Ukrainian cheesemakers are inferior to the import market

Ukrainian cheesemakers continue to raise prices and reduce promotional sales, while losing sales in favor of sellers of imported cheese. This is stated in the message "Infagro". "In Europe, cheese has risen significantly. Therefore, there is hope that importers can reduce purchases without having the old margin. But this may happen later, and so far October imports have broken all records," - say experts. 4.2 thousand tons of rennet cheeses were imported to the country. By and large, this is half of the average monthly sales. It is possible that these imports were still under old contracts with low prices. Today, the cost of imports of even block Gouda and Emmental has increased, and the difference in prices with Ukrainian cheese is no longer as significant as before, experts explain. The main suppliers of cheese to Ukraine are Poland (41%), Germany (14%) and the ...