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Organic Food

Thanks to the country’s size (the biggest country within Europe with 603.6 thousand square km), geographical location and proximity to international buyers, widespread fertile black soils and diverse climate zones, Ukraine has all the prerequisites to gradually become a European centre of organic production.

Over the last few years the organic sector in Ukraine has demonstrated rapidly growing export potential.

Overview of the organic sector of Ukraine


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In 2021, Ukrainian Government adopted the National Economic Strategy until 2030 which officially set a target for increase in organic agricultural land in Ukraine. It is planned that by 2030 Ukrainian organic land will reach 3% of the total area of agricultural lands of Ukraine (or near 1,3 million hectares). Another goal of the Strategy is to increase exports of organic products to 1 billion USD by 2030.

In the last few years Ukrainian companies have managed to establish an international supply chain and are already delivering their products to more than 40 countries around the world. Total 245,600 tonnes of Ukrainian organic products with a value of USD 219 million have/been exported to 225 companies in 36 countries around the world (Europe, North America, Asia and Australia). The main countries importing Ukrainian organic food products are the Netherlands, Germany, Lithuania, Austria, the USA, the United Kingdom, Poland, Switzerland, Italy and the Czech Republic. Ukrainian organic producers already export over 60 types of products: cereals (barley, buckwheat, corn, millet, oat, rye, wheat), oilseeds and protein crops (flax seeds, hemp seeds, lupine, mustard, pumpkin seeds, rapeseeds, soybeans, sunflower), fruits and nuts (apple, bilberry, blackberry, blackcurrant, blueberry, elderberry, raspberry, rose-hip, strawberry, walnut kernel, wild sweet cherry), sunflower oil, sunflower cake, cereal preparations and milling products (buckwheat flour and groats, hulled millet and spelt, millet flakes, oat flakes, spelt flakes), apple juice concentrated, birch sap, honey, fish, spices, dairy products, food preparations and others.

The majority of organic operators in Ukraine are certified according to the EU organic standard. In addition, Ukrainian organic operators are often certified according to the US National Organic Program (NOP) and/or Canada Organic Regime (COR), Bio Suisse (Switzerland), Naturland and Bioland (Germany), KRAV (Sweden).

Stakeholders

I. Organic Ukraine is an NGO of Producers of Organic Certified Products which unites only certified organic operators and has important partners for the organic business; it is established to create and develop the Ukrainian and international organic market. Today the organization includes 70 organic producers.

II. Organic Federation of Ukraine was created in 2005 and promotes the organic movement in Ukraine, including not only the direct production, processing and export of organic products, but also the formation of the domestic market consumption, widespread dissemination of organic farming values.

III. Organic Initiative Public Association is a platform of key Ukrainian organic stakeholders which aims to promote organic value added trade on the domestic and international markets and contribute to overall organic sector development in Ukraine.

IV. Organic Standard LTD was founded in 2007 to become the first local certification body for organic production. Today Organic Standard provides organic certification services all around Ukraine, as well as in Moldova, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. It is also accredited to certify organic production in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia.

V. International Charitable Organisation “Information Center “Green Dossier” is an information center that promotes principles of sustainable development and their integration into national policies and government programs by disseminating objective environmental and social information to mass media, local communities, government and business, involving them to practical action.

VI. OrganicInfo is a specialized information portal aimed at promoting organic production, organic food and a sustainable lifestyle.

International support

I. The Quality FOOD Trade Program (phase II) has the overall goal to promote sustainable trade and create more and better jobs by strengthening the business competitiveness and capacities of SMEs in the organic and dairy sectors in Ukraine. The Program is funded by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) and implemented under the leadership of the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL, Switzerland) together with SAFOSO (Switzerland).

II. The Project German-Ukrainian Cooperation in Organic Agriculture (COA), funded by the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture, contributes in particular to the efficient and sustainable development of agriculture in Ukraine through its focus on the promotion of organic production.

III. The Organic Trade 4 Development in Eastern Europe (OT4D) Program is aimed to increase and enhance jobs in the organic sector, particularly for youth and women, and to contribute to the multiple positive effects of organic farming in terms of economic growth, innovation and natural environment. It is implemented with the support of Switzerland by the IFOAM – Organics International in partnership with HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation and Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL, Switzerland).

Export of Ukrainian organic products

Dashboard “Export of the Ukrainian Organic Products” allows to analyze the volume of Ukraine’s exports of organic products by product groups, importing and destination countries, and types of transport during 2021-2023.

Dashboard “Export of the Ukrainian Organic Products” is developed by the Entrepreneurship and Export Promotion Office in partnership with Organic Standard certification body and with the support of Switzerland within the Swiss-Ukrainian program “Higher Value Added Trade from the Organic and Dairy Sector in Ukraine” implemented by the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL, Switzerland) in partnership with SAFOSO AG (Switzerland).

The dashboard allows to analyse the volume of Ukraine’s exports of organic products by product groups, importing and destination countries, and types of transport during 2021-2023.

The data provided cover the period from 2021 till January 2023, broken down by months and individual categories of exported goods. The dashboard enables an assessment of Ukraine's certified organic product export volumes, by commodity groups and detailed categories of goods, importer and destination countries, and types of transport. The data on the dashboard are presented in tonnes.

The dashboard consists of four pages, each presenting the data in a specific view. The first page allows viewing the data on general commodity groups and presents a time-series view. It also enables a comparison of Ukraine's overall organic product exports by month or commodity group.

The second page presents the data in the context of detailed categories of goods, with a linear chart showing changes over time. The third page shows the data in the context of transport channels: road, rail, and sea transport. The linear chart displays the time-series view, while the tables provide detailed information and serve as additional filters.

The fourth page presents the data in the context of importer and destination countries for goods. This page provides an opportunity to dive deeper into the flows of goods and obtain information not only by commodity groups but also by detailed categories of goods. The page offers filters by time and destination country.

This publication has been produced by the Entrepreneurship and Export Promotion Office with the support of Switzerland within the framework of the Swiss-Ukrainian Program “Higher Value Added Trade from the Organic and Dairy Sector in Ukraine” implemented by the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL, Switzerland) in partnership with SAFOSO AG (Switzerland). The content of this publication is the sole responsibility of the author and does not necessarily reflect the views of the development partners and project implementing agencies.

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With the aim to promote Ukrainian organic exporting producers, Entrepreneurship and Export Promotion Office (Ukraine) created the Catalogue of Ukrainian Organic Exporters.

In the Catalogue you can find approximately 100 producers of organic products from all the regions of Ukraine with all the contacts and information about their products.

The Catalogue of Ukrainian organic exporters 2024

This Catalogue is developed within the «482 days of full-scale war. Ukrainian organic export: challenges and opportunities» online event. The event is organised by the State Institution «Entrepreneurship and Export Promotion Office» (EEPO, Ukraine) in the framework of the state project Diia.Business together with the Organic Standard certification body and Organic Initiative, and supported by Switzerland within the framework of the Swiss-Ukrainian Programs «Higher Value Added Trade from the Organic and Dairy Sector in Ukraine» (QFTP) and «Organic Trade 4 Development in Eastern Europe» (OT4D).

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