Moldova: Dairy farmers are losing the battle

Dairy manufacturers in Moldova may go bankrupt within a year as domestic products are being pushed out of the country’s market by cheap imports, primarily from the Ukraine. This is stated in the recent report from the Association of Dairy Farmers (Lapte). Protective measures against import supplies are therefore needed. Ukraine produced 11.5 million tonnes of milk in 2014 and the forecast for 2015 was 11 million tonnes. Domestic consumption accounts for 6.5 million tonnes, while the rest goes