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/ VISIT OUR UKRAINIAN NATIONAL PAVILION / / HALL 5 / BOOTH 5-255 / 2017

УкраїнаUkraine

Most Ukraine’s soils are very fertile and ideal for organic arable production.

Welcome to Ukraine!

Ukraine is known for being the ‘bread basket of Europe’. Thanks to the country’s size and its widespread fertile black soils, Ukraine has very favourable production conditions, especially for arable crops, such as wheat, barley, rye, corn, buckwheat, millet, sunflower, flax, mustard, and soybean. Moreover, thousands of square kilometres covered with natural woodlands provide excellent growing conditions for a wide range of wild berries, herbs, and mushrooms.

Given these abundant natural resources, it is not surprising that Ukraine has become a major supplier of organic produce for the European market. Thanks to competitive production structures and Ukraine’s proximity, the organic supply is increasing fast, implying fast growth in exports especially relating to organically certified cereals, oil crops, pulses, and wild collection products.

Organic farming was stated as one of the priority areas within the 2015-2020 strategy document for agriculture and rural development issued by the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food.

The number of exhibitors at Ukraine’s country pavilion is increasing from year to year. The 17 exhibiting companies and Ukrainian National Pavilion representatives are

happy to share and discuss with you any potential business opportunities with organic produce from Ukraine. Also, be kindly invited to the export promotion forum “Ukraine – Your Organic Sourcing Partner”, which will take place on Thursday, February 16 from 14:00 – 16:00 in room München 2, NCC Mitte.

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Ukraine’s Organic Sector at a Glance

ExportMost Ukrainian organic operators are export oriented. The main buying countries are within Europe, including: Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Italy, Poland, UK, Austria, France, Belgium and Hungary. Smaller volumes are exported to the U.S., Canada, Australia and to different Asian countries. Overall, organic exporters from Ukraine benefit strongly from the Association Agreement signed in June 2014 between the EU and Ukraine, which has reduced the trade barriers for Ukrainian exporters. Since January 2016, the EU and Ukraine have started applying the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA), which forms part of the Association Agreement. At the same, time Ukrainian exporters suffer from the new EU import rules that apply to Ukraine and other „risk countries“ since January 2016, and which also continue in 2017. In practice, this means that often each exported lot needs to be checked twice for pesticides residues before being released in the importing EU country – the first time by the certification body of the exporter and the second time as part of custom clearance.

The majority of organic operators are certified according to the equivalent standards to the organic EU Regulation. Organic exports from Ukraine are mainly agricultural commodities (i.e. cereals, oil crops, pulses) and wild collection products (i.e. berries, mushrooms, nuts, herbs). Organic exports continue to grow from year to year. In 2016, the biggest organic export volumes were achieved with raw materials including wheat, spelt, corn, millet, barley, oat, rye,

soybean, lupine, flax, sunflower, rapeseed, mustard, blueberry, and walnuts. Yet, export volumes of semi-processed and processed products are increasing fast, relating mainly to organically certified hulled millet, hulled, spelt, flakes, birch sap. All in all, in 2016, sales of organic products from Ukraine to the EU were more than 50 million Euro.

The most important certification bodies involved in the certification of export-oriented products in Ukraine are Organic Standard, bio.inspecta, Ecocert, CERES, and Control Union. Organic Standard is the only local certification body, covering more than 70% of all organic operators in Ukraine.

Domestic marketThe domestic market for organic products is rather young in Ukraine. Organic specialty shops started to operate in the bigger cities from 2008 onwards, forcing bigger retail chains to also include organic product ranges within their outlets. Although organic products have gained more shelf space in general, the range of organic products available on the shelves for consumers is still small. Consumers can currently access the following organically certified products produced within Ukraine: different vegetables and salads, different seasonal fruits and berries, beverages, meat and dairy products, eggs, honey, vegetable oils, and grocery and bakery products. Especially in the bigger cities, as awareness among consumers about the benefits for organic produce is increasing, the sales volume and number of organic products is likely to grow further – despite the current difficult economic situation within Ukraine!

In order to reduce the risk of fraud and increase awareness for this topic, an Anti Fraud Workshop was held in Kyiv in September 2015, and, in October 2016, a conference on sourcing organic from Ukraine was held in Frankfurt. Both events involved representatives of the EU Commission, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, certification bodies, importers, exporters, and other stakeholders to discuss ways how to improve reliability of supply chains from Ukraine in the context of organic agriculture.

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Organic standards and certificationThe most popular standard among organic operators in Ukraine is the EU organic standard, i.e. equivalent to Regulations (EC) 834/2007 and (EC) 889/2008, which is used for both export and for the domestic market. Depending on the target market, also other standards are applied, including NOP (U.S.), Bio Suisse (Switzerland), Bioland and Naturland (Germany), Soil Association (UK), and KRAV (Sweden).

Altogether, there are 17 private international accredited certification bodies included in the official list of approved certification bodies for Ukraine by the European Union Commission (EU Regulation 1235/2008, Annex IV). These are Organic Standard, bio.inspecta, Ecocert SA, CERES, Control Union, Abcert AG, Kiwa BCS Öko-Garantie, Ecoglobe, ICEA, Bioagricert, Lacon, Suolo e Salute, Agreco R.F. Göderz, QC&I, Ecocert IMO Denetim, Ekoagros, and A CERT. The only Ukrainian certification body is Organic Standard, all others are foreign. Since 2015, most of certification bodies active in Ukraine participate in the newly formed “Platform Ukraine”, being part of the European Organic Certifiers Council (EOCC). This platform facilitates information exchange and consultation on control measures in the context of Ukraine.

