From 17 to 21 February 2025, one of the world’s largest and most influential food and beverage trade fairs, Gulfood, took place in Dubai, UAE. It is also the leading food and beverage trade fair in the Middle East.
This year marked the 30th anniversary of Gulfood, bringing together over 5,500 exhibitors from 129 countries, including more than 50 companies from Ukraine’s agri-food sector.
10 exporting companies, including 7 organic exporters, were showcased within the National Stand of Ukraine, organised by the State Institution “Entrepreneurship and Export Promotion Office” and the ITC project and QFTP Programme.
One of the organic products presented within the National Stand of Ukraine was recognised at the Gulfood Innovation Awards 2025. Organic unglazed sticks for children with Apple-Plum-Vanilla flavour by DPK WAIZ LLC (TM Dear Baby) were shortlisted in the Best Snacks/Bakery category.
The exhibiting companies held over 530 B2B meetings with importers from more than 15 countries, including those from Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and North Africa. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United Arab Emirates Dmytro Senik also visited the National Stands of Ukraine.
The first day of the trade fair coincided with the official visit of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the UAE, during which the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) was signed between the governments of Ukraine and the UAE. This agreement opens up new opportunities for the Ukrainian agribusinesses.
List of organic exhibitors at Gulfood 2025.
More information about Ukraine’s participation in Gulfood 2025.
The National Stand of Ukraine at Gulfood 2025 is implemented under the patronage of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine and organised by the State Institution “Entrepreneurship and Export Promotion Office” (EEPO, Ukraine), the state project Diia.Business, the International Trade Centre (ITC) project “Linking SMEs in the fruits and vegetable sector to global and domestic markets and value chains”, funded by Sweden, and the Swiss-Ukrainian Programme “Higher Value Added Trade from the Organic and Dairy Sector in Ukraine” (QFTP), funded by Switzerland and implemented by the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL, Switzerland) in partnership with SAFOSO AG (Switzerland).