Analysis of International Butter Import Statistics
https://doi.org/10.24833/2949-639X-2025-2-112-67-78
Abstract
In recent years, foreign trade operations involving Russian dairy products have been significantly complicated by sanctions imposed on the national economy. These measures have detrimental impacted both the logistics of finished product supply chains and producers’ access to essential raw materials – particularly milk. The supply of components for butter production has become especially challenging amid a raw milk shortage in the Russian consumer market. Consequently, contradictory trends have emerged for Russian butter, manifesting in an unexpected retail price during autumn 2024. Identifying key factors influencing butter production and distribution organisation in Russia represents a crucial scientific and practical objective. Addressing this issue would help balance raw material import portfolios. This study examines the fundamental aspects of butter imports in both volume and value terms. Based on international statistical analysis, the author provides scientific generalisations aimed at defining prospective policy directions for producing and distributing butter from imported dairy raw materials in the Russian Federation. The findings highlight the essential nature of state import for domestic dairy producers. Such measures should focus on stimulating their economic activity while reducing barriers to global food industry market entry.
Keywords
milk,
butter,
butter milk processing,
import,
export,
trade,
foreign trade,
international statistics
About the Author
I. N. Rykova
Financial Research Institute of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Doctor of Economic Sciences, Academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Head of the Centre for Sectoral Economics of the Financial Research Institute of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation
Moscow
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Rykova I.N. Analysis of International Butter Import Statistics. International Business. 2025;(2 (12)):67-78. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.24833/2949-639X-2025-2-112-67-78
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