Domestic milk be able to fully cover the needs of the inhabitants of Russia, at best, in 10 years, believes the new Minister of Agriculture Alexander Tkachev. The situation in the dairy industry he called “neglected” and correct it is possible only in the presence of significant investment.
The situation in dairy farming difficult and “launched”, said at the weekend the new Minister of Agriculture Alexander Tkachev. Correct it is possible only if “serious investments and subsidies.” And even in this case, the fact that the domestic milk fully cover the needs of the country, need 7 to 10 years, the Minister assessed the situation.
Import substitution is a major challenge facing Tkachev, was appointed Minister of Agriculture late last month. President Vladimir Putin appointed governor of Kuban on a post in the Cabinet, the new minister has put the task to feed the Russian domestic products. This should do it quickly. “In order to reduce the intensity of the food market, lower prices, and so on”, – Putin said in April. Then, in response to a presidential speech Tkachev has promised to do import substitution in Olympian, using the experience gained in preparing for the Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Production figures in the Russian dairy industry ambiguous. On the one hand, the volume of milk production at the end of 2014 amounted to 30.8 million tons, slightly higher than for 2013. On the other hand, according to Rosstat, “treated liquid” milk industry of Russia produced only 5.3 million tonnes, and it is 1% less than in 2013.
This year, the negative trend has continued: in I quarter the production of “liquid processed ‘milk decreased by 1.3%, to 1.4 million tonnes, year on year, while the production of milk and cream” in solid form “(dry) fell by 18.5% to 21.6 thous. tons.
The lack of domestic milk and a grocery embargo imposed by Russia in relation to a number of countries a negative impact on the cost of milk as a raw material. According to the results of I quarter it increased by 30-40% compared with the same period last year and is about 22-23 rubles. in the new complex (excluding the investment load) and 16-17 rubles. an old farmhouse.
domestic prices for milk are growing, but they fall in the world markets, including in those countries against which there was introduced a grocery embargo – in Belarus and Kazakhstan. As a result, preference is often given to the market is not in favor of Russian products, complain to the National Union of Milk Producers (“Soyuzmoloko”).
«Belarus has always produced milk in abundance. The main market for these is Russia, and now that there is any huge surpluses of dairy products, the only way to implement it – a lower price, “- said” Gazeta.ru “chairman” Soyuzmoloko “Andrei Danilenko. According to him, these problems occur on a regular basis and play a negative role on the domestic market. To resolve this situation, it is necessary to agree on a single position on pricing among the countries that are members of the Customs Union.
In order to support the dairy industry needs to solve the issue of the import of palm oil, due to which some manufacturers replace dairy fats, thereby reducing production costs. According to the Federal State Statistics Service, in January-February this year, the import of “palm oil and its fractions” in Russia increased by 37% compared to the same period of 2014. In “Soyuzmoloko” note that cases of sale of dairy products containing vegetable fats under the guise of natural dairy products lately increased. To cope with this problem, the authorities should consider “the palm oil supply quotas” in Russia and the countries of the Customs Union, according to the organization.
But the main problem hindering implement import substitution of milk in a quick time is the duration of the production and its low investment attractiveness. The process of building a dairy farm, raising animals requires a lot of time. Cow gives one calf a year, and it takes several years to grow it to molokoproizvodyaschego state, he explained “Gazeta.ru” the executive director of the Dairy Union of Russia Lyudmila Manitskaya.
«cow to grow, to seed, then she should give birth and only then it will give the first liter of milk, and in return will be able to get out only three years after the first liter. Nature can not deceive: the technological cycle of milk is 6 years “, – said Danilenko of” Soyuzmoloko ».
Another barrier to rapid recovery of the dairy sector is lower than in other agricultural sectors, investment the attractiveness of milk production. “Milk inherently – social product, it can not be too expensive to make, in contrast to the same meat, and therefore will not return quickly,” – said Danilenko. According to him, it leads to the fact that entrepreneurs agricultural sphere latest industry where they want to invest the money – it’s milk. “It’s happened lately: milk received less investment than other industries,” – concluded Danilenko. To balance the market unattractive part of the need to provide additional preferences for enterprises engaged in milk, according to the “Soyuzmoloko.” It needs real help from the state, which, inter alia, provides for financial support, concluded Manitskaya. 
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