"Now according to the monitoring the average price of raw milk is 23 rubles per liter including VAT. Since the beginning of February the prices have in General not growing, occur only small variations. The decline in raw milk prices will begin in April", - told "RG" the senior expert of Institute of a conjuncture of the agrarian market Natalia Penkova.

Reducing the cost of raw materials expected many market participants, in some cases it will occur in March, he said. This is due to the increase in milk production in the southern regions of the country, there will be fresh food.

The cost of raw milk, of course, will affect the finished product. There may be a small decline in prices, said the expert.

That's what happened last year. According to Rosstat, butter, rising in price until March, in April fell by 0.2 percent in may and by another 0.15 per cent. Declining prices for fresh milk, sour cream.

But still most of the prices on the shelf determines the demand, said Natalia Penkova. Now commodity prices are rising faster than finished products. But if the producers of butter, sour cream, cheese will put the real price on the cost of raw materials, the final product will simply cease to take it, she said.

Some manufacturers are forced to give the finished product at a lower price. Anybody is able to compensate for these losses due to expensive products of the premium segment, where you put the real price. In addition, a significant role is played by the trade network. Because policy networks are significant fluctuations in prices, the expert added.