Chocolate production resumes

RIGA - Latvian candy company Laima resumed the production of chocolatesafter a short break on Tuesday, the company's public relations consultantIngars Rudzitis told the Baltic News Service.

The Laima representative dismissed reports by Latvia'sNeatkariga Rita Avize daily claiming that the candy maker suspended chocolateproduction because its storage facilities were full of costly products that thecompany was struggling to sell.

Rudzitis said the company had suspended theproduction of chocolates for only one day to carry out maintenance works, butby now production has resumed already.

The public relations consultant pointed out that chocolate production had aseasonal character and that there were periods when demand for chocolates waslower.

Laima routinely suspends chocolate production for a month each summerwhen its employees are on vacation, so the stoppage was nothing extraordinary,the Laima representative said, adding that the company's first-quarter resultsshowed that demand for the company's products had only grown.