In 2024, Ukraine exported 99.3 thousand tons of bioethanol. The majority of the export (87.6%) was undenatured bioethanol, while the remainder was denatured.
Bioethanol supplies were provided by companies with production facilities in 7 regions of Ukraine, namely:
- Zarubynskyi Distillery
- Haisyn and Trostianets Distilleries
- Hnidavskyi Sugar Factory
- Vitagro (Ternopil region)
- Uzyn Sugar Refinery
- Westnol (Lviv region)
- Khorostkiv Distillery
- Teofipol Sugar Factory
- Budylskyi Experimental Plant
Everyone can personally meet with representatives from all bioethanol producers in Ukraine on April 3rd in Kyiv at the B2B Meeting with Leaders of the Ukrainian Oil Market, which was organised by NaftoRynok and the Ukrbioethanol Association.
B2B Meeting 2025 - April 3, 2025 , Location: Kyiv (the venue will be announced to participants later)
Event programme
9:30 AM: Registration, Welcome Coffee
10:00 AM - 11:45 AM: First session
How the gasoline and bioethanol markets operate in Ukraine and globally
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Stages of the revival of the alcohol industry: from demonopolization to the market, by Taras Vysotskyi, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy
- Feasibility and necessity of launching the domestic bioethanol market in Ukraine during the war to stimulate economic growth in agriculture and industry, by Serhiy Savchuk, Head of the State Agency for Energy Efficiency from 2014 to 2019, board member of "Ukrbioethanol"
- Key changes in the Ukrainian gasoline market, by Yevhen Bilokon, gasoline market analyst, NaftoRynok
- The bioethanol market in Europe, speaker to be confirmed
- Presentation from bioethanol producers on how bioethanol costs are formed
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM: Second session
Regulatory and technical aspects of market operations
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How it works in the EU: ORLEN experience, by Karol Stando, Head of the Representative Office in Ukraine
- Oil product sales strategy, by Serhiy Fedorenko, Deputy Director for Commercial Affairs of PJSC “Ukrnafta”
- Requirements of the Law on Minimum Oil and Oil Product Reserves for gasolines, by a representative of the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine.
- Presentation of bioethanol handling in Transcarpathia, by Stanislav Batrachenko, Deputy Director of “Nadezhda” Company
- Global companies' experience in stabilizing alcohol-containing gasoline, by Andriy Pushak, Innospec representative in Ukraine
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM: Third session
Discussion Panel: "The future of market integration"
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How to transport bioethanol and bioethanol-blended gasoline?
- How to store bioethanol-blended gasoline?
- How to test the quality of bioethanol-blended gasoline?
- Possibility of providing subsidies for the use of biofuels by farmers
- Taxation of biofuels and solvents
- Ukrainian bioethanol: purchase from producers or export quotas, and then import the blend?
- What reports will gas station networks submit to the State Energy Efficiency Agency?
- What changes are needed in the gasoline technical regulations?
Invited guests to the discussion panel:
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Danylo Hetmansev, Head of the Ukrainian Parliament's Finance, Tax, and Customs Policy Committee
- Yaroslav Zheleznyak, Member of Parliament of Ukraine, First Deputy Chairman of the Finance, Tax, and Customs Policy Committee
- Andriy Herus, Head of the Ukrainian Parliament's Energy and Housing and Communal Services Committee
- Svitlana Vorobey, Deputy Minister of Finance of Ukraine
- Olha Stefanyshyna, Vice Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine
- Yulia Svyrydenko, Deputy Minister of Economy, Trade, and Agriculture of Ukraine
- Taras Kachka, Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine, Trade Representative of Ukraine, Head of Negotiations
- Mykola Kolisnyk, Deputy Minister of Energy of Ukraine
- Oleh Yaroshchenko, Director of the State Enterprise "MASMA"
- Bureau Veritas
- State Ecological Inspection of Ukraine
- State Energy Efficiency Agency of Ukraine
- State Tax Service of Ukraine
4:30 PM - 4:45 PM: Event summary
Expected participants:
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Bioethanol Producers (16 Ukrainian plants)
- Gasoline Manufacturers (Ukrainian and foreign plants)
- Wholesale Oil Product Sellers (importers and traders)
- Retail Fuel Sellers (national and regional gas station networks)
- Gasoline Additive Suppliers
- Equipment Suppliers for Gas Stations and Oil Depots
- Government Representatives (Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Energy, Ministry of Agrarian Policy, Ministry of Finance, members of Parliament (MPs), State Ecological Inspection, State Energy Efficiency Agency, State Tax Service, Energy Customs)
Participation fees
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For subscribers to NaftoRynok Daily Fuels & LPG*:
- 1st delegate - free of charge,
- 2nd and more - 30% discount (14,000 UAH each)
- 1 delegate - 20,000 UAH
- 2nd and more - 30% discount (14,000 UAH each)
