Milk purchase prices,
Milk Production,
dairy production
Weekly milk and dairy products prices monitoring
The beginning of 2017 for Ukainian milk producers started with the continuation of the positive price trend odserved last year. Purchase prises are following their growing trend.
Milk prices are growing due to a low milk supply because of seasonal reduction and trade of dairy products oin the foreign market.
Thus, due to the info of the State Fiscal Service, Ukraine has exported to foreign market 109.2 ths tonns of milk products, which is 9% less than for the same period of 2015. In money terms it is 158 mln doll., which is 11% less than year earlier. The fact of this export reduction can be explained by the low milk prices on the global stage, which formed in the first half of 2016.
Main expport products were condensed milk and cream — 51.9 ths.tonns (-12%). Sales of non-condensed milk and cream are at the level of 10.5 ths. tonns (19.3% more, than last year), dry whey — 23.9 ths. tonns (-10%), butter — 12.1 ths. tonns (-3%). Export of Ukrainian cheese continues its shortening. Acordning to the results of the previous year the volume of the exported Ukrainina cheese was about 8.1 ths. tonns, which is 26% less than in 2015.
However, even with the reduction in cheese exports prices for some items in December 2016 were quite good. Average price for a ton of non-condensed milk and cream is 542.7 doll., which is 19% more than prices of November. The price of a ton of butter has increased by 7% (3779.9 doll./ton), and cheese by 9% (3406.8% doll).
As of January 11, average price for extra grade milk is 9.41 UAH/kg (including VAT), which is 0.21 UAH/kg more, than the price for December 27 of the previous year. The maximum price for milk of this quality was paid in Sumy region — 9.85 UAH/kg, and the lowest in Volyn region — 8.40 UAH/kg. It is important to note that the volume of distributed extra grade milk by the members of AMP doubled over a year.
The average price for higher grade milk reached 8.74 UAH/kg, which is 0.11 UAH more than the price at the end of the last year. The maximum price for this grade was paid in Lviv region — 9.32 UAH/kg, and the lowest in Rivne region — 8.30 UAH/kg.
The average price of Grade I milk was — 8.41 UAH/kg (+ 0.18 UAH). The maximum price for this grade was paid in Kyiv region — 8.80 UAH/kg, and the lowest in Chmelnytsky region — 7.86 UAH/kg.
Purchase milk prices, UAH/kg
