In 2025, Ukraine reduced the physical volume of organic berry exports by 12.5% compared to 2024—to 15,400 tons—but increased its value by 8.5%—to EUR39.8 million.
“Over the past two years, organic raspberries, strawberries, currants, and blueberries have remained the main export items,” said Iryna Fedorchenko, a leading export specialist at the organic production certification body “Organic Standard,” during a presentation of a study on the export of organic berries and nuts in 2024–2025 at the forum “Development of Exports in Ukraine’s Berry and Nut Sector” on June 10 in Kyiv.
She noted that Ukraine accounts for a significant share of organic berry exports to the EU. The largest buyers of Ukrainian products were Poland, the Czech Republic, Italy, Germany, and Austria.
“We are second only to Serbia in raspberries. Ukraine accounts for about 20% of organic raspberry imports, and 30% for blackberries. Blueberries are our trump card, because almost all organic blueberries exported to the EU come from Ukraine,” said Fedorchenko.
Currently, there are 55 companies in Ukraine exporting organic berries to 18 countries worldwide.
According to the study, wild berries continued to form the bulk of last year’s shipments—11,800 tons worth EUR27.1 million—while 3,600 tons of cultivated berries were exported for EUR12.7 million.
The cultivated berry segment saw an increase in export value despite a decline in volume. For example, organic raspberry exports fell by 18.7% to 2,230 tons, but their value rose by 31% to EUR8 million.
Organic strawberry shipments decreased by 13% to 1,290 tons, while revenue rose from EUR3.4 million to EUR4.2 million. Exports of organic blueberries, on the other hand, increased more than 11-fold—from 8.1 tons to 91.8 tons—and their value rose from EUR0.1 million to EUR0.5 million.
According to Fedorchenko, the vast majority of Ukrainian organic berries are exported in frozen form. “It is very difficult for us to export fresh berries, especially when they are organic and untreated,” she emphasized.
Separately, the representative of “Organic Standard” noted changes in the structure of organic berry farming. The area under organic raspberries in 2025 increased to 842 hectares from 768 hectares a year earlier, and under blueberries—to 353 hectares from 337 hectares. In contrast, the area under strawberries decreased to 210 hectares from 309 hectares, and under cherries—to 54 hectares from 146 hectares. The total area of organic berry plantations decreased from 1,700 hectares to 1,600 hectares.
The study was conducted by the certification body “Organic Standard” in collaboration with the Office for Entrepreneurship and Export Development and the national project “Dія.Бізнес” with support from Switzerland as part of the Global Quality and Standards Program (GQSP Ukraine), implemented by UNIDO.
EXPORTS, organic berries, Organic Standard, RASPBERRIES, UKRAINE
The National Bank of Ukraine fined FC “MBK” LLC 799,000 UAH for violations of financial monitoring regulations, the regulator announced on its website.
According to the NBU’s statement, the violations involved the improper provision of information and documents in response to the regulator’s requests, failure to fulfill the obligation to conduct proper customer due diligence, and the improper application of a risk-based approach.
In addition, the National Bank pointed to violations of procedures for storing documents in client files and preparing statistical reports on the prevention and countering of money laundering, terrorist financing, and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
The company also received a written warning for the improper development and implementation of internal documents on financial monitoring, deficiencies in the automation system for continuous monitoring of client transactions, and failure to include verified information in client questionnaires.
MBK Financial Company LLC operates in the non-bank financial services market.
Suspilne has announced its participation in the “Junior Eurovision 2026” song contest and will soon begin accepting applications.
“Singer and songwriter Svitlana Tarabarova will serve as the music producer for the national selection for the fourth time. This will be Ukraine’s 20th appearance at the international contest, which will take place this October in Malta,” according to a statement from “Suspilne.”
“Junior Eurovision 2026” will take place in Malta on October 24 at the MFCC in Ta’ Qali.
As previously reported, Ukraine’s representative Anastasia Dymyd placed 5th at the “Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023” in Nice (France), Artem Kotenko placed 3rd at the “Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024” in Madrid (Spain), and Sofia Nersesyan, with the song “Motanka,” took 2nd place at the “Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025” in Tbilisi (Georgia).
Junior Eurovision, MALTA, national selection, UKRAINE, Суспільне
JSC “Ukrenergomashiny” (Kharkiv), more than 75.22% of which is owned by the state, will pay out nearly UAH 2,305,000 (or 75% of its net profit) between October 1 and 29 of this year based on its 2025 performance.
According to a notice published in the disclosure system of the National Securities and Stock Market Commission, the relevant decision was adopted by the general meeting of shareholders on April 29, and on June 10, a list of persons entitled to receive dividends, as well as the procedure and deadline for their payment, was drawn up.
Dividends will be paid at a rate of 0.0055 UAH per share with a par value of 0.25 UAH.
As reported, UAH 1.73 million in dividends will be paid to the state-owned share.
JSC “Ukrenergomashiny” (formerly JSC ‘Turboatom’ and “Elektrovazhmash”) is Ukraine’s sole manufacturer of turbine equipment for hydroelectric, thermal, and nuclear power plants. It also manufactures, among other things, electric motors for rail and urban transport (the “Elektrovazhmash” product line).
In 2025, the company increased its net sales revenue by 32.9% compared to 2024—to UAH 1.06 billion, while net profit increased 3.5-fold—to UAH 3.07 million.
In addition to the state, the company’s shareholders (according to the NSSMC as of the first quarter of 2026) include the “Seventh” investment fund—managed by the asset management company “Svarog Asset Management” and linked to entrepreneur Kostyantyn Hryhoryshyn—holding 15.3416% of the shares, non-resident Valery Valandin – 5.598% of shares.
DIVIDENDS, KHARKIV, power machinery manufacturing, STATE, Укрэнергомашины
On June 12, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) plans to approve a loan of up to EUR 15 million for Kharkiv to restore heat supply following critical damage in February 2026 to the city’s largest combined heat and power plant, CHPP-5.
According to the bank’s materials, the financing is planned to be used to purchase up to 22 small and medium-sized modular gas-fired boiler houses with cogeneration units, as well as five small cogeneration units for existing boiler houses.
The loan is part of a broader EUR32 million package, which also includes an investment grant from the European Union (EU) of up to EUR17 million.
Given the war risks, the EBRD loan is also expected to receive a partial EU guarantee to cover first-loss risk.
According to the EBRD’s estimates, the project will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 19,100 metric tons of CO2 equivalent per year.
It is noted that the project is expected to restore access to basic heat supply services for a broad and vulnerable group of consumers, including 99,300 residents—more than 16,500 of whom are internally displaced persons (IDPs)—as well as 23 educational institutions and seven medical facilities.
According to the EBRD, as of early 2026, 212,000 IDPs were officially registered in Kharkiv.
The project is being implemented under the Resilience and Livelihoods Facility (RLF) program.
EBRD, EU, heat supply, KHARKIV, TPP-5
The National Bank of Ukraine fined Pawnshop “No. 1” LLC “Contract-Group” 200,000 UAH for violating the procedure for conducting currency exchange transactions, the regulator announced on its website.
According to the NBU’s statement, the violation consisted of a cashier at a separate structural unit failing to provide payment documents from the payment transaction register simultaneously with the receipt or issuance of cash in foreign currency for reversal transactions.
In addition, the pawnshop received a written warning for the absence in a separate structural unit of a copy or extract from the order on its opening, specifying the list of transactions carried out at the cash desk, as well as for violating the requirements for technological video surveillance systems.
PT “Pawnshop No. 1” LLC “Contract-Group” operates in the pawnshop and non-bank financial services market.
