Russia ranks among top 10 instant coffee exporters to Germany

MOSCOW, Jan 30 (PRIME) -- Russia started instant coffee exports to Germany in August 2016 to become one of the top 10 suppliers beating Brazil and India, an official at the Russian Export Center (REC) told PRIME on Monday.

“Russia made it to the first 10 exporters of instant coffee to Germany, ahead of Brazil, Switzerland and India and ensuring 5% of German imports in autumn,” the official said.

The volumes are small at 100-150 tonnes per month, and they come mainly from the Krasnodar and Leningrad regions, where plants of the leading brands are located, the authority said.

Germany is one of the world’s biggest instant coffee importers with purchases from 15 countries totaling about 40,000 tonnes annually.

Russia entered the Israeli market at the end of 2015 and in 2016 made it to the top five instant coffee suppliers to the country, losing only to the Republic of Korea and Viet-Nam.

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