The Ministry of agriculture does not attempt to quota milk supplies from Belarus, - press-service

Earlier it was reported that the Federal Agrarian Department proposed to establish quotas for the supply of milk powder from Belarus to Russia in the amount of 60 thousand tons per year. By the results of 2017, the volume of delivered milk powder amounted to slightly more than 100 thousand tons.

Currently, the Ministries of agriculture of the member countries of the Union state are negotiating on meat and milk markets. The first meeting took place on April 20 in Moscow, and later a number of online video conferences were held. The agencies intend to continue negotiations after the May holidays.

"We have reached a high level of readiness of the Union state's Forecast balances for milk and meat, and the Belarusian side hopes for a final agreement on the balances during the visit of the Russian delegation to Minsk, which is expected after the May holidays," stated Alexey Bogdanov, Head of the Main Department of foreign economic activities of the Ministry of agriculture and food of Belarus.

The press service of the Ministry of agriculture of Russia stressed that "the Department does not attempt to introduce quotas for import of dairy products, including the ones from the Republic of Belarus. It is a question of coordination of annual forecast balances of supply and demand".

In addition, it was noted that during the talks between the agencies of the two states on April 20, there were developed "common approaches to the coordination of the balances of supplies of concentrated milk, milk powder and butter from Belarus".

"The Republic of Belarus supported the initiative to create a single company through which all deliveries will be carried out, and which will monitor the volume and quality of products supplied", the press service of the Ministry of agriculture concluded.

According to the FCS of Russia, last year the country imported more than 172 thousand tons of milk powder. According to the Ministry of agriculture, 80% are suppliers from Belarus.

"We and our Belarusian colleagues have agreed on common approaches to coordinating the balances on supplies of milk and dairy products. The Republic of Belarus also supported the Russian initiative to create a single company through which all deliveries will be carried out and which will monitor the quantity and quality of products supplied", said earlier Anatoly Kutsenko.

It has to be noted that the Ministry of agriculture and food of the Republic of Belarus did not confirm support for the creation of a single trader company.

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