Russia has halved its imports of milk and cream from Kazakhstan

Published Jan 31, 2025

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Russia significantly reduced its purchases of uncondensed milk and cream from Kazakhstan by half in the first eleven months of the previous year, compared to the same period in 2023, according to Kazakhstan's customs service. The decrease in the purchase of condensed milk and cream, both with and without sugar, was 23.7 percent. Despite this, Russia remained the largest buyer of these products from Kazakhstan. On the other hand, Russia's imports of cheeses and cottage cheese from Kazakhstan increased by 38 percent during the same period. Kazakhstan's largest trading partner is Russia, accounting for 76 percent of its exports.

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Original content

In January-November last year, Russia reduced its purchases of uncondensed milk and cream from Kazakhstan by half compared to the same period in 2023, to 1.36 thousand tons. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to data from the republic's customs service. Negative supply dynamics were also observed for condensed milk and cream, both with and without added sugar. However, the decrease in this range was not so noticeable - by 23.7 percent to 838.6 tons. At the same time, Russia turned out to be the largest buyer of both categories of goods from Kazakhstan. These products in uncondensed form account for 53 percent, and condensed and sweetened - 66.4. At the same time, Russian consumers, on the contrary, increased imports of cheeses and cottage cheese from the friendly republic - by 38 percent to 2.84 thousand tons. This ...

Source: Rosng