Russia overtook in chocolate exports – Economy and Business
MOSCOW, December 8. / TASS /. At the end of September 2021, Russia ranked tenth in the world in terms of revenue from chocolate exports, ahead of Shavriya. Such data, which is available in the reports of ITC Trademap and UN Comtrade, are cited by the Association of Confectionery Enterprises “Askond”.
“At the end of September 2021, Russia ranked tenth in terms of export revenue in annual terms, as of September 2021, Russia exported chocolate products in annual terms in the amount of USD 838 million. Such data are presented in the reports of ITC Trademap and UN Comtrade. According to these data, for the same period, the export of chocolate products amounted to $ 819 million, “Askond said in a statement.
Experts noted that in 2020 Russia ranked eleventh in the world ranking of exporters of chocolate products with an export volume of 295.7 thousand tons worth $ 729.2 million. Switzerland was in tenth place with a result of 109.8 thousand rubles. tons for $ 753 million.
According to Askond estimates, in 2021, the export direction of the confectionery industry will increase by 19.1% in physical terms. The volume of supplies of domestic sweets abroad is 824.5 thousand tons in the amount of $ 1.68 billion. According to the association, these figures will become a record for the industry and will exceed the volume of exports in the pre-pandemic 2019 by 30.8%.
The Association noted that chocolate confectionery products occupy a significant part of the Russian export of confectionery products in general. As of September 2021, they accounted for more than 51.5% or $ 838.5 million in sales over the past 12 months. “The dynamics of supplies abroad allows us to assert a position in the top ten world exporters of this type of sweets”, – consider in “Askond”.
The experts added that Russian confectionery products are supplied to 92 countries. China and the countries of the Customs Union remain the main buyers of sweets, accounting for 57% of export supplies. However, exports are also growing due to sales in relatively new directions for Russian confectioners – Serbia, Brazil, Nigeria and the countries of the Middle East.