Dairy prices in Ukraine are rising, while consumption is falling, milk shortage or excessive export?

Due to the shortage of milk on the market, the prices of dairy products in Ukraine have risen significantly over the past three months. As a result, the demand for dairy products is decreasing - reports Latifundist. Customers are limiting purchases Due to high prices, Ukrainian consumers, especially those with incomes below average, have begun to deny themselves dairy products. The drop in demand is already clearly visible, because dairies and processing plants have reduced the supply of finished products to the domestic market - we read. Milk too little and expensive According to the analyst of the Association of Milk Producers, Georgy Kukhaleishvili, these are the effects of the shortage of raw milk. In the structure of production costs, raw milk accounts for 60%. The rest is the cost of logistics and storage of dairy products. There is little milk, so its prices are high and, as a result, the prices of products in supermarkets are rising. The quoted expert believes that the ...