KIEV, July 11 – Ukraine's confectionary production will fall by 20% in 2014, the Ukrkondprom association predicted.

"The downward trend has become stronger. Production is considerably falling, as was seen in the crisis periods. In H1, 2014, it was 25% in kind in all segments, and by the end of the year the decline could be 20%," Ukrkondprom President Oleksandr Baldyniuk told Interfax-Ukraine.