In the first half of the year forecast balances of supply and demand of 106% were noted for Union State dairy products

In the first half of 2013 the export of milk and dairy products from Belarus exceeded the export volume in the same period of the previous year by 21.5%. Currently milk and dairy products form 38% of all agricultural exports from the country. In the period from January to June the export of these products (1,800,000 tonnes) from Belarus totalled more than USD 1 billion. That is 35.8% more than the export volume in the first half of 2012. This was announced by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Belarus.