In 2023, Russia will increase exports of milk powder by more than 5 times

During January-November of this year, Russia increased its supplies of milk powder abroad by 5.4 times or to more than 17 thousand tons. This was reported by the Federal Center for the Development of Agricultural Exports (Agroexport, owned by the Ministry of Agriculture). The main share of supplies fell on skimmed milk powder (SMP) - 14,900 tons, or 5.9 times more than in the same period last year. The reason for this could be the growing demand in many countries for less harmful dairy products. Whole milk (WWM) exported 2,100 tons or 3.3 times more. In monetary terms, the volume of milk exports of both categories also increased significantly - 2.9 times, exact figures are not given. Among individual states, three neighboring countries – Armenia, Georgia and Kazakhstan – became the largest importers of SOM and SCM. In the first of them, shipments of both goods increased 13 times from the 2022 figure to 1,900 tons. In the second, 1,400 tons of whole and skim milk powder were ...