Now the dairy branch of Ukraine goes through the period of changes. Milk prices have been promptly increased, processors try to increase the prices for dairy products too. But hardly this will become a long tendency. The situation worsened again on global markets – export does not rescue so much.
Belarusians continue to sell actively the products to Russia, even despite permanent complains of Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Rosselkhoznadzor to quality of Belarusian products.
Recently a stability in production, growth of internal and export prices were observed on Ukrainian market of cheese. The main news is renewal of lawful deliveries of cheese from some plants to Russia.
It is good if the country is absolute leader in sales of products for such big market as Russia, even despite difficult economic situation.
China opened its dairy market for Ukraine, 18 domestic plants got the permissions for export one of these days.
This year’s World Dairy Summit in Vilnius was, on the face of it, about sustainability. But the very location of the conference ensured discussion about Lithuania’s very large neighbour, Russia, and the impact of the EU dairy ban.
While the market is quiet and demand is not active in Russia, the Belarusian operators have to take waiting attitude. There are still no any alternative decisions.
Generally, now many operators started to stockpile butter, believing the products will hardly be cheaper.
Ukrainian enterprises refuse to diversify the production of cheeses by milk powder. In hope of improvement of market conditions they prefer to risk and produce large volumes of cheeses.
Belarus reach records in milk production, but for today the main problem is where to sell surpluses and to be profitably.
