Belarus exports cheese to more than 20 countries

‘Belarus ranks 4th in the world ranking of cheese exports - after the European Union, the United States and New Zealand. Today, we export our cheeses to 26 countries, and we will develop the geography of deliveries. Over the next five years, we plan to significantly increase milk production to 9.2 million tons per year. Cheese production will also grow. World statistics show that the volume of trade in these products in the world is growing, so the competition in the world market is serious. We need to think about diversity today, follow global trends, see which cheeses are bought more, what are the preferences in different countries,’ said Alexey Bogdanov.

Last year, Belarus produced 276 thousand tons of cheese, of which 230 thousand tons were delivered abroad. In the first quarter of this year, 60.1 thousand tons of cheeses were exported (and 11.4% in physical terms compared to the same period in 2020). We plan to further increase supplies.

As for the overall export of agricultural products and food products, this year it is planned to reach supplies of $6 billion, and by 2025 - $7 billion. Dairy products traditionally account for about 40% of Belarusian food exports.

The seminar for specialists of the processing industry "Classic cheeses - modern approaches" is being held in Minsk with the support of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Representatives of 22 Belarusian dairy plants, cheesemakers with many years of experience from the EU countries, as well as specialists of the All-Russian Research Institute of Butter and Cheese Making are taking part in the discussion.