Milk in Kazakhstan has risen in price by 14% over the year, fermented milk products - by 10%

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Dairy

Kazakhstan

Market & Price Trends

Published Mar 6, 2024

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Dairy product prices in Kazakhstan rose by 0.5% monthly and 10.4% annually in January, with the most significant increases seen in drinking milk, canned milk, and fermented milk products. The Ulytau region experienced the largest price increase. Despite a 0.9% increase in overall dairy production to 41.6 billion tenge, the production of certain products like processed liquid milk, cream, ice cream, and condensed milk decreased. Conversely, the production of cheese, cottage cheese, solid milk, yogurt, and other fermented milk products increased. However, the country still relies on imports for solid milk and struggles with local production of cheeses and cottage cheese.

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In January of this year, prices for dairy products in the Republic of Kazakhstan increased by 0.5% per month and by 10.4% per year. Including drinking milk increased in price in annual dynamics by 14.4%, canned milk - by 13.9%, fermented milk products - by 9.9%. Among the latter, yogurt increased in price by 6% over the year, kefir 2.5% fat - by 11.9%, sour cream - by 9.7%, cottage cheese 5%-9% fat - by 9.2%, hard cheese - by 4.8%. Analysts from the Eneryprom.kz agency report this. Regionally, the largest increase in prices in the sector was observed in the Ulytau region - by 18.1%. Among the anti-leaders were also West Kazakhstan (by 17.8%) and Mangistau (by 15.4%) regions. The smallest annual price increase was recorded in Shymkent - by 2.5%. At the end of January of this year, the production of dairy products in the Republic of Kazakhstan amounted to 41.6 billion tenge - 0.9% more in money than a year earlier. In physical terms, the output of processed liquid milk and cream ...

Source: Agrosektor