Ukraine in 2020 increased imports of chocolate by 25.7%, coffee - by 15.4%

Imports of chocolate in Ukraine in 2020 increased in physical terms by 28% compared to the previous year - from 33.6 thousand tons to 43 thousand tons, in monetary terms - by 25.7%, from $ 150.5 million to $ 189, 1 million, according to the State Customs Service. According to her, exports of chocolate from Ukraine last year decreased by 9.7% - from 63.9 thousand tons to 57.7 thousand tons, in dollar terms - by 6.6%, from $ 169.7 million to $ 158.4 million. Among the main buyers of Ukrainian chocolate - Kazakhstan (7.2% of the total), Belarus (8.4%) and Romania (9.2%), and it was imported mainly from Poland (33.6 %), The Netherlands (13, 8%) and Germany (12.2%). According to the State Customs Service, imports of cocoa beans, cocoa paste, cocoa butter and cocoa fats, as well as cocoa powder in 2020 decreased in physical terms by 2.5% - to 54.3 thousand tons, while in In addition, according to the State Customs Service, in 2020, imports of coffee and substitutes also increased ...