The amount of cow's milk collected by dairy enterprises increased by 3.1% in August compared with the same month of the previous year and increased by 3.0% in the January-August period compared with the same period of the previous year.
In August, compared with the same month of the previous year, yoghurt production increased by 10.1%, cheese production from cow's milk increased by 9.1% and drink made of yoghurt (ayran) production increased by 5.5%; butter production decreased by 10.3% and drinking milk production decreased by 7.9%.
In the January-August period, while cheese production from cow's milk increased by 9.4%, drink made of yoghurt (ayran) production increased by 7.2% and yoghurt production increased by 3.4%; butter production decreased by 11.7% and drinking milk production decreased by 2.2% compared with the same period of the previous year.
