In 2017 seaports of Ukraine handled 40.6 MMT of grain, which was 0.6% more than during the same period last year. Handling of vegetable oils in Ukrainian seaports increased 17.7% to 5.5 MMT in 2017, compared to 4.7 MMT over the same period last year. This indicator became a record one, while stable and rapid growth of vegetable oils processing shows prospects of this direction in the port industry of Ukraine. In 2017 Nikolayev, Chernomorsk and Yuzhnyi ports remained the largest ports for vegoil handling in Ukraine