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After more than 7 years of preparation period, on April 21, 2011 Ukrainian Parliament (Verkhovna Rada) finally adopted The Law on organic production (Registered No.7003).

Ukraine is the biggest country of Eastern Europe with the population of 46 million people with deep fertile black soils is well-known as “grain basket for Europe” for ages.
Certification of Ukrainian organic farms in accordance with EU Regulations was initiated and started in the late 1990s’ by Dutch, German and other European organic traders. Since that time the area under Organic Agriculture are constantly increasing in Ukraine, reached by 2010, according to the information of Organic Federation of Ukrainehttp://www.organic.com.ua/en , - 270,226 ha. The number of organic farms is constantly growing also and it is counted more than 140 farms comparably with only 31 in 2002.
Total value of organic production in Ukraine in 2006-2010, varies on the level of 112-160 million Euro per year. Organic grain, oilseeds and beans are exported mainly to EU. The balance is used as seeds or for own feed purposes or processed for domestic market or export. Still big part of certified organic products are consumed locally as conventional products.
Since 2008, organic domestic market started to develop in Ukraine. Still the main part of the certified organic products available on the market, are imported goods (mainly from EU countries): baby food, tea, coffee, sugar, spices, fruits, vegetables, pasta, chocolates, oils, cosmetics, etc. But the number of organic products of Ukrainian origin, presented on the domestic market is increasing every year. Among them flakes, IQF berries, jams, syrups, herbal teas, juices, fresh vegetables and herbs, dairy and meat products.
In 2008, total domestic market of organic products was 0.6 million Euro only, in 2009 it was 1.2 million Euro, according to Organic Federation of Ukraine, it has reached in 2010 already 2.4 million Euro, it is expected its further growth in 2011.
In 2009 and 2010 Organic Federation of Ukraine with local authorities, Ministry of Agricultural Policy of Ukraine and FiBL support have organized All-Ukrainian Organic Market-Fairs in Lviv that became strong impulse for faster development of organic market in Ukraine. Similar organic events were organized in 2010 in other areas of the country. This tradition is going to continue in 2011.
Main distribution channels of organic products in Ukraine are mainly small shops of natural and organic products in the capital of Kyiv and other big cities such as Lviv, Kirovograd, Dnipropetrovsk, Ivano-Frankivsk, Odessa and many others.
16 (sixteen) certification bodies are operating in Ukraine, including one national – Organic Standard Ltd.http://www.organicstandard.com.ua/en
The “State Program of the Ukrainian agriculture development until 2015" sets the aim that by 2015 share of organic products in the total Ukrainian agricultural production to be not less than 10 per cent. In 2008 Organic Federation of Ukraine, authorized by the Ministry of Agriculture, has prepared the Concept of the State Program on the Organic farming development in Ukraine. According to the Ministry, the document to become core of the National Organic Plan in the nearest future.
Since 2009 Organic UA http://organic.ua/en monthly hard copy magazine is published by Organic Federation of Ukraine to promote organic among consumers.