Finnish businessman Osmo Kolu operates a facility on the Kola Peninsula, in the far northwest of Russia, he is developing gathering and processing wild berries in the region. Kolu says that this initiative, together with the enterprise’s processing capabilities, is a good opportunity in terms of Russia’s strategy to substitute imports with domestic production. The company’s main activities are sorting, processing and freezing berries – cranberries, cloudberries, blueberries, lingonberries, crowberries.
Some berries, for example, cloudberries, are mostly exported to Scandinavia countries, some, such as blueberries, are sold within Russia.
The company is going to expand its activities in Russia as a part of import substitution program.