Vilkyskiu pienine this year will export twice as much cheese to Russia


AB Vilkyškių pieninė in 2007 exported to Russia 1340 tones of cheese, which
amounte to 17 % of the total company‘s cheese sales. Last week the managers of
the company participated at the international fair „Prodexpo 2008“ in Moscow.
At the biggest international food fair in the Eastern Europe the exhibitors
from 65 countries presented their production. After the visit of „Prodexpo
2008“ the company‘s general director Gintaras Bertašius forecasts that this
year Vilkyškių pieninė will successfully expand the export to Russia and plans
to double it to 2500 tones. This would amount to 25 % of the total planned 2008
cheese sales. 

Vilija Milaseviciute
Economist-Analyst
8-441 55102