Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan became the largest Russian chocolate importer in early 2025, buying products at 78.3 million and $ 23.4 million respectively.
The main buyers of the Russian chocolate in January to April 2025 became CIS country, Ria Novosti report. According to the platform of Comtrade and National Statistics, Kazakhstan is the largest importer, buying products at $ 78.3 million. Next is Azerbaijan with $ 23.4 million and Uzbekistan with $ 21.4 million.
The five leaders also include Kyrgyzstan and Georgia, where the delivery is up to 14.7 million and $ 8 million, respectively. China became sixth in the import of Russian chocolate – $ 7.4 million. Next, Armenia, Serbia, Moldova and Germany are on the list.
The US market has bought chocolate for $ 970 thousand and Israel for $ 790,000. Saudi Arabia, Latvia and Bulgaria also reached the top 15, while Bulgaria shows a record increase in demand-4.1 times per year.
The noticeable increase in the interest of Russian chocolate is also recorded in Saudi Arabia (1.8 times) and Kazakhstan, Serbia and Azerbaijan have increased 1.3 times. Belarus has not disclosed import statistics since 2022, but was also one of the leaders.
As the newspaper wrote, the Russians in Dubai warned a new form of chocolate chocolate at the airport. Cocoa beans have its gold value due to crop loss and reduce the supply. Economist predicts the increase in chocolate prices in Russia.