In Russia, sales of chocolate products fell almost 9% per year

Chef chocolate sales by 8.8% and non -chocolate sweets have also fallen by 7.2%. In monetary terms, these indicators decreased to 0.5% and 3.1%, respectively.

At the same time, chocolate gofres sales increased by 17.1% in kind (25.4% in monetary), chocolate bars, in 14.3% (+25%), chocolate drains, by 13.6% (+19, 4 %), they do not cry, they do not pack. -Cocolate sweets – by 10.4%(+14.9%).

Vitaly Muravyov, president of the Victory confectionery factory, believes that sales have fallen from the products that are becoming more expensive. He tied the increase in prices with the increase in the price of raw material grains. Muravyov added that, due to this, Russian preparations are forced to replace grated cocoa and cocoa paste with cheaper components, including cocoa powder and fat -based fats based on palm oil.

In addition, in the context of the increase in the entire world of cocoa grains, there was a redistribution of demand in interest in increased products in which chocolate does not act as the main ingredient, the president of the prison of the association of retail companies ((joins large retailers) Igor Karavaev told Kommersant.

On January 22, cocoa exchange prices in New York reached a maximum of three weeks, and in London a maximum of five weeks due to fears about the failure of crops in Western Africa. On January 28, future fell to a weekly minimum, since the rains in the region softened the arid conditions caused by seasonal winds.