The State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine have agreed on veterinary certificates with the competent authorities of Canada, so that Ukrainian egg producers will be able to export their products to Canada, the ministry’s press service reports.
“The systematic work of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine together with the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection allows us to continue to open up new opportunities for Ukrainian products in the world. We realize how important it is to support Ukrainian exporters, especially during the war. That is why we are in constant negotiations with foreign partners in this regard and step by step we are opening new markets for Ukrainian companies,” said Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba.
“The new market means economic stability for the national producer, preservation of jobs, especially during the war, and strengthening Ukraine’s competitiveness on the global trade arena.
Together with Ukrainian diplomats, we continue to work in this direction,” said Serhiy Tkachuk, Head of the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection.
The agency informed that the certificate forms have already been published on its official web portal in the “Export Certificates from Ukraine” section of the “International Cooperation” section. Explanations of the requirements of Canadian legislation are available in the section “Requirements of the countries of the world”.
“Exports of egg products to Canada are possible only if you cooperate with licensed importers in Canada,” the State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection warned.
Ovostar Union, one of the leading producers of eggs and egg products in Ukraine, in January-September 2021 received $2.85 million in net profit, which is a quarter less than for the same period in 2020, its EBITDA decreased by 29% – to $5.4 million.According to the company’s report, published on the website of the Warsaw Stock Exchange, Ovostar’s revenue for the nine months of 2021 increased by 39% – to $94.36 million, its gross profit decreased by 5% – to $10.95 million, operating profit – by 51%, to $2.22 million“In the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the increase in fixed assets of the group of companies amounted to $570,000 (September 30, 2020: $2.21 million). In particular, the group purchased equipment for poultry houses for $420,000 and allocated $156,000 for capital expenditures,” the report explains. The document states that the assets of the agricultural holding as of September 30, 2021 increased by 8% compared to the same date last year, to $142 million, its long-term debt liabilities increased by 19.6%, to $6.99 million, and the current ones decreased by 2%, to $21 million.
Ovostar Union, a vertically integrated holding company, one of the leading egg and egg products producer in Ukraine, in January-September 2020 cut shell egg sales by 10.5% year-over-year, to 795 million. Lower sales volume is accounted for by reduction of trading activities in the reporting period.
According to a company report on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE) last week, egg production grew by 3.8%, to 1.236 billion. Export of eggs fell by 41.2%, to 266 million eggs. The share of export of total sales was 34% versus 50% a year ago. Average price of eggs fell by 8%, to $0.056 per egg.
The group said that in January-September 2020, 433 million eggs were processed. The output of dry and liquid egg products was 2,597 tonnes (a rise of 19%) and 9,983 tonnes (a fall of 5%).
Sales volume of dry egg products grew by 39%, to 2,417 tonnes, including 71% was exported. Liquid egg products sales fell by 7%, to 9,692 tonnes, including 36% exported.
Average selling price of dry egg products fell by 8% to $4.05 per kg, and average selling price of liquid egg products decreased 16%, to $1.19 per kg.
As of 30 September 2020 total flock of the company was 8.1 million heads demonstrating 3% increase year-over-year. The laying flock grew by 3% year-over-year and reached 6.9 million heads.
“It is worth saying that during the nine months of the year the company has been quite successful in responding to the challenges related the COVID-19 pandemic and unfavorable macroeconomic environment. We have managed to minimize negative effects on the group’s operations and to increase production volumes. In general, the management finds the operational results for the reporting period satisfactory,” CEO Borys Bielikov said.
Ovostar Union agro-industrial group, one of the leading manufacturers of eggs and egg products in Ukraine, in 2018 opened a subsidiary in Dubai and bought two companies in Ukraine, the group reported in its annual financial report. “The group exports a large number of eggs and egg products to the United Arab Emirates. Assessing the potential and prospects for further expansion into the UAE market, in 2018 the group decided to open a company in Dubai. The charter capital was $28,000. The group owns 100% of OAE Food Trade FZE,” the report says.
According to the report, the volume of exports to the countries of the Middle East amounted to 26% of total sales.
In addition, in June 2018 Ovostar bought BVV Equipment LLC and BV Trading LLC (both based in Rokytne, Kyiv region). The purchase price was $2.1 million and $1.2 million, respectively. The goodwill of the enterprise is $51,000 and entirely belongs to the egg segment of the group.
According to the state register of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs, both enterprises are registered in 2016. The core business is production of food that are not assigned to other groups. The final beneficiaries are Borys Belikov and Vitaliy Veresenko.
