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