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Ukrainian enterprises in January-October 2017 supplied over 10,000 tonnes of chocolate to the European Union markets, which was 35% up year-over-year (y-o-y), according to Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Olha Trofimtseva.
"Our chocolate is now shipped to the European Union. According to our statistics, chocolate exports to the EU grew by 35% in the 10 months of this year. We have shipped over 10,000 tonnes there to the tune of more than US$23 million. I think it's quite good, considering that chocolate is a widely promoted product in the European market, which is occupied by big players," she said at a press conference on December 19.
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In turn, President of the Ukrkondprom Association Oleksandr Baldyniuk noted that Ukraine had significantly increased its chocolate exports to the markets of Estonia, Bulgaria, Poland, Hungary, Spain, and the United Kingdom.
"We are now about to commence the trade expansion of Ukrainian chocolate to the EU," the expert said.
In his words, the Ukrainian chocolate is marketed in many countries as a premium product whose quality is comparable to that of European products.
As UNIAN reported earlier, chocolate production in Ukraine decreased by 6.7% in 2016 against 2015, to 170,000 tonnes, while that of sugar confectionery declined by 3.2%. At the same time, the output of biscuits and waffles fell by 0.8%, to 244,000 tonnes, according to the State Statistics Service.