Russia may overtake Switzerland in the list of leading suppliers of chocolate - RIA Novosti, 09/08/2021

Published 2021년 9월 8일

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Russia is on track to enter the top ten global chocolate suppliers in 2021, according to the Association of Confectionery Industry "Askond", with a doubling of chocolate confectionery supply in the last five years. The country's chocolate exports have increased by 23% in the first seven months of 2021, reaching 144 thousand tons and $371 million in value. Russia currently leads in chocolate exports to China, which has grown nearly ninefold in the last five years. The industry includes 120 active exporting confectionery companies and counts over 75 countries as buyers, with CIS countries being the main.

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MOSCOW, September 8 - RIA Novosti. Russia in 2021 may enter the top ten world suppliers of chocolate, overtaking Switzerland, according to the Association of Confectionery Industry "Askond". The association's forecast is contained in the materials of the Federal Center for the Development of Export of Agricultural Products (FGBU "Agroexport") under the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, provided by RIA Novosti. "Russia can rise from 11th place and, having overtaken Switzerland, for the first time enter the top ten world suppliers of chocolate," the materials say. Over the past five years, the supply of chocolate confectionery has doubled, breaking the mark of 300 thousand tons in 2020. “In 2021, we record a recovery in demand compared to 2020, and it is proceeding at a faster pace than the decline in 2020. According to preliminary statistics, for seven months of this year, export volumes exceed the indicators not only of the past, but also of 2019, ”the words ...

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