One resident of Belarus consumes 238 kg of milk and dairy products per year

How much meat, milk, vegetables and fruits does one resident of Belarus consume per year, Svetlana Kondratenko, Deputy Director for Research at the Institute of System Research in the Agro-Industrial Complex of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, told a BELTA correspondent. She noted that guaranteed satisfaction of the needs of the domestic market is the absolute priority of domestic producers. “On average, each Belarusian annually consumes 98 kg of meat and meat products, 238 kg of milk and dairy products, 92 kg of fruits, berries and their processed products, 174 kg of vegetables, melons and their processed products, 161 kg of potatoes and potato products, 78 kg of baked goods , about 40 kg of sugar, 18 kg of vegetable oil, 265 eggs. About 80% of the products purchased by the population are domestic food. For a number of significant product categories, the share of domestic products in retail trade turnover has reached 100% (these are dairy products, meat and meat ...