The rupture of relations with Danone led to a sharp drop in the purchase prices for milk in the Chelyabinsk region. As farmers in the region told URA.RU, since the beginning of the year, the cost of a liter has decreased by four rubles.
“Dairies have begun to reduce purchase prices for milk. Since the beginning of the year, the cost has fallen by four rubles, if you count without VAT. The fall was provoked by the departure of Danone from the country, ”Andrey Levchenko, head of the Zarya farm, from the Sosnovsky district, explained to URA.RU.
According to the interlocutor, if in 2022 the purchase prices reached 35-36 rubles per liter, then in the summer of 2023 they do not exceed 28 rubles. The decrease in the activity of the French producer in the Sverdlovsk region has led to an overabundance of milk in the Chelyabinsk market.
“At the beginning of the summer, prices dropped. They sold for 29 rubles, now it’s a ruble cheaper, ”Dinara Muratova, director of the Burenka cooperative in the Chebarkulsky district, told URA.RU.
In summer, the company sells 10 thousand tons of milk every day. Only strong ties with the buyer plant made it possible to keep prices. According to the interlocutor, producers from Tatarstan are ready to bring products to the region for 23 rubles, including transportation costs.
Dairymen noted that they are balancing on the verge of profitability or slightly lower. The regional Ministry of Agriculture recognizes the difficulties. In 2023, the Chelyabinsk authorities, on the terms of co-financing with the federal budget, paid 134 million rubles as subsidies. The funds are intended to compensate for the costs of milk production. Funds were also allocated to support livestock breeding (82.7 million) and livestock in general (248 million from the regional budget). Under other items, farmers will be paid 241 million for the construction of capex for the construction and equipment of dairy farms, 199 million for the purchase of equipment.
In March, Danone management announced suspension of investments in Russian projects. At the same time, the production of dairy products continued. In mid-July, the federal authorities announced the transfer of brand assets under the control of Russian management.
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2023-08-11 03:45:00
