Ukrainian confectioner Roshen has posted a 3% increase in sales for the third quarter.
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The increase for the period amounts to 255,000 tons of products sold, the company said.
Overall production of confectionery for the period exceeded the corresponding figure of 2008 by 2%, amounting to 260,000 tons.
Production in Ukrainian factories alone amounted to 186,000 tons, up 2% from the third quarter of 2008.
In July the company announced plans to build a chocolate factory in the Russian city of Lipetsk with an investment of around EUR30-50m (US$42.3-70.6m).
The company already has two Russian factories, producing hard candy, pastry and sweetmeats.
