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| | A/s Latvijas Balzams, Riga, Latvia |
 | | High quality: Riga’s Melnais Balzams is synonymous with Latvia, and the Latvijas Balzams trade mark is a guarantee of the highest quality. |
 | | Investigations of archives show that this liquor was invented in the middle of the 18th century by Abraham Kunze, a pharmacist of Riga, and this liquor, under the name of “Kunze Balsam”, was subsequently distributed both in Russia and abroad. |
 | | In 1994, the enterprise was reorganized into a State Stock Company but at the beginning of 1998, as a the result of privatization, it was transformed into a public joint stock company. |
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