New prices of dairy products will be assessed

The Council on Product of the milk producers and processes will analyze the necessity and correctness of increasing the prices of dairy products. On January 20, the Council will come together for an extraordinary meeting that will be attended by representatives of dairies, Info-Prim Neo reports, quoting the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry. At a recent meeting of the Council on Product, Agriculture Minister Valeriu Cosarciuc said the companies that raised the prices of dairy products did not analyze the situation first and did not coordinate their actions with the Council, which is empowered to take such decisions. According to the Cosarciuc, the Ministry does not intend to get involved in the setting of prices or in the companies' work, but is in favor of cooperation that would exclude arbitrary and groundless price rises. For their part, the milk processors said they were forced to increase prices for a number of reasons. Besides the usual lower milk production in winter, they mentioned such factors as the disloyal competition created by foreign companies, illegal imports, the rise in the price of packing and other causes. The milk producers and processors stressed the state policies should be aimed at supporting the sector. Officials of the Agriculture Ministry shared such an opinion, but said there should be an efficient and civilized cooperation and the decisions should not be hasty and unjustified.