Successfully exporting organic products to Europe

To operate successfully in importing organic products to Switzerland and the European Union, it is crucial to have accurate information on market access conditions. For this reason, the Swiss Import Promotion Programme (SIPPO) and the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) have jointly published a manual which is aimed at facilitating the access for developing and transitional countries to the European market for organic products.

The manual "The Organic Market in Europe" aims to to provide information to and promoting the development of developing and transitional countries that want to export organic products to Europe. Across about 150 pages the handbook offers a wide range of information about the organic market in the EU and EFTA countries as well as a comparison of the EU Organic Regualtion and Bio Suisse Standards. In this way, the manual should help producers from developing and transitional countries to gain improved access to the organic market of the EU and EFTA countries.

The study also contains a number of country reports: Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands and the UK.

Further information

Download and printed version

A printed version can be ordered free of charge from FiBL at the FiBL shop. At the FiBL shop the book is also available as a PDF.

FiBL.org: The Organic Market in Europe in the FiBL shop
FiBL.org: Download

Contact

For questions regarding the manual and FiBL:
Lukas Kilcher
Head of communication, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL)Ackerstr., 5070 Frick, Tel. +41 62 865 72 46
lukas.kilcher(at)fibl.org
www.fibl.org

For questions regarding SIPPO:
Patrick Djizmedjian
Press + Public Relations Manager / Media spokesperson
Osec I Stampfenbachstrasse 85, CH-8006 Zürich
Tel. direct +41 44 365 55 16, Mobile +41 79 642 88 60, Fax +41 44 365 52 21
pdjizmedjian(at)osec.ch
www.osec.ch, www.sippo.ch

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Successfully importing organic products to Europe. Press release of SIPPO and FiBL of June 24, 2011

SIPPO

The Swiss Import Promotion Programme (SIPPO) has been promoting imports into Switzerland and the European Union from developing and transitional countries on behalf of the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). The programme supports the import of products from small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and helps them become integrated into the international trade system. Although SIPPO is mainly aimed at SMEs in developing and transitional countries, Swiss and European importers can also benefit from its services.

FiBL

is one of the world’s leading research institutes for organic agriculture and sustainability.It is located in Switzerland, Germany and Austria. FiBL’s strengths are interdisciplinary research, innovations in cooperation with the food industry and farmers, solution-oriented development projects and a rapid transfer of knowledge. With its research and consultancy activities, FiBL is promoting the organic agriculture worldwide.