Ekaterina Zakharova: the capacity of the Russian dairy market is slightly more than 23 million tons

- Self-sufficiency in milk has increased by 70%compared to 2013, - said Ekaterina Zakharova. - However, in our country, the consumption of milk is reducing; in 2017 it amounted to 157 kg. Thus, we can say that self-sufficiency in milk in Russia is growing due to the reduction of consumption and growth in the production of raw milk.

According to the analyst of the RDRC, Moscow and Moscow region remain the largest deficit regions, where the deficit is more than 4 million tons and it continues to grow.

The largest surplus region is the Altai Krai, where the surplus in 2017 exceeded 440 thousand tons, noted Ekaterina Zakharova.

The Udmurt Republic takes the second place – 230.7 thousand tons, Kirov region is the third - 210.6 thousand tons. In the republics of Mordovia and Tatarstan, Kabardino-Balkaria, Vladimir and Vologda regions surplus of milk was also more than 100 thousand tons.

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