Leatherhead Food RA, in the second edition of Key Players in the Global Confectionery Industry, put the global confectionery market at a volume of around 11.6m tonnes, with sugar confectionery representing 6.6m tonnes and chocolate confectionery 5m tonnes. It said that the long term outlook for confectionery is very positive as players in the mature markets look to Eastern Europe and Asia to increase their business. With US and West European markets saturated most of the future market development will be in Brazil, Russia, China, India and Indonesia.
Chocolate stays on the shopping list.