Russia for the first time in history overtook Switzerland in the world ranking of chocolate exporters, reports Moscow Komsomolets with reference to ITC Trademap and Un Comtrade reports.
“According to the results of September 2021, Russia entered the top ten countries in terms of export revenue in annual terms and bypassed Switzerland,” the report says. According to the results of the first month of the fall, the domestic export of this product in annual terms amounted to 838 million dollars (almost 61 billion rubles), while Switzerland has 819 million (62.1 billion rubles) during this period). In 2020, Russia ranked 11th in the world ranking. The export volume amounted to 295.7 thousand tons in the amount of $ 729.2 million (approximately 54 billion rubles).
In October, it was reported that the restriction of supplying chocolate banty bant bars would be an incentive for Russian candy manufacturers to take the liberated niche. The former chief sanitary doctor Gennady Onishchenko promised to find a replacement among domestic producers.