The Law of Ukraine “On organic production and trade of organic products and raw materials” No 425-VII was approved on September 03, 2013. However, at this stage, it is still not implemented. Currently, a new version of the Organic Law in Ukraine is under preparation, driven by the initiative of organic stakeholders.

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In recent years, among Ukrainian stakeholders, the Ukrainian National Pavilion at Biofach has become a key place to meet and discuss and plan joint action.

Organic stakeholders

The Ukrainian organic movement is represented by a number of different stakeholders. The most important organic associations include the Organic Federation of Ukraine (www.organic.com.ua), Organic Ukraine (www.organicukraine.org.ua), and BIOLan (www.biolan.org.ua). The International charitable organization “Information centre “Green Dossier” has played a key role in implementing organic awareness creation activities. “QueS”, “VIP Group”, “Sib-Agro”, “Eko-Rost”, “Organic Business” and “Institute of

organic production” are consultancy companies that engage in market and export facilitation and support organic conversion including the uptake of appropriate agricultural technologies. Overall, they contribute that organic extension and capacity development services are expanding within the country.

Equally, the number of organic producers, processors, traders, and retailers is increasing continuously, and their collaboration is improving, also with the government, which is now more actively supporting and promoting organic sector and market development at the national and local level.

Galeks-Agro

Oleksandr Yushchenko

UKRAINE

GALEKS-AGRO

UKRAINE

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Galeks-Agro

• spelt/dinkel wheat

• winter wheat

• millet

• oat

• barley

• buckwheat

• soya

• corn

Galeks-Agro was founded in 2008, after its owner visited Biofach and returned home with the conviction to build up an own organic business in Ukraine. From the beginning, the company’s purpose has been to produce and trade high quality organic agricultural produce for export. Galeks-Agro’s core business relates to producing and trading cereals and leguminous crops. Since 2014, the company established an own organic dairy processing unit Organic Milk Ltd. The integration of animal husbandry is further improving soil fertility and sustainable production practices.

The company is certified by Organic Standard according to the Equivalent European Union Organic Production & Processing Standard and approved according to Bio Suisse standards. Galeks-Agro’s production unit covers almost 8’452 hectares of organic arable lands in the Novograd-Volynskyi district of the Zhytomyr region, in northwestern Ukraine. Currently, the company exports 75% of its production, mainly to Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands, Ireland and the UK; the remaining 25% of its production is used as feed for animal husbandry.

Company addressGaleks-Agro PE 1-A, Lesya Ukrainka St. Novohrad-Volynskyi city Zhytomyr region 11707 Ukraine www.galeks-agro.com

Contact personMr. Oleksandr Yushchenko galex.agro@gmail.com Phone: +380 4141 5 33 21 Fax: +380 4141 2 13 73

Galeks-Agro

Oleksandr Yushchenko

Agrofirma “Pole”

Ivan Tomenko

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Agrofirma “Pole”

• hulled millet, millet flour

• millet shells and meals mixture

• durum wheat, durum wheat flour

• soft wheat

• peas

• chickpeas

• lentils

• sunflower seeds

Agrofirma “Pole” was founded in 2007 to produce

different high quality organic arable crops within Ukraine.

Since 2009, the company is certified by Organic Standard

according to the Equivalent European Union Organic

Production & Processing Standard. The company’s star

product is hulled millet, which is offered in different

variations. Since 2014, Agrofirma “Pole” offers also

organic flour from high quality Ukrainian durum wheat.

Quality control of products is carried out by own attested

laboratory and by respected European laboratories. In

2016, the company was certified according to FSCC.

Agrofirma “Pole” cooperates with 15 Ukrainian

agricultural enterprises involving a total organic area of

9’000 hectares, located mainly in the South of Ukraine.

Its processing unit is based in Cherkasy, in the centre of

Ukraine. Agrofirma “Pole” has own granary silos for its

organic millet, with a total storage capacity of 5’000 tons,

enabling the company to do deliveries all year round.

Company addressAgrofirma “Pole” Ltd 14a/1, Surikova St.Cherkasy city 18002 Ukraine www.agropole.com.ua

Contact personMr. Ivan Tomenko / Mr. Dmytro Solomakhaoffice@agropole.com.uadmitriy@agropole.com.uaPhone: +380 472 31 90 04Mobile: +380 93 353 22 37Fax: +380 472 64 70 91

Agrofirma “Pole”

Ivan Tomenko

Granit-Agro

Andriy Pylypchenko

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Granit-Agro

Company addressGranit-Agro PEStepanivka village Semenivka districtPoltava region 38261 Ukrainewww.granit-agro.ndisoya.com.ua

Contact personMr. Oleg Maksakgranit-agro@ukr.netorganic@arnika.org.uaMobile: +380 67 530 90 80Mobile: +380 50 481 18 74

