OREANDA-NEWS Ecuador last year continued to increase the supply of cocoa beans to Russia against the background of drought in West Africa, which is the largest producer of this raw material in the world, according to an analysis by RIA Novosti of data from the local statistical service.

According to the information, the volume of Russian imports increased 1.6 times to 1.8 thousand tons, while due to rising prices for cocoa beans in the world, the cost of imports increased 2.1 times to 5.7 million dollars. Russia began to increase imports of chocolate raw materials from Ecuador back in 2022 - by 50 times at once.

Earlier, RIA Novosti reported that Russia began buying cocoa beans from Turkey last year: the volume of purchases amounted to almost $ 1.8 million, and Estonia remains the main supplier to Russia, which exported 7 thousand tons of beans worth $ 24 million to our country in 2023.

By the end of Monday, the exchange price of cocoa beans in the world has updated the historical maximum and amounted to 6884 dollars per ton.