In January-September 2023, the Belarusian food industry concern Belgospishcheprom produced $425 million worth of import-substituting goods, head of Belgospishcheprom Oleg Zhidkov told the media on the sidelines of the Prodexpo 2023 food show.
“The geography of export is constantly transforming. Last week we shipped the first batch of products [malt] to Equatorial Guinea. It was a test batch. It is a new and interesting market for us. We see that the African continent is promising for us,” Oleg Zhidkov noted.
Confectionery factories affiliated with the Belgospishcheprom concern exported 17,300 tonnes of confectionery products to 19 countries, almost all continents. These are the CIS countries, the markets of Asian countries, and also Europe and North America.