• soybean• corn• hemp (seed, straw, treated fibers) • winter wheat

Granit-Agro was founded in 2004. The company is a member of the Agro-industrial Group Arnika, which is owned by one single family. Granit-Agro leases more than 2’200 hectares of organic arable land in the Semenivka district of the Poltava region, known for its highly fertile black soils.Granit-Agro’s core business relates to growing organic soya, corn and hemp. Its soya is processed by the Biopreparat Production Company into organic toasted expanded full-fat (TEF) soya. One of the company’s key crops is hemp, for producing seeds, straw and fiber products. In 2016, Granit-Agro produced hemp on 400 ha to obtain 200 tons of seed. Granit-Agro uses GPS monitoring and barcoding to trace products, and seals all the big bags for export. The company’s infrastructure involves organic warehouses with a storage area of 12.5 thousand square meters and shipping terminals for trucks and railway using sea fright containers.The company is certified according to the Equivalent European Union Organic Production & Processing Standard by Organic Standard and is approved according to Bio Suisse standards. In the season 2015-16, the company exported around 11’000 tons of organic products, i.e. corn, soya, wheat, hemp, to Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and New Zealand. Group Arnika is in the process to convert step by step all its land to organic, in total amounting 20’000 hectares.

Granit-Agro

Andriy Pylypchenko

Rivneholod

Vasyl Martynchuk

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Rivneholod

Company addressRivneholod ALC 112, Kn. Volodymyra St. Rivne city, 33009, Ukraine www.rivnefrost.com

Contact personMr. Vasyl Martynchuk rivneholod@mail.rv.ua Phone: +380 362 63 38 18 Fax: +380 362 62 41 80

• blueberry (Vaccinium myrtillus)• cranberry (Oxycóccus palustris)• blackberry (Rubus caesius)• lingonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea)• elderberry (Sambucus nigra)• aronia/ chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa)

Rivneholod was established in 1950 in Rivne and has more than 20 years of experience with processing of wild berries originating from north-western Ukraine (Polissia) and the Ukraine’s Carpathians. The company’s state-of-the-art technological equipment ensures optimal product quality along the whole processing chain, involving own high quality freezing equipment. Product sourcing, i.e. wild collection activities, is undertaken in partnerships with local collectors. Finished products are stored in the company’s modern refrigerating chambers at constant temperatures. The company is dedicated to offer high quality produce to international buyers, i.e. different berry products with a high nutritional value, while contributing to safeguard natural resources and generating income to collectors in the involved rural areas. Rivneholod has a traceability system in place that tracks the product from the forest to the buyer. The company is certified according to ISO 9001 and 22000, NOP, JAS, the Standard Equivalent to Regulations (EC) 834/2007 and (EC) 889/2008. The company’s product range relates to six berries that are offered at top quality mainly for export: blueberry, cranberry, blackberry, lingonberry, elderberry, and aronia/ chokeberry. Buying countries are mainly Poland, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Italy, Austria, the U.S., and Switzerland.

Rivneholod

Vasyl Martynchuk

EthnoProduct

Oleg Zhukovskyi

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EthnoProduct

Company addressEthnoProduct PrJSCYasenivka villageHorodnia districtChernihiv region15100, Ukraine

www.ethnoproduct.com

Contact personMr. Andriy Nikolayukan@ethnoproduct.comMobile: +380 50 311 17 20 Fax: +380 44 574 84 36

• spelt wheat, lupine, vetch, oat, buckwheat, mustard

• raw and pasteurised cow milk, dairy products including kefir, sour cream, yoghurt, cream, butter, cheese

• raw meat (veal), processed meat products (semi-finished veal, minced veal, different types of sausages)

The company was founded in 2008 with the purpose of producing natural food according to organic principles. EthnoProduct’s core business is the production and trading of its own organic cereals, dairy and meat products. Within Ukraine, the company is a pioneer in producing organic dairy and meat products since 2011. The company belongs to the EthnoProduct group, which manages altogether more than 3’600 ha of organic land.

The company’s production unit is located in the North of the Chernihiv region, while its processing infrastructure is located in the Kyiv region. EthnoProduct has been certified since its foundation in 2008 according to the Equivalent European Union Organic Production & Processing Standard by Organic Standard, and according to the Bio Suisse standards since 2015. EthnoProduct has export experience with Germany, Switzerland, Norway and the Netherlands, and aims to find new business partners to expand its export activities.

EthnoProduct

Oleg Zhukovskyi

Elitphito

Nazar Dziubaniuk

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Elitphito

• sea buckthorn oil• mustard seed oil and meal• pumpkin seed oil and meal• watermelon seed oil• flax seed oil and meal• milk thistle oil and meal• black cumin seed oil• amaranth seed oil• hemp seed oil

The company “Elitphito” was founded in May 2010. It has own research and production facilities, laboratory and professional staff that develops and manufactures different high-quality natural oils. Its modern German processing technology involves cold pressing equipment and infrastructure for the production of high-quality meal, flour and natural dietary mixtures. The company’s product range is diverse, with a portfolio that includes certified organic oils, four and meals from different sources, including: sea-buckthorn, pumpkin seeds, hemp seeds, milk thistles, flax seeds, amaranth seeds, black cumin, and watermelon seeds.Elitphito’s processing unit is located in the west of Ukraine, in Ivano-Frankivsk city. The equipment used complies with European requirements for food safety, being constantly controlled by accredited laboratories based in Ukraine and Germany. The company’s processing unit is certified according to the Equivalent European Union Organic Production & Processing Standard by Organic Standard. Additionally, the company is certified according to ISO 22000:2005. The company’s commitment and vision is to develop a strong organic export business by capitalizing on the extensive export experience to numerous countries including: Germany, the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia, Austria, Croatia, Bulgaria, Australia, the U.S., and Canada.

