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Ukrainian organic produce exports up 2.5 times in 2016
Ukrainian organic produce exports have grown 2.5 times in 2016 and reached 165,000 tons, according to Mr. Sergey Galashevskiy, Director of Organic Standard, Ukraine.
“Organic growers exported 165,000 tons of their products valued at more than 40 mln euro last year”, he said.
Mr. Galashevskiy estimated Ukraine’s organic exports to stand at just 67,000 tons worth 21 mln euro in 2015.
Ukraine has recently certificated organic production of zucchini, onions, rhubarb, bell peppers, lavender, sage, roses, rosemary, coriander, cream, butter, meat, eggs, mushrooms, nuts, grains etc.
Ukraine imports organic products mainly from the EU countries.
As Organic Ukraine, a union of certified organic growers of Ukraine, has already informed, it is expected that area under organic production may grow by 10% in 2017 and reach 450,000 ha.