How many liters of Bulgarian and imported milk are processed in one year?

Published 2024년 9월 17일

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In 2023, Bulgaria's dairy processing industry saw a 3.3% increase in the processing of raw milk, totaling 712,975 thousand liters. This was driven by a 1% increase in domestic raw milk and a 68.5% increase in imported raw milk, although the latter only accounted for 5.5% of the total. The most significant increase was in the processing of sheep's milk, followed by cow and goat milk, while buffalo and mixed milk saw a decrease. However, the production of various dairy products saw mixed results, with a decrease in the production of more expensive products like butter, milk fat, and cheeses from sheep, goat, buffalo, and mixed milk, and an increase in the production of fermented milks, dairy desserts, cream, and fresh packaged milks. This shift is likely due to a redirection of consumers towards imitation products due to the high price of cow's milk cheeses.

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Original content

Dairy processing enterprises in the country put a total of 712,975 thousand liters of raw milk into their production in 2023. This is 3.3% more than the previous year, according to an analysis of the Ministry of Agriculture on the situation of the milk and dairy products market, published in September 2024 Read more: How will farmers control the raw milk they produce? 673,699 thousand liters of Bulgarian milk (85% of the total yield of milk for the year) and about 39.3 thousand liters of imported raw materials were processed. Domestic raw material used saw a slight increase of 1% year-on-year, while imported raw milk grew by 68.5%, but the amount remained a relatively low share (5.5%) of total industrial processing. In percentage terms, the processing of sheep's milk increased most significantly - by 12.2%. The increase in the input volumes of cow and goat milk was less pronounced, by 3% and 1%, respectively. Only processed buffalo and mixed milk is less compared to the previous ...

Source: Agri