Expert Opinion
Georghii Kukhaleishvili
analyst
Association of Milk Producers

Global Dairy Market Seeks Balance

Global economic challenges, trade disputes, and production hurdles may compel dairy market operators to gradually re-evaluate their activities in the second half of 2025. Dairy fat…

Georghii Kukhaleishvili
analyst
Association of Milk Producers

Global Dairy Market: Milk Production Declining

In April, milk production volumes decreased in the EU, the USA, and Oceania. The decline in milk yield was influenced by a reduction in cow…

Export Demand for Commodities Pushes Up Milk Prices

In the second half of July, purchase prices rose due to a raw milk deficit and high export demand for commodities. Butter exports increased by 50% in the first half of the year, and the hryvnia's devaluation is stimulating price growth for finished products. Further increases in purchase prices are expected in early August, but there are risks of them falling in the second half of the month due to uncertainty with EU trade after the cancellation of ATMs. New quotas have not yet been approved due to resistance from Central and Eastern European countries, which could halt Ukrainian dairy exports, reports Georghii Kukhaleishvili, an analyst at the Association of Milk Producers.

UKRAINIAN NATIONAL AGRARIAN FORUM CALLS FOR THE SWIFT ADOPTION OF THE EU-UKRAINE TRADE DEAL

The Association of Milk Producers, along with leading agricultural associations that are part of the Ukrainian National Agrarian Forum (UNAF) – a coordination platform for Ukraine's agricultural sector – call upon the EU Danish Presidency and the EU Member States to adopt without further delay the agricultural trade arrangement reached lately by the European Commission and Ukraine.

Ukraine Declined Dairy Exports After Autonomous Trade Measures (ATMs) Cancellation

In June, Ukraine sharply cut dairy product exports to the EU following the European Commission's cancellation of autonomous trade measures, which caused uncertainty regarding tariffs and quotas, reports Georghii Kukhaleishvili, an analyst at the Association of Milk Producers of Ukraine.