In Belarus, milk purchases from the population for January-August decreased by 4.7%

September 20, Minsk /Tatyana Lobas - BELTA/. In Belarus, milk purchases from the population in January-August 2009 decreased by 4.7% and amounted to 307.6 thousand tons, BELTA was informed by the National Statistical Committee. Only in the Vitebsk region did milk purchases increase during this period - by 1.3%. In the Mogilev region, they decreased by 5.4%, in the Brest region - by 4.8%, in the Gomel region - by 3.6%. The largest decrease in milk purchases from private farms was recorded in the Grodno and Minsk regions - by 7.9% and 9.2% less, respectively, than in January-August of last year. -0-