RK Marketing has been a terrific partner, creating solutions to my problems. As we would begin a business promotion activity it was always clear to me that Irina Koziy and her team were listening to me and always honest about what they could accomplish or not with a project. I was never surprised or disappointed by RK Marketing. More importantly, since I often represent many private businesses interested in trade promotion, I have to trust my contractors with my reputation for delivering quality service. The American businesses that worked with us when we used RK Marketing services to organize booth constructions, press events, or representational networking events were very complimentary. I knew with certainty that the U.S. companies would get exceptional followup and good information.

RK Marketing understands the United States and its export business. Irina Koziy as a former member of the staff of the American Embassy in Moscow and the American Consulate in Vladivostok gets American business culture and builds bridges for cooperation in Russia. She has built a great company.

The Almond Board of California is very fortunate to have RK Marketing, as our representative in Russia uninterrupted since May 2004. California Almond exports to Russia have increased 40% during RK Marketing’s tenure of working with us, thanks to the firm’s successful and diligent trade education and outreach efforts on our behalf.
RK Marketing has that rare, valuable specialty knowledge of understanding the unique needs of U.S. agricultural “cooperator” group clients, combined with strong market intelligence-gathering capabilities and effective relationship-building skills with local importers, distributors, food manufacturers and the media. Most importantly, we have consistently found that activities conducted on our behalf are consistently professionally executed, from project oversight, to logistics, to artwork and design, etc. If one single factor has been behind the success of our growth in almond exports to Russia, it is primarily that key importers and food manufacturers now have gained a solid, in-depth understanding of the multifaceted aspects of how to purchase and utilize almonds.
This was only possible because of the years of our positive collaboration with RK Marketing, and their hard work in providing this essential education to the trade via one-on-one meetings, seminars, newsletters, websites, technical materials development and dissemination, trade missions, etc.

RK Marketing has been the Washington Apple Commission representative in Western Russia for the past 5 years and has developed the marketing program there from the beginning. It has shown the highest standards of professionalism in working with both the Russian and Washington state based industry members to expand the market opportunities in Russia for Washington apples. Western Russia is a challenging market and the company has shown creative marketing solutions as well as the ability to adjust activities according to market events.

Our project required an agency with the right connections to the fresh produce industry and the flexibility to react to a demanding remit. When it came to finding a partner in Russia to work with we tried several options and RK Marketing proved to be the perfect choice. A great part of the success of the project was due to the efforts of RK Marketing who proved to be reliable, effective and efficient.

CSO (Centro Servizi Ortofrutticoli) represent the main fruit and vegetables companies in Italy. We currently have a European project under way in Russia and for the promotional and communication activity, we have chosen RK Marketing after a strong selection between more than 10 Russian Agencies. RK Marketing organized a meeting with operators for European Flavors in September that it was a great success.

RK Marketing has been instrumental in helping the USA Dry Pea & Lentil Council to increase exports of US dry legumes into the Russian market.
RK Marketing has a thorough understanding of the Russian market and is very strong in market research and product promotion. The USA Dry Pea & Lentil Council has relied on RK Marketing to grow and develop its list of trade contacts and to provide follow-up actions on behalf of the USADPLC to strengthen trade ties and increase US dry legume export volumes.
The USA Dry Pea & Lentil Council plans to work with RK Marketing on a continuing basis, through the management of its trade servicing representative for Russia. I can unreservedly recommend the services of RK Marketing.

Irina Koziy (RK Marketing Company) worked as a contractor for the Washington Apple Commission from September 1, 2005 to August 31, 2011. During this time, RK Marketing team performance and attitude was at all times professional and exceeded our expectations. Irina has a strong knowledge of the retail industry for produce, and maintains a very business-like demeanor as a professional in the industry. Her background in the USDA has helped our program develop and grow to where we are now. Please feel free to contact me in the Washington State Apple Commission office in Wenatchee, Washington, US at (509)-663-9600 if you would like more information.