Company addressElitphito PE58, Ivasiuka St., office 66 Ivano-Frankivsk city 76002 Ukrainewww.elitphito.com

Contact personMrs. Valentyna Klymkovychinfo@elitphito.comPhone: +380 34 272 27 41Fax: +380 34 272 27 41Mobile: +380 67 235 55 08

Elitphito

Nazar Dziubaniuk

Soyevyi Vik

Ruslan Monich

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Soyevyi Vik

Ruslan Monich

Soyevyi Vik

• soybean

• winter wheat

• spring barley

• corn

• sunflower seeds

Soyevyi Vik was founded as a farm company in 1992, with an area of 50 hectares. Six years later, the farm started soybean production to become registered as a seed enterprise growing seeds of first reproduction. Under supervision of soybean breeders, primary seeding started, leading to the decision in 2001 to create a specialized company dedicated to scientific breeding and seed production. By that time, Soyevyi Vik was the first private company within Ukraine dedicated to soybean breeding. Today, 10 varieties of the company’s soybean breeding program are included in the National List of Plants of Ukraine. All cultivars of the company are GMO-free and are prone to be used in the organic food and feed industry. The company sees its mission to produce high-quality soybean and cereal seeds for the national and international market. At this stage, the company involves 885 ha of agricultural land. This land and Soyevyi Vik’s processing and storage facilities are certified according to the Equivalent European Union Organic Production & Processing Standard by Organic Standard. The company is interested to expand its export activities for original soybean seeds and other products the company can offer.

Company addressSoyevyi Vik PC29 G, Murmanska St.Kropyvnytskyi city 25014 Ukraine www.soya-ua.com

Contact personMr. Andrii Seryksoya@soya-ua.comPhone: +380 522 36 55 50Fax: +380 522 36 55 51

Adonis-lux

Vadym Mamberger

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Adonis-lux

Company addressAdonis-lux Ltd80/1, Nesterenko St.Novgorodkivka villageMelitopol districtZaporizhzhia region 72370 Ukrainewww.adonis-ltd.com

Contact personMr. Denis Mambergermamberger@inbox.ruinfo@adonis-ltd.comPhone: +380 619 26 18 30Mobile: +380 98 429 03 16

• hulled millet

• wheat groats

• pearl barley

• fine-ground barley

• corn groats

Adonis-lux Ltd was founded in 2002. The company’s main activity is processing of millet, i.e. the production of high quality hulled millet. The company is located in the south of Ukraine, in Novgorodkovka, in the Zaporizhzhia region, where excellent production conditions prevail for millet production. Since 2004, Adonis-lux is involved in export ventures for its high-quality millet products. The company is organically certified by Organic Standard since 2013 according to the Equivalent European Union Organic Production & Processing Standard.

Main importing countries are: Germany, the Netherlands, Czech, Poland, the UK, and Hungary. Shipments are arranged according to clients’ preferences, involving different possible kinds of transport. Adonis-lux is interested to involve in new business partnerships to expand its export activities and market coverage.

Adonis-lux

Vadym Mamberger

Cepheus-Group

Leonid Demianchuk

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Cepheus-Group

Company addressCepheus-Group LLC7, Vesela St.Bronyky village Novohrad-Volynskyi districtZhytomyr region 11772 Ukrainewww.cepheus.com.ua

Contact personMr. Leonid Demianchukcepheus-group@ukr.netMobile: +380 97 915 76 32

• pelt/dinkel wheat

• pumpkin seeds

• flax

• buckwheat

• holy thistle

• herbs: marigold, coneflower, althea, fennel

Cepheus Group is a young agricultural company dedicated to grow eco-friendly and high-quality organic products. Run by a team of young ambitious agronomists, which founded the company in 2012 in the Zhytomyr region, the company sees its mission to promote organic farming through efficient soil cultivation measures, careful selection of seeds and sound plant care management. The company started with the cultivation of land that was not used for agricultural production for at least 20 years.Since its first production season in 2013, cultivating mainly spelt wheat, the company has grown from around 200 ha to more than 800 ha, expanding its production with pumpkin and herbs. In the coming year, additional 2’000 ha will be added, including 200 ha that will be used for chamomile production.The company is eager to explore new directions of herb cultivation and processing in partnership with international buyers, and to further increase certified acreages. In 2016, the construction of company’s new herbs processing infrastructure was finalized. Cepheus Group already has experience in exporting organic products to Germany and the Netherlands. The company belongs to Svarog West Group agricultural holding.

