The meeting was attended by deputies of Ukraine, members of the Committee on agrarian policy and land relations, leaders and experts of agro-industrial complex (AIC) Ukraine, interns, representatives of public organization "League of interns", the Ministry of agrarian policy and food of Ukraine and the mass media.
Vladyslava Rutytska, deputy minister of agrarian policy and food of Ukraine on European integration, and Olga Trofymtseva, chief of "Consulting of Ukraine on agrarian policy under the free trade Agreement between the EU and Ukraine" opened the event. V.Rutytska said that every third dollar from Ukrainian agrarian export comes from the EU. "So the theme of the meeting is very actual. First of all it relates increasing exports of small and medium manufacturers with niche products and product focus groups," - she said.
The main purpose of the event was to raise information awareness of small and medium agricultural manufacturers on the procedure for exporting products to the EU market.
To discuss and highlight the key information domestic and foreign experts has been invited.
During the discussion it was noted that in recent years Ukrainian agricultural products entered several new markets. Thus, half of the exports are directed to Asia, 14% - in Africa, one third - to the EU countries. Speakers noted that the rate of the National Bank of Ukraine is formed grounding on the volume of foreign exchange earnings coming from exports, so increasing exports causes the increasing rate of National Bank.
Maria Didukh, the key expert of support Center, stressed that the idea of ??creating this organization is advising of Ukrainian farmers, especially those who is just starting out in international markets. The Center provides information on the opportunities and challenges of entering the market and assesses the ability of farmers to conduct their own trade.
Anton Zhemerdieiev, an employee of the Committee on agrarian policy and land relations, focused on the major problems of the agricultural sector to be solved primarily in large and small amounts of financing.
Mykola Ryzhankov, expert of Institute for economic research and policy consulting, presented an analysis of the development of international market of Ukraine in the period from 2013 to the first quarter of 2016. The expert stressed that the dynamics of agricultural exports started getting better as a result of the gradual recovery in prices and exports and the role of agricultural and food products increased significantly compared to 2013.
Participants of the "round table" also
participated in the panel discussion on tariff and non-tariff regulation of
export deliveries of products.
Participants discussed the supply quotas; regulatory mechanisms at excess of quotas; peculiar features of supply of agricultural products to the EU market; peculiarities of customs control, including hygiene certificates and certificates of origin and establishing in Ukraine of a modern control system for food safety.