The agriculture sector has a major role in Ukraine and represents nearly 14% of the GDP. Wheat is the main crop and the country has become the world's fifth largest cereals exporter. Mining natural resources are huge. Iron (Ukraine is the sixth iron producer in the world), magnesium and coal are found among the main natural resources. The Ukrainian industrial sector is dominated by heavy sectors: steel (30% of the industrial production, world's sixth largest producer), coal mines, chemistry, mechanics and shipbuilding industries.
Its top three export partners are Russia, Turkey and Italy. 40% of the country's exports are metallurgical products. Ukraine depends on its energy products imports from Russia, which add up to more than a third of its total imports. Ukraine's top three import partners are Russia, Turkmenistan and Germany. Ukraine mainly imports hydrocarbons, machinery and vehicles.