Cepheus-Group

Leonid Demianchuk

Agroecology

Gleb Lukyanenko

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Agroecology

Company addressAgroecology PEMykhailyky village Shyshaky districtPoltava region 38013, Ukrainewww.agroecology.in.ua

Contact personMr. Gleb Lukyanenko / Mr. Zakharchenko Pavlolukyanenkogleb@gmail.com pashazahar@gmail.comPhone: +380 5352 9 78 59Fax: +380 5352 9 78 59

• winter wheat; wheat groats, wheat flour• spelt/dinkel wheat, spring wheat • rye; rye flour • barley; pearl barley, fine-ground barley• oat; oat flakes, oat flour• corn; corn groats, corn flour• millet; hulled millet• buckwheat; buckwheat groats, buckwheat flour,

buckwheat husks• sunflower; flax• soya; chick-pea

Agroecology is one of the pioneers in organic agriculture within Ukraine. The company is committed to organic farming practices since the 1980s, having developed an own organic management system aiming to preserving and increasing soil fertility as part of its production process.

The company is certified by Organic Standard according to the Equivalent European Union Organic Production & Processing Standard and the Bio Suisse standard. Agroecology’s production unit involves more than 7’000 hectares of organic arable land in the Shyshaky and Zinkiv district of the Poltava region, in the central part of Ukraine. The company harvests 7-10 thousand tons of cereals per year. The functional integration of animal husbandry – the company has also 6’000 heads of dairy cattle – and arable crop production is key for the company’s success in improving soil fertility as a means to obtain quality harvest of cereals, pulses, and oil crops. Agroecology has also own processing infrastructure. Agroecology targets both the domestic and the export market, with clients in Switzerland, Germany, Canada, the Netherlands and Austria.

Agroecology

Gleb Lukyanenko

Liluck

Volodymyr Zavadovskyi

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Liluck

Volodymyr Zavadovskyi

Liluck

Company addressLiluck LLC26, Cherepovetska St.Chernivtsi city 58009 Ukraine www.liluck.com.ua

Contact personMr. Andrii Martyniuksales.liluck@gmail.comMobile: +380 95 419 48 48

• Birch sap without sugar• Birch sap infused with nettle• Birch sap “Lahidnyi” with fructose• Birch sap with rosehip infusion• Birch sap infused with mint• Birch sap infused with lemon• Birch sap with lemon

Liluck company was founded in 2001 to specialize on 100% natural saps and juices filled in glass containers. Liluck’s core business is the production organic birch sap/water, being the leading company in Ukraine in producing and selling such products within the national and international market. Liluck has export experience with Germany, the U.S., Great Britain, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, China, France, Austria, Israel, Romania, and The Netherlands.Liluck’s production facilities are situated in the village of Hlyboka, located in Pre-Carpathians of the Chernivtsi region, where the company sources its raw material. This area is famous for its rich variety of forests, orchards, and pastures. There are no harmful industries in the region, thus the company’s final products are naturally pure and safe. In recent years, the company has made considerable investments into the development, modernization, and upgrading of the manufacturing infrastructure to safeguard product quality and comply with the European food product safety standards. As a result, a quality and food safety management system has been introduced in compliance with international certification scheme FSSC 22000 (Standards ISO 22000, ISOTS 22000-2). Since 2012, Liluck is certified as an organic operator by Organic Standard in accordance with EU standards No 834/2007 and No 889/2008. Since 2016, Liluck is also certified by CERES in accordance with NOP standards (USDA Organic).

Organic Standard

Sergiy Galashevskyy

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Organic Standard (UA-BIO-108)

Company addressOrganic Standard Ltd 38-B Velyka Vasylkivska St. office 20 Kyiv city 01004 Ukraine www.organicstandard.com.ua

Contact personMr. Sergiy Galashevskyy office@organicstandard.com.ua Phone: +380 44 200 62 16 Fax: + 380 44 200 62 15

• Inspection and certification services in Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan relating to different organic standards: Equivalent European Union Organic Production & Processing Standard, Bio Suisse, Naturland, KRAV, NOP.

• Inspection/survey services and product sampling for export of organic products

Organic Standard was founded in 2007 by different Ukrainian organic stakeholders to become the first local certifier specialized on organic inspection and certification in Ukraine. In 2009, by receiving accreditation of IOAS against Standards ISO Guide 17065, Organic Standard became an internationally recognized inspection and certification body. Up to now, it is the only Ukrainian organic certification body approved by the EU (code: UA-BIO-108) and Switzerland. Organic Standard provides its inspection and certification services to more than 400 organic operators within Ukraine. These represent more than 70% of all organic operators present in the country. Moreover, it controls a meaningful and growing number of operators in Belarus and Kazakhstan. As most of its clients target the international market, Organic Standard has become an important player for certification services for the export market, successfully collaborating and competing with different foreign certification bodies. In 2016, Ukraine’s clients of Organic Standard exported altogether more than 160’000 tons of organic products.The most valuable and important asset of Organic Standard is its reputation, based on the company’s main values: competence, transparency, and partnership. The company believes in its strength to be a local certification body with international recognition. To keep inspection quality high, Organic Standard builds on reliable control of organic operators through its closeness and the professionalism of its staff while working in close partnership with different international control bodies.

