Ukraine: raw milk prices will grow in October
End of September was quite stressful for milk market of Ukraine. Processors postponed revision of prices, despite shortage of milk.
End of September was quite stressful for milk market of Ukraine. Processors postponed revision of prices, despite shortage of milk.
In May the sales of fresh milk product grew the first time for a long period. The growth was very slight, after all, buying attitude did not increase.
Russian dairy market continues to go down: the prices for milk and for commodity dairy products are gradually declining.
With the EU milk quota set to be removed on 1 April 2015, production will become further concentrated in the key milk-producing regions of Northern and Western Europe, according to Rabobank’s latest report.
The German Milk Board (MEG) has developed its own Roadmap Milch & Mark as a guide for the milk trade after the end of quota.
Danone Russia Company Group has completed the first stage of the Yalutorovsk dairy plant’s reconstruction; the reconstruction process included the construction of the modern curd-manufacturing line.
In conditions of abolished subsidies and, as a result, grown cost of milk, producers of fresh milk products decided to increase the prices more essentially, than before.
Demand for fresh milk products does not grow in Ukraine. Ukrainians even began to buy less of processed milk. It confirms once again a stable decrease of purchasing power in the country.
Declined purchasing capacity does not prevent stable increase of prices for fresh milk products. Every month almost all operators increase the prices for basic assortment by 3-5%.
In conditions of total trading ban of Russia and price decline on the world dairy market, only seasonal reduction of milk production”rescues” the Ukrainian operators.