Production of drinking cream in Russia increased by a quarter in the first quarter

During the first quarter (January-March) of this year, the production of drinking cream in Russia increased by 24.8 percent to 87 thousand tons (in official data for milk, units of measurement are given in solid weight - ROSNG). This was reported in the Milknews analytical center with reference to data from Soyuzmolok, the Federal Customs Service and Rosstat. Consumption of this product in the first two months, according to his data, increased by the same amount, but amounted to 57 thousand tons. It has grown due to high demand due to its wide range of uses in the food industry. And output has increased not only due to the large number of production capacities in large dairy regions, but also due to the fact that their production is not heavily dependent on imports. However, stocks of the product in the warehouses of dairy processors at the end of March due to the “high base” remained eight percent higher than in the same period last year and amounted to 6,100 tons. The center ...