Apparent consumption of citric acid in Russia increased during the period 2008 – 2012 2.4 times. The bulk of consumption is in the food sector. The volume of consumption of succinic acid is ten times lower.
Increased consumption of citric acid provided imported products, mainly made in China.
According to the Industrial Information Agency's Citric and Succinic Acid Market Research, the growth in citric and succinic acid production is negligible and has not kept pace with demand growth. In particular, the Russian production of succinic acid provides only 4.5% of demand.
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