India, March 2 -- Ukraine's agricultural sector continues to demonstrate resilience, and commitment to sustainability, even in the face of ongoing challenges caused by the war. At Gulfood 2025, one of the world's largest and most influential food and beverage trade fairs, 52 Ukrainian exporters presented their certified organic and dairy products, cereals and legumes, snacks, nuts, baby food, frozen vegetables, fruits, berries, juices, oils, and more to the international market across five national pavilions and individual stands. It has once again highlighted the country's strong position and readiness to offer high quality products to the MENA market.

Below, you will find the key highlights from Ukraine's participation at Gulfood 2025, including insights from leading experts, and the latest information on the country's organic exports.

This year, under the patronage of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, the State Institution "Entrepreneurship and Export Promotion Office" (EEPO, Ukraine), with the support of its partners, organised two National Stands under the export brand Trade with Ukraine. As a result: *The National Stand of Ukraine (Hall Trade Centre Arena, Stand S-151) brought together 10 food producers, including 7 organic exporters. **Exhibitors at the first-ever National Dairy Stand of Ukraine (Hall Al Mustaqbal Plaza, Stand MP-D18) included 5 producers of cheese, cheese snacks, butter and spreads, milk, cream, as well as plant-based dairy alternatives.

Both National Stands of Ukraine were also visited by the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United Arab Emirates, Dmytro Senik. Exhibitors presented their products to him and shared their achievements from the first days of work at the exhibition.

Dmytro Senik emphasized the opportunities provided by the newly signed Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between Ukraine and the UAE. He also encouraged Ukrainian companies to take advantage of the available government support tools for export promotion.

Over five days of productive work, exhibitors at the National Stand of Ukraine held over 530 B2B meetings. Visitors included importers from India, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Lebanon, Iran, Iraq, Georgia, Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, Egypt, Greece, Romania, the Czech Republic, Poland, France, the United Kingdom, Turkey, Italy, and Croatia.

Participants of the National Dairy Stand of Ukraine held over 300 B2B meetings with business representatives from Cyprus, Israel, Uzbekistan, Georgia, Armenia, the United Arab Emirates, India, Brazil, Germany, Morocco, Malaysia, Thailand, Tajikistan, Panama, Lebanon, Singapore, Vietnam, and the Philippines. For all companies in the dairy exhibition, participation in Gulfood was their debut.

Two Ukrainian companies were shortlisted for the Gulfood Innovation Awards 2025:

Cheese balls by Prime Snack LLC (TM snEco) - in the Best Ready-to-Eat Product category.

Organic unglazed sticks for children with Apple-Plum-Vanilla flavour by DPK "WAIZ" LLC (TM Dear Baby) - in the Best Snacks/Baked Products category.

Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from FoodTechBiz.