According to the official statistics, in July 2014 Russia produced 286.6 thsd tonnes of confectionery, which was the maximum index for the reporting month. The figure is 12% higher compared with the production volume in June 2014, and up 9% compared with July 2013.
Meanwhile, the share of bakery commodities in the general production totaled 50%.
As a reminder, in 2013/14 MY (July-June) the volume of confectionery production in Russia totaled 3.3 mln tonnes, up 5% compared with the season-2012/13.