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However, cheese exports over the period under review rose by 76.7% from July.
Ukrainian milk producers in August 2019 reduced the total cash revenue from dairy food exports by 33.8% to US$15.5 million, which was $7.9 million down year-over-year (y-o-y).
"Comparing foreign trade operations with those in August last year, decline is clearly visible among all dairy product groups. Thus, cream butter sales fell by 46.7% to 1,200 tonnes, powdered milk dropped 40.8% to 2,500 tonnes, whey was down 39.2% to 1,400 tonnes, cheese slid 20% to 666 tonnes, non-condensed milk and cream fell by 17.8% to 1,700 tonnes, and fermented milk products saw a decline of 11% to 428 tonnes," the Ukrainian Milk Producers Association's press service said on Sept 12.
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At the same time, cheese exports in August has risen by 76.7% from July since Russia opened transit corridors for Ukrainian goods, which allowed boosting trade with the CIS.
"The decline in foreign trade this year is due to a reduction in cattle stock, shortage of milk in the processing sector, falling world prices of some exported goods, and the strengthening national currency [the hryvnia]," the press service said.
As UNIAN reported earlier, in June 2019, Ukraine boosted dairy exports by 4.9% y-o-y, to $25.7 million.
Ukraine exported 8,000 tonnes of cheese in 2018, which was 8% down against 2017. Cheese imports into Ukraine in the past year soared by 37%, to 13,700 tonnes, according to customs statistics reports.