About U-food

Developing food production and exports of Ukraine for 10 years

2014

Sial China – group visit, 6 companies
Group visit to Belarus, 4 companies
Uzbekistan Agrominitech Expo – group visit, 7 companies (agricultural and processing machinery)
Kazakhstan World Food Expo – collective stand of Ukrainian companies
Creation of a working group on food exports at the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (55 participating enterprises, development of amendments to legislation in the food industry for Ukraine’s integration into the EU)

HTDKC, Hong Kong – collective stand, 8 companies in meat and confectionery sectors
SEOUL Food, Korea – group trip, 7 companies
AgriTechnica, Germany – collective stand of Ukrainian agricultural machinery producers, 4 companies
Trade mission to Georgia – co-organization, 22 participants, 42 B2B meetings
GulFood 2015, UAE – stand organization, 2 participants
Anuga, Germany – trade mission to the exhibition, 5 companies
UN procurement fair – organization of Ukrainian participation, 7 enterprises
Trade mission to Thailand supported by FAO and EBRD, 9 meat and dairy producers
Visit to the Netherlands (training and representation by 8 Ukrainian companies)
1st Ukrainian Food Exporters Congress 2015 – 200 participants, 20 sponsors
Launch of FAO/EBRD project “Ukraine: capacity building of agribusiness associations” – export development for 22 Ukrainian meat and dairy producers

Launch of U-food association (Council for Food Export Issues), 23 participants
2016 Food Exporters Congress – 350 visitors, 40 sponsors
HTDKC Hong Kong – collective stand, 10 companies (meat & confectionery)
SEOUL Food, Korea – remote representation of 18 companies
SIAL Paris – collective stand for meat and confectionery products, 6 companies
Business forum + trade mission to Poland – 22 participants, 62 B2B meetings
Anufood, Beijing – collective stand supported by FAO and EBRD, 8 participants
Business forum in Pakistan – collective visit, 5 companies
PLMA, Shanghai – participation of 7 Ukrainian enterprises
Trade mission to UAE, Angola, Ghana supported by FAO and EBRD – 11 Ukrainian meat and dairy producers
Exporter’s Meat Directory publication in collaboration with FAO and EBRD
4 seminars “Mechanisms of ready food export” (Kyiv, Lviv, Odesa, Dnipro, 360 participants)
Technical support for opening Chinese beet pulp market (3 companies)

First Ukrainian Food Expo (UFExpo) – 2120 visitors, 85 exhibitors, 185 international buyers
2017 Food Exporters Congress – 170 participants, 35 sponsors
HTDKC, Hong Kong – collective stand of six Ukrainian sugar and dairy companies
Africa’s Big Seven, South Africa – collective stand, 7 companies
Anuga, Germany – collective stand of Ukrainian dairy and confectionery products, 6 companies
ISM Business Forum – participation of 11 companies
Gulfood – participation of 5 Ukrainian companies
Trade mission to Southern Vietnam supported by FAO and EBRD – 7 Ukrainian meat and dairy producers
PLMA China 2017 – representation of 3 companies
Food and Hotel Vietnam – collective stand, 4 companies
CIMEA China – representation of 4 meat processing companies
Food & Hotel China – collective stand, 8 companies
Trade mission to Lebanon, 5 companies
Technical support to open the Chinese market for apple exporters, 5 companies

UFExpo 2018 – 3200 visitors, 150 exhibitors, 480 international buyers
2018 Food Exporters Congress – 160 participants, 10 sponsors
Trade mission to the Netherlands – 12 dairy companies, 38 B2B meetings
6th Ukrainian-German Food Forum, 70 participants
Food Africa Cairo, Egypt – collective stand of 4 Ukrainian companies
SIAL Paris, France – collective stand of Ukrainian dairy and confectionery companies supported by EBRD, 10 companies
Trade mission to Taiwan – 5 companies, 30 B2B meetings
GulFood, UAE – participation of 7 Ukrainian companies
Fruit Logistica, Germany – trade mission of fruit and vegetable producers, 12 companies
China International Import Expo – presentation of Ukraine’s agro-industrial sector, 24 companies
UzFood, Uzbekistan – collective stand, 6 companies
Food Taipei, Taiwan – representation of 3 dairy companies
Food&Hotel China – collective stand, 2 companies
International Days in France – 9 Ukrainian companies presented
Foodex, Japan – 3 Ukrainian exhibitors
Educational trade mission to Germany (3 companies), introduction to GEFA
Practical export guide to the EU published with Agritrade Ukraine

UFExpo 2019 – 3800 visitors, 158 exhibitors, 900 international buyers
Ukrainian Confectionery Cologne business forum at ISM – 14 companies
Food Africa Cairo, Egypt – collective stand, 2 companies
GulFood, UAE – participation of Ukrainian companies, 3 exhibitors
Fruit Logistica, Germany – business forum of Ukrainian fruit and vegetable producers, 8 companies
Trade mission to Uzbekistan, 3 companies
Superfood Asia and Food&Hotel Vietnam – presentation stand, 5 companies
SIAL China – representation stand, 2 companies
Trade mission to the USA and Canada for confectionery and snack producers with participation in SNACK Expo, 10 companies
Anuga, Germany – collective stand, 6 companies
Yummex Middle East, UAE – remote participation, 3 companies
China International Import Expo – remote participation, 4 companies
Participation in the German-Ukrainian Summer School in Agricultural Economics (export promotion system)
Trade mission to Israel

UFExpo 2020 – “Covid-19” format, 87 exhibitors, 790 visitors, 240 online meetings
Online seminar “Technologies of foreign economic activity in food exports”, 154 participants
Fruit Logistica, Germany – presentation of two Ukrainian companies
B2B Online Week – 69 participants, 420 B2B meetings prepared
Sweets and Snacks Expo, USA – 12 companies, online meetings with consultants
GulFood, UAE – remote presentation of three oil sector producers
Online trade mission Ukraine-Poland, 10 companies
Anuga, Germany – representation of four confectionery companies
Launch of Ukrainian Food Platform
Launch of the retail cooperation project, 82 companies

Online Congress of Food Manufacturers and Exporters – 97 participants, 118 B2B meetings
B2B Online Week – 42 participants, 280 B2B meetings prepared
UFExpo Food and Tech Online, 10 companies
Ukrainian Food Platform – 120 companies, USAID grant
Development of a draft law and code amendments on cooperation with retail chains

World of Food Poland – participation of 16 companies
Trade mission Ukraine-Poland, 7 companies
Sial Paris, France – participation of 12 companies
U-food association – new format, 96 participants
Service provision project – 82 companies, 200 services, supported by USAID AGRO
Retail working group – recovered 1.1 billion UAH out of 1.9 billion UAH owed to suppliers
Founding of Uman Humanitarian Center – 22.8 million UAH of aid

Trade mission to Košice, Slovakia – 21 B2B meetings
Gulfood UAE – participation in collective stand, 3 companies
Training program in Romania
B2B meetings in Iași, Romania, 7 meetings
Establishment of U-food association export department
Creation of Outsourcing Center with USAID AGRO support – 32 companies, 65 services
Start of U-food association craft project – Ukrainian Craft
Craft fair held in Sofiivka
Launch of value chain project – U-food 2Chains