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Butter exports from Ukraine in January 2017 totaled 605 tonnes, which was 1.76 times more than in January 2016; whereas butter exports in monetary terms over the period under review increased 2.3 times, to US$2.3 million, according to customs statistics reports posted by the State Fiscal Service (SFS) on its website.
Meanwhile, butter imports to Ukraine in January 2017 shrank by 21.4%, to 39 tonnes, while imports in monetary terms stood at $185,000.
Exports of non-condensed milk and cream from Ukraine over the period under review grew by 55.5%, to 678 tonnes, and increased by 72.2% in monetary terms, to $434,000. Imports of these products in the previous month totaled 52 tonnes, which was almost 5 times more than in January 2016. In monetary terms, imports of non-condensed milk and cream increased fourfold, to $90,000.
Read alsoFourteen Ukrainian dairies have licenses to export products to EUAccording to the SFS, the shipments of condensed milk and cream from Ukraine in January 2017 grew by 1.8 times 3,080 tonnes, while growth monetary terms was 2.03 times, to $4.96 million. Imports of these products over the period under review totaled 136 tonnes against 81 tonnes in 2015. In monetary terms, imports increased by 1.5 times, to $227,000.
Domestic producers also exported 315 tonnes of cheese in January 2017, which was 39.4% up from January 2016. In monetary terms, cheese exports grew by 64.5%, to $957,000.
Shipments of cheese from abroad over the period under review increased by 38.6%, to 559 tonnes, and grew by 1.5 times in monetary terms, to $2.49 million.
As UNIAN reported earlier, cheese exports from Ukraine stood at 8,000 tonnes in 2016, which was 25.9% down from 2015. Exports of non-condensed milk and cream increased by 19.3%, to 10,500 tonnes, butter by 2.5%, to 12.100 tonnes, while the exports of condensed milk and cream fell by 17.6%, to 51,900 tonnes.