Presentation by Nikolay Melnikov, Global Account Manager ML Group (Russia). Dairy Olympics 2025

The 2025 season in Kazakhstan favored the ice cream market: the weather literally spurred demand, and ice cream consumption increased in all regions of the country. It was a window of opportunity that everyone could have maximized. However, a significant portion of Russian exporters missed this chance.

China’s raw milk market continued to stabilize in April, with prices in major producing regions averaging RMB 3.02/kg. The MoM decline narrowed to 0.33%, indicating that the earlier downward trend is gradually easing.