Raw milk prices in Ukraine remain stable

By the end of 2022, purchase prices for milk remained at the level of late November - early December. Average values for all three grades of raw materials did not change. This was reported by the analyst of the Association of Milk Producers Yana Linetska. The purchase price for extra grade milk on December 27 averaged UAH 12.18/kg (without VAT). Processors bought the higher grade at UAH 12/kg, and the first grade at UAH 11.6/kg. The weighted average price of the three varieties remained at UAH 11.92/kg. The situation on the world market currently does not support the purchase prices of milk. However, during the New Year and Christmas holidays, people who left earlier return to Ukraine. This affects the increase in demand in the domestic market. As experts report, the outflow of Ukrainians from Europe is becoming more and more noticeable. Therefore, there are several reasons: reduction of social benefits; difficulties with employment; return to the liberated territories. Against ...