Russia: Russky Solod started malt shipments to Eastern Europe

The largest Russian malting company, ОАО "Russky Solod", being under control of Avangard Bank (Russia), has started the shipments of malt to Eastern Europe. The first lot was delivered to Romania.

Contracts are signed with the other beer producers from CIS countries (Commonwealth of Independent States). This year Russky Solod plans to deliver 45,000 tonnes of malt to Ukraine, about 10,000 tonnes to Kazakhstan and other 10,000 tonnes to the other CIS countries.

“Russky Solod" is the biggest malt producer in Russia and one of the largest in Europe. The company owns three malting plants in Moscow, Orlovsk and Voronej regions. The total production comes to more than 300,000 tonnes of malt per year.