In the Chuvash Republic is concerned about the sharp decline in purchase prices for milk instead of the expected seasonal growth. Authorities believe that the problem can be solved Caruthersville regulation of purchasing prices for milk, the Union of consumer cooperatives, fairs. The Ministry of agriculture of the Republic tend to assume that the milk market may be price collusion, said REGNUM in the Department following the meeting of the state Council Committee on economic policy, agriculture and ecology.

The Ministry concluded that in winter, the price situation on the dairy market has changed significantly. Instead of a seasonal increase in purchase prices has been a sharp decline in the price of raw milk both from organizations and from the public. Authorities say that it is typical for many regions of the Volga region and Russia. The main reason they call the increase in imports of milk powder and butter, increased production of milk and decreased consumption of milk and dairy products.

According agricultural Department, in 2017, in Chuvash Republic the growth of oil production amounted to 32%, milk powder 42.2%, respectively. Chuvashiya occupies the 22nd place among the regions for the share of milk production in private farms and 50 th place in the peasant (farmer) farms. The share of citizens, leading private farming, accounting for 64% of total milk production. That is, for many rural residents, the sale of surplus milk is a source of income.

Authorities believe that to solve the residents should unite to agricultural consumer cooperatives, as this will allow you to combine efforts to promote the marketing and processing of milk, and get government support. Municipalities recommended dairy fair. In addition, the chief Federal inspector for the Chuvash Republic, sent information about the current price situation on the milk market "with a request to instruct the FAS to review the situation to determine the presence of price collusion on the milk market".

Parliamentarians expressed the view that this issue needs to be addressed at the Federal level, as well as to introduce state regulation of purchasing prices for milk. Was requested to prepare a letter with suggestions and send it to the state Duma of Russia.

As previously reported IA REGNUM with reference to the monitoring data of the Ministry of agriculture of Russia, in January 2018 compared to January 2016 in almost all the regions of the Volga region, which recorded a small increase, there is a decrease sredneslozhivsheysya purchase prices. The biggest "rollback" has occurred in Tatarstan — by 5.33 thousand rubles per ton (from 27.83 to 22.5 thousand rubles at a price of 23 thousand rubles in mid-2017). On the second place in the rating — Chuvashiya, here the drop was 5,18 thousand rubles (from 26.06 to 21.25 thousand rubles). By the middle of January 2018 relative to January 2017 in the five regions was observed to freeze procurement prices: Nizhny Novgorod region, Mari El Republic, Orenburg region, Saratov region and Perm region.