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MINSK, 23 October (BelTA) – Kommunarka confectionery plans to make inroads in the US national retail chains, company CEO Ivan Danchenko told the media, BelTA has learned.

“We have made regular shipments to the United States. We have never left that market. But those are shipments for stores in the Russian-speaking communities. We have a network of such stores. Krasnaya Shapochka, Alenka, Stolichnye and other candies enjoy high popularity. But we seek to make inroads in the US national retail chains,” Ivan Danchenko said.

Kommunarka annually produces up to 25,000 tonnes: more than 200 items of confectionery products. About 20% is bound for export. Sales markets are Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, the United States, Canada, Germany, Israel and other countries of the near and far abroad.

Kommunarka has displayed its goods at the 24th international food industry expo Prodexpo 2018 at the Minsk Indoor Football Center. The program includes workshops on interaction with partners and exports to Southeast Asian countries, protection of the Belarusian brands in the Chinese market. The program also provides for numerous tasting competitions, professional excellence competitions among pastry chefs, the best of whom will receive the right to go to the world’s major contests of confectionery skills.