The ranking is led by Germany (517.4 million liters), Italy (511.4 million liters) and France (465.8 million liters), respectively
The analysis also shows that sales on the Romanian ice cream market are expected to exceed in 2019 a ten-year record high, of over RON600 million.
The number of ice cream producers in Romania has doubled since 2010 to date, from 99 to 204 firms in 2017. In 2018, for which there are not all final data yet, the number of firms seems to have gone beyond 210.
The over 200 companies producing ice cream in Romania made a combined profit of RON42.1 million in 2017, more than double against 2010 (RON15.9 million).
Overall, some 3,400 people work in the ice cream manufacturing sector, 1,000 more than in the reference year 2010.
The Bucharest-Ilfov area boasts the highest number of clients and has attracted the most investments in this sector.