Farmer: There is no shortage of milk in Bulgaria, the goal is to import cheap dry milk from Ukraine – Focus

It depends on the government and the MPs how long this unregulated import of dry milk will continue, mostly from countries that are not members of the EU.

Dimitar Shopov, chairman of the Association for breeding black-colored breed in Bulgaria, stated this to BNR. The association unites farmers who produce more than 60% of the milk in the country.

He explained that Ukraine is a country that uses preparations for the production of grain and cereals, which are prohibited in Bulgaria. These preparations are harmfulthe farmer was categorical and specified:

“With this grain, which is produced with these preparations, all the animals, birds, absolutely everything are grown and it comes to our market”.

In his words milk powder imported from Ukraine is at much lower prices than that imported from the EU.

In the show “Above all” Shopov denied the claim that there is a 30% shortage of milk production in Bulgaria:

“Last year many of the farms were refused to buy the milk for several months. Since there is a shortage, how can milk not be bought?“.

The premise is for greater imports from Ukraine of cheaper dry milk, which is of poor qualityhe opined.

The farmers sell the produced milk to the dairies. This happens with a signed contract, but both parties can cancel the contract with one month’s notice, explained Dimitar Shopov. According to him, this did not happen until last year. Last year, however, there was a period when farmers had nowhere to give their milk, he emphasized, adding that in this way the prices were drastically reduced.

The farmer also pointed out another problem – according to him, the prices in stores are not real:

“They can’t buy my milk at 80-90 cents, and the next moment cheese and other dairy products have such inflated prices in stores. There has to be some control“.

According to him, there should be customs control, the unregulated import of palm oil and other products that are put into dairy products should be prohibited, and the dairies where violations are found should be publicly announced.

Listen to the entire interview of Silvia Velikova and Veselina Milanova with Dimitar Shopov in the program “Before Everyone” in the sound file.