Russia may start exporting citric acid from 2028
Russia expects to completely cover domestic demand for citric acid and begin its export to the CIS countries by 2028 due to the full production capacity of the companies “Organic acids” and “Citron”. This was announced by the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Anton Alikhanov at the Bioprom forum held in Gelendzhik.
Russia expects to completely cover domestic demand for citric acid and begin its export to the CIS countries by 2028 due to the full production capacity of the companies “Organic acids” and “Citron”. This was announced by the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Anton Alikhanov at the Bioprom forum held in Gelendzhik.
According to the minister, the two only Russian manufacturers have jointly built a technological process on a closed cycle of raw materials turnover with a high level of purification. Russia imports 97% of citric acid from China. “From 2028, the second stage will be launched, and we will be able to fully cover all the needs of our country, including export opportunities,” he said.
Citric acid is one of the popular food ingredients. It is used in the production of beverages, dairy products, confectionery, bread. It is also used in the pharmaceutical and chemical industries.
After the closure of the only major Russian production in Belgorod in the early 2000s, the Russian market was almost 100% dependent on supplies from China. Organic Acids LLC is controlled by the structures of Vladimir Voronin and his family members (80%) and Andrei Krushinsky (20%). The company is building a plant in the Tula region, which will be able to produce up to 60 thousand tons of citric acid per year. LLC "Citron" is building an enterprise with a capacity of 10 thousand tons in the Voronezh region. The company is equally controlled by Anatoly Grevtsev and Alexander Lukin, according to SPARK.
In August, the Department of Internal Market Protection of the Eurasian Economic Commission launched an anti-dumping investigation into citric acid from China. The basis was the statement of LLC "Organic acids" and "Citron". Its result may be the introduction of an anti-dumping duty of up to 58.8% – this is the amount of the dumping margin cited by the applicants.
The market noted that the products of Russian manufacturers can still be twice as expensive as Chinese. According to one of the interlocutors of Kommersant, investor projects were launched during a period of active growth in value and seemed profitable, but now prices have fallen, and their launch is likely to involve a loss.
In more detail - in the material "Kommersant" "Food for investigation".
Victoria Kolganova, Gelendzhik
