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Reliable organic supplier: Ukrainian National Pavilion as a good tradition of BioFach

Ukrainian National Pavilion unites people who are interested in the development of the organic sector in Ukraine and promoting Ukrainian products to international markets.

Ukraine is a reliable organic supplier – it is convinced by participants of a dialogue within the last year BioFach Forum, which brought together about 100 representatives of organic business, operators, certifica-tion bodies, traders, consultants and representatives of the European Commission.

"In general, participation of Ukraine at the BioFaсh can be called as one of the most successful pro-jects in the agricultural sector, despite the fact that this is initiative of the organic sector. And it is imple-mented by sector with the financial support of international projects and, in fact, without government sup-port," - says Kateryna Shor Project Manager of Information Center "Green Dossier".

“We see that interest to participate at the BioFach growing every year. Since 2006 when the first Ukrainian company took part at the Fair, the number of exhibiting companies will increase up to 20 in 2017, seventeen of which will be presented at the Ukrainian National Pavilion” - says Ksenia Gladchenko head of QueS Organic Consultancy Body.

Ukrainian exhibitors held more than 500 business meetings with potential buyers in 2016 over 4 days of the Fair in the frame of Ukrainian National Pavilion. As a result, EUR 3,5 mln. value of contracts signed during BioFach.

“The geography of our exhibitors also expands this year, will be presented 12 out of 25 regions of Ukraine. This dynamic shows not only interest of the companies in entering new markets, but generally posi-tive trends of the organic market development in Ukraine. This is evidenced also by the number of BioFach visitors, which has increased in 10 times compared with 2006. The new operators coming into the market, looking for not only future partners at the Fair, but also new ideas to grow their business” - informs Sergiy Galashevskyy General Manager of Organic Standard Certification Body.

Fifteen companies will present Ukraine at the BioFach 2017 and offer a range of organic products, in-cluding cereals, oil crops, pulses, groats/flakes, wild/cultivated berries, seed oils and seeds. This range of products provided excellent pre-conditions for a further growth of organic production in Ukraine. In addition two companies will presents their professional services in organic sector – internationally accredited and recognised certification body Organic Standard and professional organic cargo handling&delivery company Unimar Logistic.

Twelve companies will be presented with their own stands at the Ukrainian pavilion and five - at the reception.

The Second Forum will be organised in the frame of BioFach 2017 as well.

Ukrainian National Pavilion will be presented at the BioFach for the Fourth time in Hall 5, booth 5-255.

The Ukrainian National Pavilion is organized by the Consortium of three Ukrainian key organic stake-holders: QueS Organic Consultancy Body, Organic Standard Certification Body and Environmental NGO In-formation Center “Green Dossier".

Since 2014 the Ukrainian Pavilion has been supported by the Swiss-Ukrainian cooperation project “Organic Market Development in Ukraine”, funded by the Swiss State Secretariat of Economic Affairs SECO and im-plemented by the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL (www.ukraine.fibl.org). This year, the pavil-ion is also co-funded by the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) through the two Ger-man-Ukrainian cooperation projects “Advice to Ukraine on agricultural trade issues under the deep and com-prehensive Free-Trade Agreement (DCFTA) between the EU and Ukraine” and “German-Ukrainian co-operation in the field of organic agriculture”, both implemented by AFC/IAK (www.afci.de / www.iakleipzig.de).

The Ukrainian National Pavilion at BioFach 2017 organised under support of Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.

More information is available at http://www.biofach.com.ua.

