Eastern Europe: Dairy consumption, concerns and profits

To continue reading the article, log in with your account or register with MilkPoint. Get access to exclusive content! Weakening demand, consistently high costs and stricter environmental regulations contribute to a dramatic set of events currently unfolding in the Eastern European dairy industry. The current crisis is having a major impact on Poland's dairy industry, Rzeczpospolita, one of the country's leading economic publications, said in early August, citing catastrophic predictions from several dairy companies and unions, all echoing each other. “Processing costs have increased unimaginably,” complained Agnieszka Maliszewska, general director of the Polish Chamber of Milk Production, a union of major dairy processing companies. “The growing financial burden leads more companies to seek consolidation, external investors or to close their operations.” Dairy sector in Poland Behind these headlines are hard numbers. In the first quarter of 2023, the Polish dairy industry ...