Ukraine's foreign trade in January: increasing cheese imports and ice cream exports

And although the trend can be called quite conditional, because the first month of the year is traditionally shortened and reduced activity due to seasonal holidays, but in such conditions, a preliminary forecast emerges, according to which by the end of the year the foreign trade balance is unlikely to move to a positive range. analyst of the Association of Milk Producers. Conditional positive (features of January for trade - can not adequately reflect the general situation) - a slowdown in import growth, which in the first month amounted to 5.9 thousand tons totaling 19.6 million dollars. This is 1.6% less than last year. "Nevertheless, we are already looking at the future leaders in the growth of imported supplies: the group of condensed milk and cream, which already has a three-digit increase - + 105%, up to 470 tons, and in monetary terms even more - + 125% with a total of 1 , $ 14 million The group of sour-milk products, which is growing by more than 30% to 734 tons, has ...