Contact person: Ksenia Gladchenko

E-mail: biofach.ukraine@gmail.com or quesservice@gmail.com

Mob.: +380 93 917 2989 or +380 93 200 1441

Ukrainian National Pavilion exhibiting companies at BioFach 2017:

Galeks-Agro, PC, Novohrad-Volynskyi city, Zhytomyr region (www.galeks-agro.com): Spelt, soya, oat, summer burley, buchwheat, millet, corn, winter wheat

Agrofirma “Pole”, LLC, Cherkasy city, Cherkasy region (www.agropole.com.ua): Hulled milletm millet shella and meals mixture, millet shells, durum wheat flour (grains) extra quality, durum wheat flour (grains) 1st/grade / (half-grains) 2nd grade, wheat bran, millet flour, millet flakes, soft wheat, peas, sunflower seeds

Granit-Agro, PE, Semenivskiy district, Poltava region (www.granit-agro.ndisoya.com.ua): Winter wheatm soybean, alfaalfa, spring vetch, corn, hemp, hemp straw, treated hemp fibers

Rivneholod, ALC, Rivne city, Rivne region (www.rivnefrost.com): Blueberries, lingoberries, elderberries, blackberries, cranberries, chokeberries

EthnoProduct, PrJSC, Horodnia district, Chernihiv region (www.ethnoproduct.com): Spelt, lupine, vetch, oat, buckwheat, mustard, pasteurised cow milk, kefir, yougurt, sour cream, butter

Elitphito, PE (Scientific and production company), Ivano-Frankivsk city, Ivano-Frankivsk region (www.elitphito.com): Sea buckthorn oil, mustard seed oil, mustard seed meal, pumpkin seed oil, watermelon seed oil, flax seed oil, flax seed meal, milk thistle oil, milk thistle meal

Soyevyi vik, PE (Scientific selection seed-growing firms) Kropyvnytskyi city, Kirovohrad region (www.soya-ua.com): Soya, winter wheat, spring barley, corn, sunflower Adonis-Lux, Ltd, Melitopol district, Zaporizhzhia region (www.adonis-ltd.com): Hulled millet, wheat groats, peral barley, fine-ground barley, corn groats

Cepheus Group, LLC, Novohrad-Volynskyi district, Zhytomyr region (www.cepheus.com.ua): Flax, buchwheat, fennel Agroecology, PE, Shyshaky district, Poltava region (www.agroecology.in.ua): Winter wheat/wheat flour, spring wheat/wheat flour, rye/rye flour, barlye/pearl barley/fine-ground barley, oats/oat flakes/out flour, corn/corn flour, buckwheat/buckwheat groats

Liluck, LLC, Chernivtsi city, Chernivtsi region (www.liluck.com.ua): Birch sap without sugar; birch sap infused with nettle, dietry; birch sap “Lahidnyu” with fructose; birch sap with rosehip infusion, dietry; birch sap infused with mint, dietry; birch sap infused with lemon, dietry; birch sap with lemon, dietry

Organic Standard, Ltd, Kyiv city, Kyiv region (www.organicstandard.com.ua): Inspection and certification services in Ukraine, Balarus, Kazakhstan and Moldova according to standards (Equivalent EU Organic Production & Processing Standards, Bio Suisse, Naturland, KRAV)

Firma DIAMANT LTD, LLС, Poltava city, Poltava region (www.diamantltd.com.ua): Instant cut oat flakes, instant whole oat flakes, mixture of flakes, buckwheat flakes, wheat flakes, peral barley flakes, peeled barley flakes , millet flakes, rye flakes, corn flakes, oat groats, wheat flour, rolled groats, buckwheat groats, pearl barley groats

Zolotyi Parmen, FE, Korop district, Chernihiv region (www.parmen.com.ua): Spelt, winter rye, oat, naked oat, buchwheat, lupine, millet, flax, apple juice, apple and carrot juice, apple and black currant juice, apple and pumpkine juice, apple and betroot juice, birch-apple juice

Kyivskyi, ASC, Kyiv city, Kyiv region (www.sweetberries.com.ua): Raspberry frozen, blackberry frozen, strawberry frozen

Staryi Porytsk, LLC, Ivanychi distrcit, Volyn region (www.porytsk.com): Spelt, austrian winter pea, vetch, buckwheat

Unimar Logistic, LLC, Odesa city, Odesa region (www.unimar-logistics.net): Organic cargo handling and delivery (soyabean, wheat, barley, peas, corn, sunflower seeds, rapeseeds)