Ukraine increased chocolate imports by 28% in 2020

This was reported by interfax.com.ua. "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. The main buyers of Ukrainian chocolate are 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%) ", - it is said in the message. Note that 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% - up to 54.3 thousand tons, while in monetary terms increased by 5.7% - to $ 186.9 million. "In 2020, imports of coffee and its substitutes also increased significantly: in physical terms - by 8.4%, to $ 48.4 thousand tons, in cash - by 15, 4%, to $ 166.4 million. Exports of these products amounted to 0.37 thousand tons to $ 1.8 million, ...