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Major business activity is still concentrated in and around Moscow. In Table 2 you can see thedistribution of business elsewhere:Table 2. F&F producers per regionNumberRegion/CountryofcompaniesMoscow and surroundingareas 14St. Petersburg 4Other regions 4Belarus 1Ukraine 2RUSSIAN AROMA INDUSTRY STRUCTUREIn 2012, the total Russian market capacity for aromatic chemicals is estimated to be about 500 metrictonnes. This includes both natural and synthetic chemicals, and also commodities like menthol, d-limonene and vanillin, excluding solvents. 99.8% of them are imported.The institutional sourcing of aromatic ingredients is illustrated in the following scheme:Russian Food and Cosmetics ProducersDistributors/localrepresentativesF&F producers inRussiaBigSmallRussian F&Fingredient tradersInternational F&FproducersInternational F&F ingredienttraders.F&F ingredient producersRussian consumer goods and food producers can purchase flavours and fragrances from localproducers, local distributors of international companies, or import flavours and fragrances directly.257