Russian Satellite News Agency, Moscow, December 31. The representative of Russia's United Confectionery Co., Ltd. said in an interview with Satellite News Agency that despite the impact of the new crown virus pandemic, exports to China will increase by 20% in 2020.

Russia United Confectionery Co., Ltd. is the largest confectionery company in Eastern Europe, uniting 19 Russian factories, including large-scale Moscow companies "Red October", "Babaevsky" Confectionery Confectionery Consortium, and "Rot-Front" factories.

A company representative said: "This year, United Confectionery's exports to China have increased by 20%. This year we have prepared 10 new products under the'Alenka' brand. The first batch of products already in stores in China will help improve consumers. interest of."

According to the representative, due to safety and anti-epidemic measures, the delivery time of products when imported into China has increased significantly because the containers must be sanitized and disinfected.

He pointed out that in 2021 the company plans to expand the variety and supply of goods.

According to data from the Association of Russian Confectionery Enterprises (ASKOND), from October 2019 to September 2020, Russia’s exports of sugar products to China were 64,400 tons (from October 2018 to September 2019, 70,000 tons). Most of the export products are chocolate products (68%). The decrease in Russian exports to China is due to the restrictions on the new crown epidemic.

Dmitry Krasnov, head of the Agricultural Export Development Center of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, previously pointed out that Russia remains the number one supplier of chocolate products to China, and Russia’s total candy exports to China will reach 170 million in 2020. U.S. dollars, an increase of 20% over last year, Russian candy exports to China will reach 79,000 tons, and in 2019 it will be 67,800 tons.

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