Organic Standard

Sergiy Galashevskyy

Firma DIAmAnt

Company addressFirma DIAMANT Ltd57, Petro Doroshenko St.Poltava city 36014 Ukrainewww.diamantltd.com.ua/en

Contact personMr. Mykola Safonov / Mr. Viktor Kyzinfo@diamantltd.com.uaMobile: +380 95 601 42 14Fax: +380 532 67 73 55

• quick whole oat flakes• instant whole and cut oat flakes, groats, flour, oatmeal• wheat: flakes, groats, flour• buckwheat: flakes, groats, meal, flour• millet flakes, millet groats• peeled barley flakes, pearl barley flakes, pearl barley

and fine ground barley groats• rye flakes• corn flakes, corn meal• pea: flakes, meal, flour• mixture of flakes (oat, wheat, barley)• mixture of flakes (oat, wheat, barley, wheat, rye)• pasta from durum wheat

Firma DIAMANT was founded in 1994 in Poltava, the centre of Ukraine. It specializes in manufacturing flakes, groats flour, oatmeal, bran, and pasta from a wide range of cereals and leguminous crops. Firma DIAMANT is one of the biggest flakes producers in the country. The company constantly upgrades its processing technology and has thus repeatedly won awards for the high quality of its products. The company is equipped with state-of-the-art European processing technology, producing under its own trademark and for national and international B2B customers.The company established its organic product line in 2013, and is certified since then by Organic Standard according to the Equivalent European Union Organic Production & Processing Standard. The company has long-lasting export relationships for conventional produce and has developed first organic export ventures in recent years.

Firma DIAmAnt

Mykola Safonov

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Cooparative Kyivskyi

Company addressKyivskyi ASC205, 9, Yelyzavety Chavdar St.Kyiv city, 02140 Ukrainewww.sweetberries.com.ua

Contact personMr. Oleg Shubratasckyivskyi@ukr.netMobile: +380 50 342 31 33Fax: +380 44 220 45 63

• raspberry fresh/frozen

• blackberry fresh/frozen

• strawberry fresh/frozen

Company profileThe Cooperative “Kyivskyi“, located in the Kyiv region, was founded in 2014 by two partners, Oleg Shubrat and Dmytro Zubakha. Since its establishment, the company is committed to growing exclusively organic products. Up to now, it has specialized in growing organic berries, including their further processing (i.e. IQF freezing) for export. Kyivskyi cultivates hundreds of hectares of fertile agricultural land. Berries are produced with an own unique planting technique, which positively impacts the taste of the final product while enhancing hectare yields and the berries’ resistance towards different diseases.

The company meets all requirements for organic production and is certified since 2014 by Organic Standard in accordance with the Equivalent European Union Organic Production & Processing Standard. Kyivskyi supplies its organic berry products throughout the EU, and plans in 2017 to enter the markets of the U.S., the United Arab Emirates, and Japan.

Cooparative Kyivskyi

Dmytro Zubakha

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Staryi Porytsk

Company addressStaryi Porytsk LLCStaryi Porytsk village Ivanychi districtVolyn region, 45343 Ukrainewww.porytsk.com

Contact personMrs. Natalia Tkachporytsk@ukr.netMobile: +380 97 952 00 32

• spelt

• austrian winter pea

• vetch

• buckwheat

Staryi Porytsk was founded in 2010 as an organic company. Situated in the Volyn region, on the border to Poland, it has favorable conditions for export into the EU. In regard to agricultural production, the company specializes in growing cereals, pulses, oilseeds, and fodder for its own cattle. With its own dairy breed, since 2016, the company has started to produce own organic cheese (hard/soft sorts) and butter. Staryi Porytsk has at its disposal around 1’000 hectares of agricultural land, and, since 2014, it has exported up to 1’000 tons of organic produce per year. The company has export experience with the following countries: the Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany. For 2017, flax, buckwheat, spelt, and lupine will be the key crops for export.

Since 2014, Staryi Porytsk is certified by Organic Standard according to the Equivalent European Union Organic Production & Processing Standard and Bio Suisse standards.

Staryi Porytsk

Valentyn Obshtyr

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Unimar Logistics

Company addressUnimar Logistics LLC1003 office, 35 Buhaivska St.Odesa city, 65005 Ukrainewww.unimar-logistics.net

Contact personMr. Sergiy Kudinovs.kudinov@unimar-logistics.netFax: +380 48 737 50 80 Phone: +380 48 738 0 734Mob: +380 67 48 536 48

• Organic cargo handling and delivery (soybeans, wheat, barley, peas, corn, sunflower seeds, rapeseeds)

Unimar Logistics was originally founded in 2012 as a logistics company. The scope of the company relates to integrated logistics services and customs brokerage services. The office of Unimar Logistics is situated in Odessa, near to main Ukrainian sea ports. The company is specialized on port handling, sea freight and multimodal shipments especially using sea deliveries. By request, in addition, Unimar Logistics offer also services for road and air freight, warehousing, and rail deliveries.

In 2014, the company decided to increase its service portfolio and responsibility in getting involved in supporting the handling of organic export ventures. Up to now, Unimar Logistics remains one of the few certified companies that works with organic suppliers to support their export handlings to the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Australia – by road and ocean. The company is certified with ISO 9001:2008 by Bureau Veritas and certified according to the Equivalent European Union Organic Production & Processing Standard by Organic Standard. Unimar Logistics provide active international cooperation policy participating in freight forwarding associations such as FIATA, Lognet, Xpert-log, AIFFU. The company is relatively young, but successfully and rapidly evolving thanks to its service attitude and gained knowledge and experience.

