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Milk in Ukraine rose in price by 6% in December
As of December 10, 2023, the average price of raw milk in Ukraine rose by 0.81 UAH (+6%), compared to last month. Raw milk continues to rise in price due to its limited supply on the domestic market. Despite the fact that industrial enterprises are increasing the amount of milk and striving to reach pre-war levels of production, producers of fresh dairy products and cheese makers still feel a shortage of raw materials, since the consumption of dairy products by the population of Ukraine has increased this year, — reports the analyst of the Association of Milk Producers Heorhiy Kukhaleishvili.
The average purchase price of Extra Grade milk as of December 10 was 14.61 UAH/kg without VAT, which is 0.83 UAH more than a month ago. The range of prices for this grade in farms varies from 14 to 15 UAH/kg without VAT. The lower limit of the price range increased by 0.90 UAH, and the upper limit increased by 0.75 UAH for the last month.
Higher Grade on average costs 14.61 UAH/kg without VAT. Over the last month, the price of this grade has increased by 0.83 UAH. Prices for Higher Grade milk range from 14 to 15 UAH/kg without VAT. The lower limit of the price range increased by 0.90 UAH, and the upper limit — by 0.75 UAH.
The average price of Grade I milk amounted to 13.52 UAH/kg without VAT and increased by 0.77 UAH compared to the results of previous monitoring. The minimum price in farms was 12.80 UAH/kg and has not changed over the last month. The maximum price for Grade I was 14.20 UAH/kg, which is 1.2 UAH more compared to the monitoring conducted a month ago.
Accordingly, the weighted average price of the three grades amounted to 14.25 UAH/kg without VAT and increased by 0.81 UAH.