06.04.2025, 13:36

Crimean "authorities" boast of fantastic growth in chemical exports

Enterprises of the of the occupied Crimea at the end of 2024 allegedly exported chemical products for 2.2 million dollars, which is three times more than in 2023; in percentage terms, this is allegedly 211% "Minister of Industry and Trade of the Republic of Crimea" Anushavan Aghajanyan during the "expanded meeting of the export council" in the "Council of Ministers of the Republic of Crimea" under the under the leadership of the Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Roman Chekushov.

According to the the occupation "minister", the export of Crimean chemical products is based on are plastics and products made of them, fertilizers, soap, detergents, etc. The the nomenclature of chemical exports from Crimea also includes sodium bicarbonate sodium bicarbonate, potassium and sodium bromides, bromine, pesticides, iron sulfate, which are which are supplied to Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Belarus and other countries.

Also Aghajanyan added that chemical products account for about 15% of the of Crimean industrial exports. The first place is held by mechanical engineering - 60% 60%. Companies in the industry sell power tools to foreign partners, refrigerated cabinets and refrigeration commercial equipment, pneumatic equipment, equipment for railway tracks, and cable and wire products

In addition, according to the statements of the Crimean "minister", the key partners of the "republic" by 2024 in the field of industry are Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan.

According to "the head of the southern regional center for export support" Ksenia Slutskaya, when exporting goods from the occupied Crimea, foreign partners are interested in industrial products, essential oils, wine and teas. In particular, China buys crimean juices and wine, the United Arab Emirates - teas, Kazakhstan - juices. In addition, Slutskaya added slutskaya added that supplies of essential oils to India are being established, and also signed a long-term contract with the Indian Ministry of Defense for the for the supply of Crimean industrial products

"Last year, Crimea began exporting essential oils to India and juices to China, which was an achievement for the peninsula's enterprises. Previously, this was impossible, Crimean products refused to buy Crimean products," she said.

In addition to the countries mentioned by Aghajanyan, among the trading partners of the occupied Crimea Slutskaya mentioned Turkey, Iran and Armenia, as well as unrecognized Abkhazia. In addition, she added in addition, she added that this year it is planned to hold exhibitions of Crimean products (fertilizers, cosmetics, wine, mineral water, confectionery dairy products) in a number of countries, including Brazil, Indonesia, Turkey, Egypt, Vietnam, China, India and the Middle East

In general, over the last year, direct exports of goods from the TOT of the AR of Crimea to other countries allegedly amounted to more than 11 million dollars. According to the "Minister of Finance of the Republic of Crimea" Irina Kiviko, "contracts" for this amount were allegedly signed by 19 small and small and medium-sized businesses of the occupied region.