Unimar Logistics

Kateryna Kokh

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Golden Parmen

Company addressGolden Parmen FE 78, Kyivska St., Korop city Chernihiv region 16200 Ukraine www.parmen.com.ua

Contact personMr. Ievgen Mysnykzolotoi_parmen@ukr.netMobile: +380 50 465 89 00 Fax: +380 46 562 16 82

• spelt

• winter rye

• oat

• buckwheat

• lupine

• millet

• flax

• juices: apple, apple with carrot, apple with black currant, apple with pumpkin, apple with beetroot, birch with apple

“Golden Parmen” was founded as farm enterprise in 2005. The location of the company is in Korop town in the Chernihiv region, located in northern Ukraine, far from industrial activities. Since 2013, the company is certified by Organic Standard according to the Equivalent European Union Organic Production and Processing Standard.

The farm operates on 660 hectares of arable organic lands. Also, it has 23 hectares of apple orchards, vegetables and berries that is used for juice processing. For 2017, the company plans to produce lupine, oat, naked oat, spelt, rye, flax, hemp seeds, and some other niche products. The company is relatively small, favouring product traceability. Golden Parmen started its export activity in 2013 to Germany and the Netherlands. As a family business, Golden Parmen is always open for new partnerships and opportunities to expand its production and exporting activities.

Golden Parmen

Mykola Mysnyk

Cepheus-Group

Agroecology

Liluck

Organic Standard

EthnoProduct

Elitphito

Soyevyi Vik

Adonis-lux

Galeks-Agro

Agrofirma “Pole”

Granit-Agro

Rivneholod

Firma DIAMANT

Cooparative Kyivskyi

Staryi Porytsk

Unimar Logistics

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the coordination of the Ukraine country pavilion is a joint effort of a consortium involving key Ukrainian organic stakeholders: QueS consultancy, Information centre “Green Dossier” and Organic Standard certification body.

All three experts have acted as coordinators of the Ukrainian National Pavilion at Biofach from 2014 to 2017 and are members of the group 8.2 Organic Farming within the official working group on elaboration of the Rural Development Strategy till 2020. Also, they are members of the official working group tasked to support the elaboration of the National organic legislation with the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine.

More than 9 years in the organic sec-tor; started as a quality manager of the Ukrainian certification body Organic Standard Ltd; is leading an own organic consultancy body, QueS Ltd, since 2014. Background: National Agricultural Uni-versity (Safety and Quality of Agricul-tural products Faculty).Field of expertise: international and Ukrainian organic legislation, imple-mentation of organic standards, risk assessment, certification, and export organic products. Ms. Gladchenko has implemented nu-merous organic projects providing pro-fessional consultancy, has published several articles about organic certifica-tion in Ukraine and elaborated a man-ual on export procedures for organic products.

KSENIA GLADCHENKO Mob.: +380 93 917 29 89

info@ques.com.ua www.ques.com.ua

More than 9 years in the organic sector; General Manager of Organic Standard since 2008; active player of the Ukrain-ian organic sector; Coordinator of TF “Ukraine” within European Organic Certifiers Council (EOCC). Background: Bila Tserkva State Agrarian University; Writtle college, University of Essex, Great Britain (studied organic agriculture); MBA in 2014. Under Mr Galashevsky management Organic Standard became a leading organic certification body in Ukraine. Consequently, customers of Organic Standard have a relative high reputa-tion in the international market and Organic Standard has become the preferred certification body for many importers of organic products from Ukraine.

SERGIY GALASHEVSKYYMob.: +380 67 232 65 94

sg@organicstandard.com.uawww.organicstandard.com,ua

Almost 20 years in the environmental movement; about 10 years working on organic issues; project manager of Green Dossier (international environ-mental NGO, promotes principles of sustainable development and green economy); leading agricultural projects.Background: Kyiv National Economics University, ICT faculty; Law faculty of Lviv National University; special course on Green Industry conducted by Central European University (Budapest, Hungary) and UNIDO.Ms. Malkova is an active player of the Ukrainian organic community, co-organ-iser of numerous national events (e.g. National State Organic Logo Competi-tion), author of publications and TV doc-umentaries about organic agriculture.

KATERYNA SHORMob.: +380 67 440 59 37 kateryna.shor@gmail.com

www.dossier.org.ua

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Program related to Ukrainian Pavilion

Wednesday, 15.02.17

16.00 – 17.30: Short presentation about Ukraine at the Session “Sourcing from Central and Eastern Europe – risks and benefits”

Room Budapest, NCC Ost

Thursday, 16.02.17

14.00 – 16.00: Forum: Ukraine – Your Organic Sourcing Partner

Room Munchen 2, NCC Mitte

Thursday, 16.02.17

18.00 – 21.00: Ukrainian Apéro at the Ukrainian country pavilion for business partners

Hall 5, Booth 5-255

VISIT THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL PAVILION

15-18 FEBRUARY NÜRNBERG GERMANY

www.biofach.com.ua, www.biofach.de

2017

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With its bilateral cooperation programme, the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) promotes cooperation with other countries in the fields of food, agriculture and consumer health protection. Currently, four projects are being implemented in Ukraine, in two of them organic agriculture plays a significant role: (1) “Agritrade” with a focus on the implementation of the DCFTA for example through the implementation of an export helpdesk and (2) “Ger-man-Ukrainian cooperation in organic agriculture” which is to contribute to an adequate expertise of technical and managerial staff in the organic farming sector. Both projects help public and private parties advance the Ukrainian organic sector. They shall increase the opportunities of Ukrainian producers on national and international markets. The consortium Agriculture and Finance Consultants (AFC) and IAK are implementing the projects on behalf of BMEL. For further information please visit www.agritrade-ukraine.com, www. afci.de and www.iakleipzig.de.

