Ukraine: Cheesemakers hope for good pre-holiday sales

The situation of Ukrainian cheesemakers should improve in the near future. The reasons for optimism are the change in world market conditions, the weakening of the hryvnia exchange rate, the stabilization of raw milk prices and the growth of pre-holiday demand. This was reported by Infagro. European cheese prices have risen markedly, and this raises hopes for a reduction in imports. The collapse of the hryvnia exchange rate will also contribute to this. That is, domestic cheese producers get an additional chance to increase prices for pre-holiday trade, and many market operators will take this opportunity. Contrary to last month's record cheese imports, rennet cheese production fell slightly in October, by 2% to about 6,000 tonnes. And the production of cheese products even increased, as compared to September, by 7% - up to 3.7 thousand ...