required report public distribution date 10 20 2005 gain number up5018 ukraine dairy and products annual approved by w garth thorburn ii us embassy kiev prepared oleksandr tarassevych ag specialist highlights production of in will continue to increase 2006 despite problems throughout the domestic industry with raw milk supplies quality value added tax export reimbursements cheese whole while exports butter non fat dried depend on world market prices neighboring russia are unlikely ukrainian nonfat powder competes s import tariffs remain high an obstacle legal trade includes psd changes yes matrix up1 up table contents executive summary 3 consumption 4 5 wdm 6 policy 7 statistical tables 9 cattle inventory selected indicators for 8 months 2004 fluid retail price