SERBIA DOMESTIC DAIRY SECTOR SHRINKS AMIDST DECLINING MARGINS AND INCREASING COSTSSERBIA DOMESTIC DAIRY SECTOR SHRINKS AMIDST DECLINING MARGINS AND INCREASING COSTS
October 12th, 2022
In early September (2022), Serbia faced a serious domestic milk crisis, with empty or half-empty store shelves, with consumers relying significantly on imports of foreign milk from Poland and the Czech Republic. The domestic supply squeeze was not a surprise for Serbia’s dairy farmers, however. While the government and key national milk processors have argued the crisis was a short-term problem associated with increases in cattle food prices, a summer drought and panic buying, dairy producers say shortages have been caused by long term ...
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