Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Ukraine: open for organic

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1 Ukraine: open for organic Olga Trofimtseva Deputy Minister for European Integration

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3 Ukraine: Key figures on organic products Certificated organic land ha Agricultural producers of organic products 294 Agricultural land (in conversion) ha Other operators The total area hа The leaders by the organic area Odesa region ha 132 Total number of operators (organic producers, processors, and traders) The leaders by the number of operators Kyiv region - 58 Kharkiv region - 29 Kherson region ha Dnipropetrovsk region ha Odesa and Kherson regions - 38

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5 Ukrainian Organic Innovations of the year UKROLIYA LLC is the modern and high-technology industrial complex which specializes in sunflower seeds processing Organic tea is selected in an ecologically clean area- Zakarpattia region The production and packaging are completely Ukrainian Kyivskyi success story of effective cooperation of berry producers Producing of natural oils using the first cold-press technology

6 The total number of certification bodies certification bodies have operators in Ukraine: Organic Standard Bio.inspecta AG 24 Ecocert SA 21 Control Union Certifications B.V. 11 Kiwa BCS Oko-Garantie 5 CERES 4 Suoloe Salute srl 1

7 Certification bodies from 10 countries work in Ukraine Name of certification body Country Organic Standard Ukraine Ecoglobe Armenia Istituto Certificazione Etica e Ambientale (ICEA) Bioagricert S.r.l. Italy Lacon GmbH Germany CERES Certification of Environmental Standards GmbH Kiwa BCS Öko-Garantie GmbH Germany Control Union Certifications Netherlands Suolo e Salute srl Italy Agreco R.F. Göderz GmbH Germany Ecocert SA France Bio.inspecta AG Switzerland Ekoagros Lithuania A CERT European Organization for Certification S.A Valsts SIA Sertifikācijas un testēšanas centrs CCPB Sr Greece Latvia Italy Argentina Letis S.A 1 Italy Germany A B C D E F Product Categories: A Unprocessed plant products B Live animals or unprocessed animal products C Aquaculture products and seaweeds D Processed agricultural products for use as food E Processed agricultural products for use as feed F Vegetative propagating material and seeds for cultivation

8 The main importers of Ukrainian organic products Netherlands Germany Switzerlan d Belgium United Kingdom Czech Republic Italy Bulgaria Austria Poland Hungary Also imported by: USA; Canada, Australia and some Asian countries

9 Organic Agriculture: Ministry s Priorities Finalization of the legislative framework for organic market in Ukraine Working together with the EU Commission 1 4 on reasonable import regulations for Ukrainian organic products/ getting Ukraine out of the black list Transparent organic operators register integrated with control system Direct dialogue between the Ministry of agrarian Policy and organic certification bodies Promotion of organic agriculture among small and medium producers Establishment of the official statistics system for organic market

10 Risks and Benefits of Sourcing Organic from Ukraine BENEFITS Proximity to Western Europe / Geographical location Favorable conditions of nature resources and available agrarian land Entrepreneur spirit and openness for new markets and knowledge Association Agreement between EU and Ukraine / DCFTA Success stories of export and trust based supply chain partnerships between Ukraine and Western European import countries Strong partnership and consolidation of organic stakeholders in Ukraine Active state position in organic sector RISKS Unstable political and economical situation in Ukraine Unfair competition (from producers/traders/ certification bodies) / Scandals with fraud/ contamination Increased price of organic produce from Ukraine & resource management (time/hr) due to new EU Import rules Lack of sound state supervision system for organics in Ukraine Transparency of certification bodies/operators and traceability of product flows need to be improved No state protection of organic production/land (farm could lose land (after 3Y conversion period investment) as conventional intensive producers pay more for land rent

11 Ukraine is open for cooperation in organic Olga Trofimtseva Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine for European Integration Address 24, Khreshchatyk Street, Kyiv, 01001, Ukraine Phone +38 (044)