Russia food and drinks in China have risen steadily for some years and the China market is on the top export destination for Russian food and drinks. Russia’s top food exports to China, among others, are fish, soy, sunflower oil and chocolate. China was the largest recipient of Russia’s agricultural product exports, accounting for 10% of the total, followed by Turkey (9%), Egypt and South Korea (8% apiece) and Kazakhstan (7%), according a related report. 

Chinese importers could play a key role. As a priority, Russia food and drinks sector now looking to expand its exports capacity in the scale of global food market. Russia’s exports of agricultural products have doubled in recent years, and are currently estimated to be worth around US$17 billion per annum. Over the next fi ve to seven years, it is expecting that this will rise in the region of $40-50 billion, according to a related report. China market is targeted as one of key destination for Russia food and drinks exports. With the growing demand from modern Chinese consumers for imported food and beverage, potentially Russian agricultural shipments to China will rise in 2018 and beyond. there are several Russia agricultural trendy products particularly attractive for importing to China, such as mineral water, honey, butter, nuts and dried wild berries, and seafood, including Russian wineries products, particularly well-known Russian vodka, those are the key products targeted by the Chinese importers. With Russia food and drinks exports business looking for opportunities in China market, Chinese importers, including regional distribution companies in China could play a key role. 

In the first 11 months of 2017, Russian food exports to China totaled US$1.52 billion, an increase of 7.4% from 2016. Overall, the China’s market accounts for 9% of Russia’s total food exports.

ROSHEN 

Roshen Confectionery Corporation is one of the largest confectionery manufacturers in Europe. It was founded in 1996 by Petro Poroshenko, the current President of Ukraine. It is headquartered in Ukraine and has a Shanghai branch called Roshen (Shanghai) Food Co., Ltd in China. Roshen produces about 200 kinds of high quality confectionery products under its own trademark, including top quality chocolate, milk hard candy, juice hard candy, whisky heart chocolate, wafer biscuits, sandwich cookies, sponge cakes, etc. Its sweet food production has reached 410,000 tons a year.

Nevsky Confectionery Corporation 

Nevsky Confectionery Corporation, founded in 1996, is one of the largest confectionery companies in Russia. It has two confectionery plants, both of which are located in Penza, a region of Central Russia with a pure Eco-system. Each plant has its own research lab and modern equipment for product quality testing and inspection. At the same time, it also has a large comprehensive warehouse in Penza that has exceptional capabilities for storage. Due to its proximity to the plants, it has greatly reduced inventory as well as the delivery time to customers. Now the company has more than 1,500 employees.

TORERO 

Torero was founded in 2000 and mainly produces wafer biscuits. Now it is a company that has an advanced operation and production management and marketing system with its producing base located in Moscow and Tula Oblast. It has more than 300 SKUs of products, among which over 20 are traditional wafer biscuits--all packed either loosely or individually. With its total production reaching 11 000 tons per year, it has become one of the largest wafer producers in Russia.

NARZAN 

Narzan is the oldest mineral water brand as well as one of the most famous ones in Russia. The Narzan trademark has a rich over-centennial history. The fi rst bottle of Narzan mineral water was produced in 1894. Nalzan company collects at least 45 top medals and badges in its museum, the most famous of which is the “GREEN WEEK” issued by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation. There are also “100 Best Products of Russia” award, “Gold Award for the Best Food of Russia”, and “Quality Leader of Stavropol” award, among others. In addition, Narzan has won many international awards and is a global model of food quality.

Source: www.food2china.com