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CHEESE CLUB TO BOOST SALES BY 19% IN 2015

23 December , 2015  

KYIV. Dec 22 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Cheese Club (Kaniv, Cherkasy region) will increase cheese sales by 19% in 2015, CEO Maksym Rylik said at a press conference in Kyiv on Tuesday.

“We’re reaching growth of near 19%,” he said.

According to the company’s presentation, total cheese production in 2015 will be 7,920 tonnes and sales reached 7,690 tonnes.

“In 2014, we exported 177 tonnes of cheese and this year we’re reaching the indicator of 500 tonnes, and in 2016 we want to sell 1,200 tonnes as we opened the Kazakh market,” Rylik said.

He said that in 2015, the company exported its products to Kazakhstan, Israel, Azerbaijan and the United States.

In 2015, the company’s share of the hard cheese market is estimated at 6%. The production facilities were loaded by 60-70% in 2015.

Cheese Club is among the top five leaders of the Ukrainian hard cheese market.