Ukrainian dairy producers charge that imported milk, butter and cheese are driving them out of business.

Ukrainian dairy producers charge that imported milk, butter and cheese are driving them out of business. Facing competition, largely from the EU, only 160 dairy producers survive – about one quarter the number of a decade ago, Vadym Chaharovsky, head of the Union of Dairy Enterprises, tells Interfax-Ukraine. According to the State Customs Service, cheese imports almost doubled last year in dollar terms to $210 million, butter imports increased 2.5 times to $41 million, and milk and cream imports more than tripled, to $12 million.