date:Aug 22, 2014
ducer FrieslandCampina said yesterday it halted production of cheese specifically for the Russian market. The company said it exported about 190 million of dairy products to Russia last year, and said the ban is adding to pressure on dairy markets.
France and Italy supply more speciality cheeses and are ranked eighth and ninth among EU cheese exporters to Russia last year, meaning the effects will be felt less harshly than in, say, Lithuania, Bart Van Belleghem, managing director of the Europea