In 1990, Ben & Jerry's entered into a joint venture agreement, called Iceverk, in what was then the Soviet Union, to establish a Ben & Jerry'sice cream parlor in the state of Karelia. the goal was to provide a model of a small-scale private enterprise while foster-ing international cooperation and global understanding, with profits from the joint ven-ture to be used for cultural student exchanges. Most of the raw materials ware purchased in Russia, but some dairy ingredients were purchased in Finland. Twenty-five percent of the finished ice cream products were shipped back to Finland for resale.