1. TRADE ORGANIZATIONS IN THE FAT-AND-OIL MARKET Serhiy Demyanenko

2. Organizations by functional characteristics Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation Farmer and Private Landowner Association Rural Union of Ukraine Ukrainian League of Agro-industrial Entrepreneurs

3. Organizations by branch characteristics Ukrainian Grain Association Grain Processor Association “UkrZernoProduct” National Sugar Maker Association of Ukraine “UkrTsukor” Sunseed Processor Association “UkrOliya Prom” Soybean Producer and Processor Association “UkrAgroPromSoya” Flax Producer Association “Lyon Polissya”

4. Main tasks of agricultural trade organizations Representing and lobbying interests of their members in Parliament and the Government Cooperation with legislative and executive authorities Information, consultative, and scientific maintenance Training, holding seminars and conferences Cooperation with other trade organizations, both in Ukraine and abroad

5. Activities of UkrOliyaProm Lobbying interests of its members in the Verkhovna Rada and Government Promotion of supplying crushers with raw material Participation in drawing up legal documents (draft laws, resolutions, technical specifications for the branch operation) Participation in preparation and issuing of monthly analytical reviews and the quarterly scientific and production magazine “Oliyno-Zhyrovy Komplex”

6. Key problems of the branch Tolling schemes Indicative export prices for sunseed Refunding of oil export VAT The crusher taxation problem results from seasonality Low competitiveness of the branch’s production on international markets

7. Activities of UkrPromSoya Lobbying interests of its members in the Verkhovna Rada and Government in order to get state support Informative work for expanding soybean production and technological implementation Faciliation of establishing seed-growing farms Legal and information-consultative services and training

8. Soybean branch problems Improvement of production technology Provision with conditioned seeds Farm-based processing for feed Provision of crushers, compound feed mills and shops with raw material Promotion of manufacture of domestic processing equipment Improvement of agricultural enterprises management and financial provision

9. Inter-trade organizations in France Providing of market information on production, processing and sale of goods Regulation of markets (volumes, quotas) Control of product quality and technologies, certification Evaluation of the product image in both domestic and foreign markets Professional education (trainings, courses) Assistance in organization of management and accounting

10. Ways for improvement of trade organizations activity in Ukraine Improvement of the legal basis – approval of an appropriate Law of Ukraine State support for activity of trade organizations (beneficial credits, partial compensation of expenses for staff and advisory services)