Baikal tar from Buryatia is actively entering the international market. The Russian Export Center offered entrepreneurs of the republic to place product samples at domestic exhibition stands in Korea, Vietnam and the United Arab Emirates. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Belarus.
Participation in the last year national competition of regional dishes “Tastes of Russia” helped to promote the tar. She was presented in the “Try, Love” nomination.
– Larch sulfur does not contain sugar and its substitutes, food additives and flavorings, artificial preservatives, stabilizers and dyes, – says the Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Republic of Belarus – Minister of Agriculture of Buryatia Galsan Dareyev. – Today the assortment of classic, steam and smoked tar is presented.
Last year, Buryat businessmen produced 16.3 tons of Baikal tar. That’s 3.3 million pieces. Half of all manufactured products are sold in the Baikal region. It is also known outside Buryatia. Smolka is sold in Kazan, Yekaterinburg, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk, Chita, Novosibirsk, Kemerovo and other cities of Russia.
– Sales are constantly growing and currently account for about 10 percent of the category of “chewing gum” (Orbit, Dirol and others), – said the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Belarus.