update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information . april 2016 roshen confectionery corporation brand slogans ukr . solodkyi znak yakosti sweet mark of quality ; eng . fine chocolate since 1996 type privately held company industry confectionery founded 1996 founder petro poroshenko headquarters kiev ukraine area served europe asia north america 1 key people petro poroshenko products 200 various types of confectionery revenue usd 1 billion 2010 2 number of employees 10 000 2012 including subsidiaries 3 website http www.roshen.com roshen confectionery corporation ukrainian kondyterska korporatsiya roshen is a ukrainian confectionery manufacturing group controlled by petro poroshenko . the leading manufacturer of confectionery products in the country 4 it operates facilities in the ukrainian cities of kiev vinnytsia kremenchuk and yahotyn as well as in hungary klaip da lithuania and lipetsk russia 1 . the name of the company was derived from the last name of its owner poroshenko . in 2012 the roshen corporation was ranked 18th in the candy industry top 100 list of world s largest confectionery companies . 3 it has a total annual production volume exceeding 410 000 tonnes . 1 5 it exports to kazakhstan uzbekistan kyrgyzstan azerbaijan armenia moldova estonia poland latvia lithuania the united states canada germany and israel . 5 it exported to russia with 40 percent of the company s grosses came from there until russia stopped importing from the company in july 2013 . 6 contents 1 history 1.1 ban of exports to russia 1.2 production network changes 2 products and brands 3 public commitments 4 interesting facts 5 references 6 external links history edit roshen chocolate . kiev roshen factory in the new year 2012 this section needs expansion . you can help by adding to it . september 2013 ban of exports to russia edit in july 2013 russia banned all roshen imports due to dissatisfaction with the packaging labelling . 1 7 8 9 soon after roshen products were also checked in kazakhstan belarus kyrgyzstan and moldova but this did not lead to complaints . 8 on 21 october 2013 russia s ambassador to ukraine mikhail zurabov said there are no problems with the quality of products they are safe . but there are problems associated with the production technology using some ingredients that are not certified in accordance with the law . 8 according to the 17 december 2013 ukrainian russian action plan by 1 march 2014 roshen products should have been back in russian stores . 10 but on 12 march 2014 acting head of the russian federal service for supervision of consumer rights protection and human welfare anna popova stated that ukraine had not yet fulfilled their requirements to return roshen products to the russian market . 11 late march 2014 the roshen factory in lipetsk russia was closed down and its local manager director charged with conspiring with unnamed others to use a registered trademark illegally to extract additional profits . 12 ukraine and the factory workers suspected the factory was closed because of roshen s owner petro poroshenko involvement in euromaidan and his participation in the 2014 ukrainian presidential election . 12 according to reuters some of the roshen factory workers in lipetsk felt embarrassed to work for ukrainians swept up in a wave of russian patriotism since moscow annexed crimea and gossiped about rumours of how the management paid ukrainians more money and were cheating the russians . 12 on 13 may 2014 russia banned the sale of roshen products in crimea . 13 during the election campaign of the 2014 ukrainian presidential election roshen owner poroshenko pledged to sell all his shares in roshen if elected president ; poroshenko was elected president but by late december 2014 was not able to find a buyer for the company . 14 production network changes edit roshen has closed down its confectionary factory in mariupol ukraine in 2015 after the donbas war in the vicinity and export ban by russia deemed the production there unviable . the corporation was earlier reported to operate facility in the town of bershad ukraine but it s not listed on the corporate web site . since march 2013 roshen began co production with a contract manufacturer in hungary named bonbonetti . 