In the first half of 2026, based on the results of the Moscow Export Center program, Moscow confectioners delivered their products to Serbia worth $2.18 million, which is 94.3% more than in the same period in 2024.
In two years, the volume of supported exports (OPE) of Moscow confectioners’ products to Serbia increased by 94.3%, the Moscow Export Center reported.
According to this body, in the first six months of the current year, deliveries of products from the Moscow confectionery industry to Serbia amounted to $2.18 million in monetary terms, of which $2.09 million related to chocolate products, and the rest to multi-grain candies. This is 94.3% more than in the same period in 2024.
Serbia’s share in the OPE of Moscow confectionery products was 8.5% (2.18 million dollars). The leader is China with 16.82 million dollars (65.2%). Of the five countries that purchased the largest quantities of Moscow confectionery products, the remaining positions were taken by Mongolia (3.5%, 0.91 million dollars), Indonesia (1.6%, 0.54 million dollars) and Palestine (1.4%, 0.36 million dollars).
Thus, in addition to China, four positions changed during the year in the composition of the five countries – leaders in the import of Moscow confectionery products. In the first half of 2025, the first place, as this year, was occupied by China (63.3%, $10.82 million), second – Uzbekistan (16.4%, $2.8 million), third – Kazakhstan (8.9%, $1.52 million), fourth – India (2.7%, $0.46 million), fifth – UAE (2.3%, $0.38 million).
The total volume of supported exports in the first half of 2026 amounted to $25.88 million, which is 49.4% more than in the same period last year. At the same time, the number of contracts concluded by Moscow confectionery companies on the basis of MEC support measures has decreased – in the first half of the current year, 24 such contracts were concluded, while in the same period last year there were 58. The number of companies that received MEC support has also decreased – 8 compared to 18 a year earlier.
The first place by category was taken by chocolate products (20.71 million dollars), second – unspecified confectionery products (11.1%, 2.85 million dollars), third – confectionery bars (5.7%, 1.47 million dollars), fourth – candies, including multi-grain (3.2%, 0.83 million dollars).
The leader in this category remained the same compared to last year, but the other positions have changed. In the first half of last year, in addition to chocolate (48.2%, $8.24 million), the fourth most popular types of products from Moscow confectioners abroad were flour confectionery (9.4%, $1.6 million), cocoa and confectionery snacks (7.5%, $1.28 million) and chocolate bars (4%, $1.25 million).