The "Ukrainian Berries Association," in cooperation with the Entrepreneurship and Export Promotion Office, invites Ukrainian organic product exporters to participate in the National Pavilion of Ukraine at the leading international organic products exhibition, BIOFACH 2025.

BIOFACH is an annual international exhibition and the largest exhibition in Europe. It is traditionally held in Nuremberg (Germany) and covers organic food products, beverages, and non-food items.

Twenty organic product exporters will be selected competitively to participate in the Ukrainian exposition. During the event, participants can present their products to an international audience and discuss the latest developments and trends in the organic sector with international colleagues.    

Organizing the National Pavilion of Ukraine at the international BIOFACH exhibition aims to promote Ukraine as a producer of high-quality organic food products. The booth will showcase the broadest range of products from companies of different sizes.

Benefits of participating in the exhibition within the National Pavilion of Ukraine:

• Cover exhibition costs (excluding participant co-financing, logistics, accommodation, and meals).
• Equipped workspace.
• Placement of company information on the BIOFACH 2025 portal.
• Organizational support in planning individual meetings with foreign partners.

Three groups of participants will be organized:

• Group A: 50% of the booth area will be allocated for [1]SMEs that have participated in BIOFACH exhibitions no more than twice or have not participated.
• Group B: 30% of the booth area will be allocated to experienced SMEs that have participated in BIOFACH exhibitions three times or more.
• Group C: 20% of the booth area will be allocated to large businesses and SMEs that require broader representation and are ready to pay for additional space.

Companies eligible to participate in the tender must:

• Be registered in Ukraine (preference is given to business entities, 50% of whose ownership belongs to Ukrainian citizens or legal entities registered in Ukraine).
• Have a valid organic certificate confirming compliance with organic production and/or circulation of organic products.
• Have a website and promotional materials in English.
• Have English-speaking employees (company representatives at the exhibition) and be ready to send them to Germany for the exhibition's duration.
• Be ready to cover the costs of logistics, accommodation, meals/daily allowance for company representatives, logistics for equipment and product samples (if needed), and co-financing of the booth.
• Have no legal or financial ties with the Russian Federation and/or Belarus.

Organizers expect to select 9 companies from Group A, 8 companies from Group B, and 3 companies from Group C.

Preference will be given to companies that:

• For Group A and B: Are small or medium-sized
• For Group A and B: Are participating in BIOFACH for the first, second, or third time.
• For all three groups: Will present value-added products [2]at the exhibition.
• For all three groups: Are veteran-owned businesses.
• For all three groups: Are businesses owned or managed by women.

For more details on the selection criteria and participation conditions, see the link.

After thoroughly reviewing the companies, the organizers will form a shortlist of potential participants and communicate with them to confirm participation or clarify data. Based on the processed information, the organizers, taking into account the comments of the pavilion’s partner representatives, will select the participating companies, inform them of the participation confirmation, and register them in the exhibition’s electronic system.

Link to the registration form

Application deadline: November 1, 2024 (inclusive)

For questions, please contact: +380938468069 Liubov Bilobrukh, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The National Pavilion of Ukraine at BIOFACH 2025 is organized by the Ukrainian Berries Association and the state institution “Office for Entrepreneurship and Export Development,” the national project Diya.Business, under the patronage of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, and with the support of:

• Switzerland within the framework of the Swiss-Ukrainian program “Higher Value-Added Trade Development in the Organic and Dairy Sectors of Ukraine” (QFTP), implemented by the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL, Switzerland) in partnership with SAFOSO AG (Switzerland).
• Ukraine-Moldova American Enterprise Fund (UMAEF).
• German-Ukrainian cooperation in the field of organic agriculture (COA) with financial support from the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture of Germany (BMEL).
• Swiss Import Promotion Programme (SIPPO) – a trade promotion program of the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs of Switzerland (SECO) for developing and transition economies on four continents.

This initiative is implemented in cooperation with organic organizations in Ukraine.

[1] Small and medium size business (SME) deinition:

[2] Higher value added products - agricultural produce that comprise an overall high(er) value, due to the involvement of (a) more labor in its production process (i.e. ‘value crops’, ‘following higher/ stricter production standards’) and/or (b) processing (i.e. ‘semi-finished’ or ‘ready to eat products’), and/or (c) marketing activities (i.e. ‘branding, ‘price policy’, ‘direct supply to consumers’, etc.’).