<\/p>\n <\/li>\n

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    Development of border infrastructure and transport can support growth in both countries.<\/p>\n <\/li>\n

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    Mutual investment in engineering, energy, defence, and food processing seem promising.<\/p>\n <\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n \n \n

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    In 2024, Ukrainians in Slovakia paid 119 m \u20ac\u00a0 more through taxes, social contributions, and VAT, than net expenditure on supporting displaced persons from Ukraine that year.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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    The brochure is produced\u00a0by\u00a0Centre for Economic Strategy\u00a0\u00a0with the support of the\u00a0Askold and Dir Fund\u00a0as a part of the\u00a0the Strong Civil Society of Ukraine \u2014 a Driver towards Reforms and Democracy project,\u00a0implemented by ISAR Ednannia,\u00a0funded by Norway and Sweden. The contents of this publication are the sole responsibility of\u00a0Centre for Economic Strategy\u00a0and can in no way be taken to reflect the views\u00a0the\u00a0Government of Norway, the Government of Sweden and ISAR Ednannia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    In 2024, Ukrainians in Slovakia paid 119 m \u20ac more through taxes, social contributions, and VAT, than net expenditure on supporting displaced persons from Ukraine that year<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":40278,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"templates\/template-country-research.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[197],"tags":[660],"experts":[662,648],"news_type":[],"class_list":["post-40249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research-list-en","tag-eu-partnerships","experts-nataliia_kolesnichenko-en","experts-oleksandra-khovrak"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40249"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41986,"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40249\/revisions\/41986"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40249"},{"taxonomy":"experts","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/experts?post=40249"},{"taxonomy":"news_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_type?post=40249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}