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Native name | Кондитерська корпорація «Роше́н» |
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| Company type | Privately held company |
| Industry | confectionery |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Founder | Petro Poroshenko[1] |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Europe, Asia, North America[2] |
Key people | Petro Poroshenko |
| Products | 350 various types of confectionery |
| Revenue |  €803 million (2023)[3] |
| €141 million (2023) | |
Number of employees | 10,000 (2012, including subsidiaries)[4] |
| Website | roshen |
Roshen Confectionery Corporation (Ukrainian:Кондитерська корпорація «Роше́н»,romanized: Kondyterska korporatsiia "Roshen") is aUkrainianconfectionery manufacturing group.[5] It operates facilities in the Ukrainian cities ofKyiv,Vinnytsia,Ivankiv, andKremenchuk, as well as inBudapest,Hungary, andKlaipėda,Lithuania. The company's name is derived from the last name of its former owner,Petro Poroshenko (Poroshenko), who was the president of Ukraine from 2014 to 2019.
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In 2012, the Roshen Corporation ranked 18th in the "Candy Industry Top 100" list of the world's largest confectionery companies.[4] It has a total annual production volume of 410,000 tonnes.[2][6] The company exports toKazakhstan,Uzbekistan,Kyrgyzstan,Azerbaijan,Georgia,Armenia,Moldova,Estonia,Hungary,Poland,Latvia,Lithuania, theUnited States,Canada,Germany,Romania,Finland,Bulgaria, andIsrael.[6] Previously, it also exported toRussia, from which it derived 40 percent of its gross revenue until Russia ceased importing from the company in July 2013.[7] In early 2017,Candy Industry placed ROSHEN in 24th place in the "2017 Global Top 100" of confectionery producers and estimated its annual revenue at $800 million.[8]
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Participating in the2014 presidential election in Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko announced his intention to sell Roshen after his victory to avoid any conflicts of interest. At a press conference on June 5, 2015, in Kyiv, Poroshenko assured that he intended to transfer his stake in the confectionery corporation "Roshen" to the management of a private investment banking company,N M Rothschild & Sons, owned by theRothschild family. In January 2016, he announced the signing of an agreement on the transfer of these shares.
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In July 2013,Russia banned all imports of Roshen products due to dissatisfaction with thepackaging labeling.[2][9][10][11] Subsequently, Roshen products underwent inspections inKazakhstan,Belarus,Kyrgyzstan, andMoldova, but no complaints were raised.[10] On 21 October 2013, Russia's ambassador to UkraineMikhail Zurabov stated, "There are no problems with the quality of products; they are safe. But there are problems associated with the production technology, using some ingredients not certified by the law."[10] According to the17 December 2013 Ukrainian-Russian action plan, Roshen products were expected to return to Russian stores by 1 March 2014.[12] However, on 12 March 2014, the acting head of the RussianFederal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare, Anna Popova, stated that Ukraine had not yet fulfilled its requirements to allow Roshen products back into the Russian market.[13]
In late March 2014, the Roshen factory inLipetsk, Russia, was closed down, and its local managing director was charged with "conspiring with unnamed others to use a registered trademark illegally to extract additional profits."[14] Ukraine and the factory workers suspected the factory was closed because of Roshen ownerPetro Poroshenko's involvement inEuromaidan and his participation in the 2014 Ukrainian presidential election.[14] According toReuters, some Roshen factory workers in Lipetsk felt embarrassed to work for Ukrainians "swept up in a wave of Russian patriotism sinceMoscow annexed Crimea" and gossiped about rumors of how the management "paidUkrainians more money and were cheating theRussians".[14] On 13 May 2014, Russia banned the sale of Roshen products inCrimea.[15] In April 2017, total production stopped at the Lipetsk factory, leaving 700 people jobless.[16]
As noted, the seizure of property of the Lipetsk confectionery factory, imposed by the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation under a criminal case, made it impossible to sell the factory.[16]
In February 2024, the Oktyarsky District Court of Lipetsk decided to transfer the Lipetsk factory to the ownership of the Russian state.[17]
During the election campaign of the2014 Ukrainian presidential election, Roshen owner Poroshenko pledged to sell all his shares in Roshen if elected President. Although Poroshenko was elected President, by late December 2014, he was unable to find a buyer for the company.[18] Because of this, in January 2016, Poroshenko transferred his share of the corporation to an independentblind trust.[16] The Bank Ruling Trust has a four-year-old proxy to negotiate the sale of assets.[16]
Roshen closed down its confectionery factory inMariupol (Ukraine) in 2015 due to the proximity of theDonbas war and an export ban imposed byRussia, which made production there unviable.
The corporation was previously reported operating a facility in the town ofBershad (Ukraine),[citation needed] but it is not listed on the corporate website.
In March 2012, Roshen began co-production with acontract manufacturer inHungary called "Bonbonetti."[19]
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"ROSHEN" serves as the overarchingbrand encompassing all products within the corporation. The name is derived from Poroshenko, the surname of its owner. ROSHEN makes over 350 confectionery items, including chocolate and jelly sweets, caramel, toffee, chocolate bars, biscuits, wafers, sponge rolls, pastries, and cakes. Annually, the corporation produces approximately 300,000 tonnes of confectionery.[9] In 2013, the company had a product range of approximately 200 confectionery items and achieved a total output of 410,000 tonnes.[6]
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