24 Ukrainian companies showcased their organic products at BIOFACH 2025, which took place on 11–14 February in Nuremberg, Germany. The trade fair brought together 2,300 exhibitors from 94 countries and around 35,000 visitors from 128 countries. As always, it served as a key meeting point for distributors, buyers, and organic product enthusiasts. 

This year Ukraine was represented with the National Pavilion covering 180 m², where 24 companies showcased the export potential of the country’s organic sector. The exhibitors presented a diverse range of organic products, including berries, fruit, dairy products, nuts, honey and beekeeping products, chocolate, groats, grains and pulses, juices and jams, fruit rolls, leather and chips, baby food, snacks and breakfast cereals, medicinal herbs, oils, oilcakes, and more. 

The opening of the National Pavilion of Ukraine was attended by the representatives of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, the State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection, the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), as well as the Swiss Import Promotion Programme (SIPPO), the German-Ukrainian Cooperation in Organic Agriculture project (COA), the Swiss-Ukrainian programme "Higher Value-Added Trade in the Organic and Dairy Sector in Ukraine" (QFTP), the State Institution “Entrepreneurship and Export Promotion Office”, and the Ukrainian Berries Association.  

“The presence of Ukraine at this leading organic trade fair is a powerful message to the world that, even under critical conditions, the organic business is able to find new ways for growth, reflecting this year’s fair’s moto “Yes, we do!”,” said Marco Kräuchi, Program Manager, Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). 

BIOFACH 2025 is a platform for establishing new partnerships and promoting Ukraine's organic sector.

The National Pavilion of Ukraine welcomed over 670 international buyers and distributors from Germany, Italy, Spain, the USA, Canada, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Austria, China, Romania, France, the UK, the Netherlands, Slovakia, Greece, Morocco, as well as the Scandinavian and Baltic countries. The exhibitors established new contacts and held over 550 B2B meetings. In addition, during the four days of the trade fair, several contracts were agreed for the supply of sunflower seeds, wheat, peas, and millet to the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, and Germany.

"For over 10 years, Ukrainian organic exporters have successfully participated in the BIOFACH trade fair, proudly representing our country with goods that meet all the necessary requirements, standards, and quality indicators. All products are certified in accordance with the organic legislation. Importantly, the National Pavilion of Ukraine demonstrates our unity and resilience. Visitors to the pavilion spoke highly of the companies, the diversity of organic products presented, and our determination to continue operating and producing value-added products despite the war. Our key objective is to remain among the top five largest suppliers of organic products to the European Union," noted Taras Vysotskyi, First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine.

"For Ukraine, it is crucial to build its brand as a producer of high-quality organic products, so that buyers worldwide not only trust our products but also choose them over many others. Participating in major international trade fairs with collective stands is one of the key elements in building trust in Ukraine as a reliable producer," emphasised Iryna Kukhtina, President of the Ukrainian Berries Association.

Beyond the dynamic activities at the National Pavilion, the organic sector of Ukraine was represented at the BIOFACH 2025 Congress. Under the motto "Yes, we do!", the Congress served as the main international platform for discussion of the current development of Ukraine’s organic market.

According to the latest data from the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, organic exports represent a significant share of Ukraine’s organic market. In 2023, Ukraine exported approximately 198,000 tonnes of organic products valued at USD 141 million to 29 countries. The country ranked fifth among 125 countries in terms of organic agri-food exports to the EU, with a total volume of 173,720 tonnes. The top three exported organic products from Ukraine were corn, soybeans, and sunflower cake.

Taras Vysotskyi, First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine; Jan Plagge, President of IFOAM Organics Europe; Marianna Paolino, Team Leader International, Organics Unit, Directorate-General Agriculture and Rural Development (DG AGRI), European Commission; and Olga Trofimtseva, Head of the Agricultural Sector at Agri-Food Platform presented the current data on the state of the organic sector in Ukraine and the export opportunities for organic producers amid the full-scale war to the international community.

Panel discussions featured contributions from Olena Deineko, Chairperson of the Board of Organic Initiative Public Association, Ukraine; Sergiy Galashevskyy, General Manager at Organic Standard Ltd., Ukraine; Dorian Schroper, representative of the organic importer Dobro Commodities, Germany; as well as representatives of Ukrainian exporting companies, including Iryna Kolesnyk from Ukroliya and Alla Ponomarenko from Alta Kraina (Catanzaro Eurasia LLC).