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The annual production of raw milk in Bulgaria may fall to 665 thousand tons

Bulgaria
Published Jul 20, 2022

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For the first five months of the year, purchased milk in the country decreased by 7% on an annual basis to 296 thousand tons, according to data from the Ministry of Health. Bulgaria is among the countries in the EU where the largest contraction is reported, SARA economists report. The reasons are in the growing costs of production and critical profitability. In the absence of a more sensitive increase in purchase prices, the decline in production according to SARA estimates will continue and the total purchased milk for 2022 may fall to 665 thousand tons. According to the data of the Ministry of Agriculture for 2021, the raw milk produced in our country is 924,980 thousand liters. Of these, cow milk is 811,436,000 liters, sheep milk 67,987,000 liters, goat milk 29,486,000 liters, and buffalo milk 16,069,000 liters. The EU's decision at the end of May for temporary duty-free imports of agricultural products from Ukraine for one year in order to facilitate food exports is expected to help strengthen competition in feed prices, which will positively affect Bulgarian livestock farmers for . ..

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For the first five months of the year, purchased milk in the country decreased by 7% on an annual basis to 296 thousand tons, according to data from the Ministry of Health. Bulgaria is among the countries in the EU where the largest contraction is reported, SARA economists report. The reasons are in the growing costs of production and critical profitability. In the absence of a more sensitive increase in purchase prices, the decline in production according to SARA estimates will continue and the total purchased milk for 2022 may fall to 665 thousand tons. According to the data of the Ministry of Agriculture for 2021, the raw milk produced in our country is 924,980 thousand liters. Of these, cow milk is 811,436,000 liters, sheep milk 67,987,000 liters, goat milk 29,486,000 liters, and buffalo milk 16,069,000 liters. The EU's decision at the end of May to allow temporary duty-free imports of agricultural products from Ukraine for one year in order to ease food exports is expected to ...
Source: Agroplovdiv
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