Confectionery per capita consumption in Russia is declining

 

At the round table “The quality of Russian confectionery products: approaches, standards, challenges”, Sergey Nosenko, President of the ASKOND Association of Confectionery Industry Enterprises, explained that over the past few years, the peak consumption of confectionery products per capita was noted in 2018. In 2018, on average, each Russian consumed 25.1 kg of confectionery per year, in 2019 24.9 kg, in 2020 and 2021 23.9 kg. According to the association, despite the pandemic, the confectionery industry, unlike dairy, shows “good results”. In 2020, the Russian manufacturers produced 3.845 m tonnes of confectionery, which is 2.1% less than in 2019 (3.929 m tonnes). As planned, the industry will end the current year with an indicator of 3.906 m tonnes (+ 1.6% to last year).

According to statistics, in the total production of confectionery, 50% are flour products, 30% are chocolate products, 20% are sugar products. “The total revenue in the confectionery production amounted to USD 10.13 bn, including 39% of chocolate products, as this is a more expensive segment,” said Nosenko. He called the Russian confectionery market “quite saturated” and added: “We maintain consultations to determine where and how to move on, especially when the market failure of 2020 remained in the past”.