Small farms Finland can be ruined by the abolition of quotas on milk production and prohibition on the import of dairy products from the EU.

Finnish dairy sector is going through hard times due to the Russian embargo of food, as well as changes in the subsidy system. Now to these problems will be added and the lifting of quotas, which can lead to serious financial problems in farms. This was stated in the commentary edition Yle Finnish representative of the Central organization of farmers MTK Finland Ilkka Pohjamo today, March 31, the correspondent of IA REGNUM.

The validity of the system of milk quotas will expire in the European Union on 31 March. Small farmers could face ruin, warn in the organization of farmers MTK. Here are awaiting action by national and European authorities for the protection of the interests of medium-sized dairy farms.

The Finnish expert Jyrki Niemi admits that the abolition of quotas can be accompanied by the disappearance of price stability and redistribution of milk markets in the EU. In particular, the expected increase in imports of dairy products in Finland.

Meanwhile, as the correspondent of IA REGNUM, according to experts of the trade representation of the Russian Federation in Finland, the local dairy industry suffered the most from the Russian embargo of food. Prior to the imposition of restrictions by the RF delivery Finnish dairy products to Russia have been growing, according to a recent study of the trade Mission, dedicated to the new challenges and opportunities for economic cooperation between the two countries.

In the structure of Finnish food exports to Russia dairy products account for 93.1% of the "sanctions of goods" (47,7% cheese and curd, 26,1% - butter, of 19.4% - milk, kefir, yogurt, whey). The weight of the commodity positions that are prohibited from importation into the Russian Federation, at the time the embargo was about 0.6 per cent of Finnish exports in General, and 7% of exports of goods to the Russian Federation on an annual basis.