The Ukrainian dairy industry has always been export-oriented. However, due to the influence of a decrease in milk supply and other factors, in recent years the volume of dairy exports has been steadily decreasing. With the beginning of the war, exports became a salvation for the industry. Forced migration of the population and the economic crisis in […]
Dairy Policy Conference, organized be European Dairy Association, was held on 8 Match in Brussels. The Union of Dairy Enterprises of Ukraine was represented by Arsen Didur, Executive director of the Union, and Valentyn Zaporoshchuk, the Union Board member. What are your impressions on general atmosphere of the event? Why did you decide to participate? […]
Maks Fasteyev, Project Partner comments on the changes in Ukrainian dairy sector at the Forum Spółdzielczości Mleczarskiej
In Ukraine, as in the rest of the world, prices of butter continue to fall. This is logical, if we take into account the share of exports in total sales. – INFAGRO
At the beginning of the year, I would like to comment on what the past year was like for Ukrainian dairy and what we are expecting for in the year that has already begun. First of all, I think it is necessary to remind that the last year, the year when the war started, showed […]
Russian missile strikes on Ukraine left the country’s dairy industry without electricity, as a result operation of enterprises was stopped.
2022 has been an eventful year for world markets, as a perfect storm of inflation, fluctuating production, the hangover from COVID and the secondary consequences of the illegal and unprovoked Russian aggression combine and influence buying and selling. Globally, dairy trade declined year on year during the first half of 2022, although there is evidence […]
Depending on the world region, the dairy industry has probably not had as many worries since its industrialisation some 150 years ago as it does today. Whereas rising prices and higher costs put pres-sure on virtually every dairy company worldwide, the worries are much bigger in Europe. The dependence on Russia as an energy supplier […]
Almost 20% of Ukrainian retailers reduced their staff by more than 10% during the war, while 62% of companies unscheduledly reduce the process of hiring new employees – this is what a joint study of the Association of Retailers of Ukraine and Rabota.ua says.
In the pre-war 2021, many analysts claimed that Ukraine had already become a net importer of dairy products, significantly reducing exports and increasing imports. It was even stated that dairy imports were of 1 million tons of raw milk equivalent. At the same time, Infagro analysts were not so pessimistic at the time (exports were […]
