The drying season in Ukraine is almost over. Several dairies still remain in operation, the ones that use raw milk produced by rural households keeing cows. The price of this milk has not particularly risen since summer. – INFAGRO
There is no significant growth of dairy exports. Export prices remain low and sales of many dairy products are falling both because of unattractive prices and because of a seasonql decrease of dairy production. – INFAGRO
According to the participants of the event, for Ukrainian dairy this year was rather difficult. It was less successful than 2017, but the overall situation in the industry looks much better compared to the crisis 2015-2016. – INFAGRO
According to official statistics for three quarters of 2018, Ukraine have produced 7.9 million tons of raw milk, which is 2% less than the same period last year. – INFAGRO
The prices of external demand for butter in the second half of September continued to decline. The main reason is the influence of the external market, a strong decline in prices in Europe and New Zealand. – INFAGRO
At the end of summer, after a long period of extremely low demand, Ukrainian producers of condensed milk were finally able to breathe a sigh of relief. Although the domestic retail chains have not yet increased their orders, many importers have decided to replenish their canned food by activating purchases. – INFAGRO
As autumn begins, hopes of Ukrainian cheese producers for improving their business have somewhat strengthened. They have already got more orders from distributors and networks for sales in the domestic market. The troubles with supply of cheese products have also been more or less settled . – INFAGRO
The Dairy Cooperatives Forum is the largest conference of the dairy industry in Poland and Central and Eastern Europe. The next, sixteenth, edition will be held on the 26-28 September 2018 in Hotel Narvil Conference & Spa in Serock (near to Warsaw, Poland).
INFAGRO released a new report on the market of butter and spreads aimed at the dairy market operators who are involved in production or sale of this product. – INFAGRO
According to the State Service of Statistics of Ukraine for the first half of the year, milk production has decreased by 1.8% YoY. – INFAGRO
