The Analytical Department of Ukrainian Food Export Board presents the key figures of the confectionery industry in 2018.

“The main buyers of Ukrainian chocolate during eight months of this year were the USA (13.67% of the total exports), Kazakhstan (12.33%), Belarus (9.04%), the part of other countries amounted to 64.95%,” the analytical department of Ukrainian Food Export Board (UFEB) reports. Experts note that during January-August of 2018 the total exports of chocolate products amounted to 101 million USD.

Exports of sugar confectionery (excluding cocoa content) from Ukraine in 2016 increased by 2% compared to 2015 and by 15% - compared to the year 2014, amounting to 77.5 thousand tons.

Ukrainian producers reduced exports of chocolate and cacao-containing products in 2016 by 14% comparing to 2015 and by 39% - comparing to 2014 to 58.5 thousand tons.