Ukraine: Butter supplies from Belarus are growing

Ukraine continues to export butter. Export sales prices are often higher than domestic ones, which makes sellers want increase domestic prices. – INFAGRO
Ukraine continues to export butter. Export sales prices are often higher than domestic ones, which makes sellers want increase domestic prices. – INFAGRO
14 dairy processing enterprises have prepared a joined statement to the Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture on a special investigation on protection of domestic dairy industry from growing imports.
Ukraine raw milk deficit causes reduction in the production of export-oriented dairy products, which naturally leads to shrinking export volumes. – INFAGRO
The Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE) said in 2020, 125,000 tons of raw cow’s milk in the higher and extra categories were sold through the exchange.
The Ministry of Agricultural Policy and Food is being restored in Ukraine – the department should start working by February 1.
This year consumption of dairy products in Ukraine has significantly grown. This relates to fresh dairy products, cheeses and butter. The only bad thing is that the growth of the market is due to significant increase in dairy imports. – INFAGRO
25 years ago Ukraine was ranked 6th in the world by cow’s milk production. Now it faces the threat of shortage of milk.
November 30 – December 14, 2018, the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) conducted its own all-Ukrainian public opinion poll on the right of the citizens to freely dispose of the land shares they own.
It seems that Ukrainian dairy is already recovering from the long crisis that they endured in 2014-2016. Of course, there is still a lot of unresolved problems, but comparing the current situation with last year circumstances, there is some reason for optimism.
Global milk production levels continue to recover following the sharp contraction in late 2016, according to the Rabobank Global Dairy Quarterly Q2 2017.