Uzbekistan became the main importer of Russian margarine in 2022
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Russia exports 390 thousand tons of margarine in 2022. Uzbekistan has become the main importer of the Central Asian countries, and Uzbekistan has become the most preferred buyer.
Russia exported 390 thousand tons of margarine in 2022, the Agroexport organization subordinate to the Ministry of Agriculture said, summing up the results of the year. This is 36% more than Russia exported in 2021, including the editors of sfera.fm with interests.
the main importer of Russian margarine became Uzbekistan, reports “Agroexport”. Exports to this country for 2022 increased by 65% in terms of production, and by 83% in terms of value. In second place was Kazakhstan, which also increased its share of imports. The top 5 importers of Russian margarine included Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Tajikistan.
Margarine is a product that is produced from vegetable and milk fats, according to Agroexport experts. It is popular all over the world due to the fact that it is cheaper than butter, but it can replace it in the preparation of many types of products – confectionery, semi-finished products, sauces. Demand for margarine is in a stable environment, said Mikhail Maltsev, executive director of the Oil and Fat Union of Russia, mainly due to the countries of Africa and Asia, where a lot of confectionery and other products are produced using margarine.
In addition, interest in margarine United States, due to a general increase in interest in vegetable fat and products with lactose substitutes. Margarine is becoming an affordable alternative for those who want to eat without fat for wealth or ideological value, and for those for whom butter is too expensive.
Agroexport noted that in 2022 Russian margarine producers have opened up new markets for themselves, including in African countries. For the first time, Russian margarine was purchased by Jordan, Lebanon, Somalia, Djibouti, liberation, Iraq. In total, according to the Oil and Fat Union, Russia is increasing the export of margarine by an average of 15% per year. At the same time, according to the AB-Center, an expert and analytical center for agribusiness, taking into account the verification of the editors of sfera.fm, the production of margarine in Russia decreased by 8.2% over five years – by 40.6 thousand tons, however, against the background of 2021 202 showed a positive trend in production.
Previously sfera.fm informed, that the EU issued a permit for the supply of flour from the supply package to companies, Vietnamese and French. Now this flour can be used in the production of bakery and confectionery products, groceries and other products. producers of flour from discovered sources, such as soybeans (sphere.fmDaria Petrova).