In September, prices for dairy products changed in Ukraine. Some products in this category rose in price due to food inflation.
According to the analyst of the Milk Producers Association, Georgy Kukhaleyshvili, in Ukraine, prices for most dairy products remain high. At the same time, domestic demand for this product is limited.
“There was a reduction in sales of goods by retail chains and a decrease in demand for dairy raw materials from dairy processing enterprises. Imported cheeses, which are imported to Ukraine mainly from Poland, are more attractive in terms of price than products from domestic producers,” the expert noted.
Kukhaleyshvili added that a certain increase in demand for fresh dairy products is likely in winter.
Milk prices
Pasteurized milk (fat content up to 2.6%) in film costs an average of 48.21 hryvnia per kilogram. This is 2.75 hryvnias more compared to the previous month, but 8.89 hryvnias more compared to the same period last year.
Pasteurized milk (fat content up to 2.6%) in a plastic bottle costs an average of 65.42 hryvnias, which is 1.25 kopecks more compared to the previous month and 12.50 hryvnias more compared to last year.
Kefir prices
Kefir (fat content 2.5%) in film costs an average of 56.74 hryvnias per kilogram, which is 97 kopecks (+2%) more than a month ago, but 9.53 hryvnias (+20%) more expensive than last year.
Kefir (fat content 2.5%) in a plastic bottle costs an average of 76.45 hryvnias per kilogram, which is 2.57 hryvnias more than a month ago and 14.55 hryvnias more than last year.
Kefir (2.5% fat content) in a tetrapack costs 72.25 hryvnia per kilogram, which is 1.46 more than last month and 12.54 hryvnia more than last year.
Prices for sour cream and yogurt
Sour cream (15% fat content) in glasses costs an average of 187.22 hryvnia per kilogram, which is 93 kopecks more than the previous month, but 37.79 hryvnia more than last year.
Sour cream (15% fat content) in film costs an average of 148.93 hryvnia per kilogram, which is 2.42 hryvnia more than the previous month and 34.07 hryvnia more than last year.
The average price of drinking yogurt (fat content from 1.6% to 2.8%) in plastic bottles was 115.79 hryvnia per kilogram, which is 1.39 hryvnia more than the previous month, but 20.12 hryvnia more than the previous year.
Spoon yogurt (fat content from 1.6% to 2.8%) in glasses costs an average of 161.47 hryvnia per kilogram, which is 3.41 hryvnia more than the previous month, but 27.42 hryvnia more than the previous year.
Prices for sour milk cheese and butter
The average price of sour milk cheese (fat content 9%) was 293.44 hryvnia per kilogram, which is 7.41 hryvnia more than the previous month and 64.38 hryvnia more than the previous year.
Butter (fat content from 72.5% to 73%) of domestic production costs an average of 586.64 hryvnias per kilogram, which is 7.58 hryvnias more than in the previous month, but 123.36 hryvnias more expensive than last year.
The expert noted that in the conditions of the suspension of milk exports to the EU, dairy processing enterprises are working on a warehouse basis, which, together with a decrease in prices for exchange-traded goods on export markets, in particular for butter, may put pressure on prices in the future.
