Collected milk volume decreases by 9.1 percent in 2010 - October 3, 2010
The volume of cow's milk collected from agricultural holdings and collecting centres by the processing units decreased 9.1 percent in 2010, namely by 90,697 tonnes compared with 2009, informs the National Institute of Statistics.
The largest decline in dairy production of 2010 compared with that of 2009 was registered in cheese production, in the quantity of cheese obtained exclusively from cow's milk included (93.6 percent of the total cheese production) by 6,173 tonnes (-8.9 percent), followed by the butter production, with a 736 tonne decrease (-7.0 percent) and by the consumer cream production, with a 797 tonne decrease (-1.7 percent).
The production of acidified milk (yogurt, drinking yogurt and others) increased in 2010 by 3,702 tonnes (+2.5 percent), and the consumer milk quantity remained approximately the same as in 2009.
Source : Agerpres
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