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by decision of theGerman Bundestag

With support from

by decision of theGerman Bundestag

With support from

Partners and supporters

the Swiss-Ukrainian project “Organic market Development in Ukraine” is funded by the Swiss Confederation through the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) and is being implemented by the Swiss Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) in cooperation with sector stakeholders in Ukraine and the Ukrainian Ministry of Agricultural Policy and Food. The goal of the project is to foster the growth of small and medium enterprises in the Ukrainian organic food sector by developing organic and regional food supply chains. The focus will be on both national and international mar-kets and the approach is demand driven. For further information visit www.ukraine.fibl.org.

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Western NIS Enterprise Fund (WNISEF) is a $150 million regional fund, a pioneer in Ukraine and Moldova with more than two decades of successful experience in investing in small and medium-sized companies. WNISEF was funded by the U.S. government via the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Since its inception, WNISEF’s cumu-lative investments total over $168 million to 118 companies employing around 25’000 people and made it possible to unlock $1.4 billion for companies in Ukraine and Moldova. In 2015, WNISEF has launched a $35 million legacy program focused on export promotion, local economic develop-ment, impact investing and economic leadership. WNISEF is funding innovative, high-impact, reform focused programs and aims to support Ukraine and Moldova at this critical period by developing sound economic policy and leadership.For further information visit www.wnisef.org.

The Ukrainian National Pavilion at Biofach 2017 counts with the support of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food www.minagro.gov.ua and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine www.mfa.gov.ua.

Learning to do business in Ukraine

-Hello!

Вітаю!

[Vitayu!]

-Wow! you have a nice country pavilion!

Чудово! У вас гарний стенд країни

[Chudovo! U vas garnyi stend krainy]

-What do you offer?

Що Ви пропонуєте?

[Scho Vy proponuyete?]

-Very interesting products that you supply!

Продукти, які Ви постачаєте, є дуже цікавими.

[Produkty, yaki Vy postatschayete, ye duzhe tsikavymy.]

-How many thousand tons do you produce every year?

Скільки тисяч тон на рік Ви виробляєте?

[Skil’ky tysyatsch ton na rik Vy vyroblyayete?]

-I would like to buy one hundred tons of certified

organic wheat.

Я хочу купити сто тон сертифікованої органічної пшениці.

[Ya khotschu kupyty sto ton sertyfikovanoyi orhanichnoyi

pshenytsi.]

-What is the price?

Яка ціна?

[Yaka tsina?]

-Yes, of course, we agree.

Так, звичайно, ми згодні.

[Tak, zvytschaino, my zhodni.]

-May I come to Ukraine and visit your company?

Чи можу я приїхати в Україну та відвідати Вашу компанію?

[Tschy mozhu ya pryyikhaty v Ukrainu ta vidvidaty Vashu

kompaniu?]

-Cheers – on our new business partnership!

Будьмо! За наше нове бізнес-партнерство!

[Bud’mo! Za nashe nove biznes-partnerstvo!]

-It was nice meeting you.

Було дуже приємно з Вами зустрітися.

[Bulo duzhe pryyemno z Vamy zustritysya]

-Bye bye and see you in Ukraine!

Бувайте та до зустрічі в Україні!

[Buvaite ta do zustritschi v Ukrayini!]

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Bio-Lebensmittel,Schwerpunkt internationale Unternehmen

Bio-Lebensmittel,Schwerpunktdeutsche Unternehmen

VivanessNaturkosmetik

Kongress / Foren

Service

Organic food, mainly international companies

Organic food, mainlyGerman companies

VivanessNatural cosmetics

Congress / forums

Services

Übersichtsplan / General plan

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Otto-Bärnreuther-Straße

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Stand / Date: 2.8.20131086140-SON1-01.2-D-E-08.13

Alle Angaben ohne Gewähr. Änderungen vorbehalten. / No responsibility accepted for errors. Subject to change.

Detaillierte Hallenpläne ab Dezember / Detailed hall plans from December:biofach.de · vivaness.de / biofach.com · vivaness.com

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UKRAINIAN NATIONAL PAVILION / HALL 5 / BOOTH 5-255 /

Overview of BioFach Compound

Location of the UkrainianNational Pavilionat BioFach 2017

Imprint

QueS consultancy body www.ques.com.ua

Organic certification body “Organic Standard” Ltd www.organicstandard.com.ua

International charitable organisation “Information Center “Green Dossier” www.dossier.org.ua

Layout & printing:ART OK, Kyiv, Ukraine www.art-ok.com.ua

© QueS, Organic Standard, Green Dossier February 2017 All rights reserved

this brochure is free of charge and may be downloaded via thewww.biofach.com.ua

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