15 16 products and brands edit roshen depicted in capitalized latin script only is the umbrella brand of all of the corporation s products . the name is a truncated version of poroshenko the last name of its owner . roshen makes a wide range of about 320 types of confectionery including chocolate and jelly sweets caramel chocolate biscuits waffles and cakes 5 14 but is famous mostly by kyiv vechirniy chocolate candy and kiev cakes produced by the flagship kiev roshen factory in kiev . the corporation has a wide range of more affordable and less sophisticated products famous for high chocolate content . 7 in 2013 the company manufactured about 200 types of confectionery products and in total produced 410 000 tonnes of products that year . 5 public commitments edit this section needs expansion . you can help by adding to it . september 2013 recently all company s facilities practice intense and sophisticated decorative lighting on their buildings especially during national holidays . roshen factory in vinnytsia roshen fountain on vinnytsia s festyvalny isle the only one in ukraine and the largest floating fountain in europe interesting facts edit company s founder and owner petro poroshenko suffers from diabetes prohibiting him from eating confectionery . references edit a b c attitude of russian watchdog to roshen products related to labels alone ukrainian confectioners . interfax ukraine . 6 august 2013 . archived from the original on 22 august 2013 . retrieved 8 september 2013 . roshen corporation . upigroup . archived from the original on 15 july 2011 . retrieved 3 march 2011 . a b 2013 top 100 candy companies . candyindustry.com . retrieved 19 august 2013 . roshen suspends export of confectionery products to russia . kyiv post . interfax ukraine . 31 july 2013 . retrieved 8 september 2013 . a b c d roshen products to be allowed back to russian market after violations eliminated rospotrebnadzor . interfax ukraine . 24 december 2013 . retrieved 3 november 2015 . ukraine election the chocolate king rises . spiegel online . 22 may 2014 . retrieved 3 november 2015 . a b kuryata nina 17 aug 2013 . the fifth floor . bbc world service . retrieved 8 september 2013 . a b c anastasia zanuda 21 october 2013 . roshen russian agency will start checking the quality of roshen in ukrainian . bbc ukraine . retrieved 3 november 2015 . russian inspectors have woeful impression of products of roshen s ukrainian factories onishchenko . interfax ukraine . 28 october 2013 . retrieved 3 november 2015 . ukrainian wagons roshen sweets to return to russian market in early 2014 says russian economy ministry . interfax ukraine . 20 december 2013 . retrieved 3 november 2015 . roshen putin said that roshen has not fulfilled their requirements in ukrainian . ukrayinska pravda . 12 march 2014 . retrieved 3 november 2015 . a b c elizabeth piper 2 april 2014 . bitter times for chocolate factory in russia ukraine crisis . lipetsk russia . reuters . retrieved 3 november 2015 . roshen russia has banned the import of roshen sweets in crimea in ukrainian . ukrayinska pravda . 12 may 2014 . retrieved 3 november 2015 . a b poroshenko won t rule out roshen sale to management in installments due to absence of buyers . interfax ukraine . 29 december 2014 . retrieved 3 november 2015 . roshen against the backdrop of a scandal in russia roshen has begun to release chocolate in the eu . korrespondent.net in russian . 31 july 2013 . retrieved 8 september 2013 . roshen roshen chocolate released in hungary . ligabiznesinform in russian . 31 july 2013 . retrieved 8 september 2013 . v t e petro poroshenko born 1965 09 26 september 26 1965 5th president of ukraine 2014 present minister of trade and economic development 2012 minister of foreign affairs 2009 2010 4th secretary of the national security and defense council 2005 people s deputy of ukraine from the 12th district 1998 2005 2012 2014 and from our ukraine people s self defense bloc 2006 2007 life and politics petro poroshenko bloc euromaidan presidency ukrainian crisis inauguration speech foreign policy normandy format presidential trips ukraine european union association agreement ukrainian parliamentary election 2014 lustration in ukraine first yatsenyuk government second yatsenyuk government elections parliamentary elections 1998 2002 2006 2012 ukrainian presidential election 2014 international reactions business roshen leninska kuznya 5 kanal international invest bank bogdan group before 2009 family maryna poroshenko spouse oleksiy poroshenko father hou prime assets capital ceo oleksiy poroshenko son mp commons wikinews external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to roshen company . official website 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