Ukrainian food companies - participants of the trade mission to China organized by the Ukrainian Food Export Board (UFEB)  received the first orders for sugar, pork and sunflower oil from Chinese importers, said UFEB chairman Bohdan Shapoval.

Leaders of Ukraine’s food industry will participate in the food exporters congress Ukrainian Food 2016, which will be held December 1-2 in Kiev in President Hotel. The congress will be attended by representatives of the most influential Ukrainian food companies, that sell their products even in the most remote corners of the globe.

Ukrainian export requires transparent VAT refund and cheap loan programs. That could enable manufacturers to maintain the international quality of products, said the chairman of the Ukrainian Food Export Board (UFEB) Bogdan Shapoval at the debate in the exhibition "InterAGRO."

Ukrainian food producers will get new opportunities for export without going abroad taking part in the food exports congress Ukrainian Food 2016, which will be held in Kyiv on December 1-2 in President Hotel.

Ukrainian exporters sold 27 ths. tons of beef in foreign markets in January-September 2016, which is 29% less than in the same period last year. The volume of pork exports reduced 20 times - up to 2 ths. tons from 40 ths. tons. These are estimates of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, which were presented by FAO analyst Andriy Pankratov during a meeting of a working group on the meat market, organized by the association “Pig Producers of Ukraine".

Participants of the food exporters congress Ukrainian Food 2016, which will be held December 1-2 in President Hotel in Kiev, will save thousands of dollars on analysts as will create their own strategy of foreign market entry directly at the event, the chairman of the Ukrainian Food Export Board (UFEB) Bogdan Shapoval said.