Russia: Butter from India and Iran not available in large retail stores

Large retail chains have not yet received butter from new supplier countries, from which the Russian authorities recently allowed imports — India, Iran, Turkey, the UAE, retailers said. Shopper's found out how the admission of new countries affected the market and when butter prices will decrease. Soyuzmoloko records "point deliveries" of butter in consumer packaging in small batches from Turkey and the UAE, says a representative of the union. Also, since mid-November, butter has begun to arrive from Iran and India in industrial packaging for subsequent processing and packaging, he cites information from importers. Products from India and Iran are already entering the Russian market — not packaged, but "monolithic" in boxes, said Lyudmila Manitskaya, director of the Dairy Union of Russia. It is mainly used for processing — for example, for confectionery. Butter for processing is mainly used in cakes and ...