date:Jun 09, 2012
pared to last year.
In figures released in the past week by BDSI, total confectionery production in 2011 was up 2.2%, while the value of the German confectionery market had remained constant at 12.6bn.
BDSI said that results had been put back into perspective following the first quarter of the year after raw material prices had put pressure on margins.
Sugar market complaints
A third of companies surveyed reported pressures from high raw material prices mainly due to the bargaining power of