The Chamber of Agriculture and Commerce has made a proposal to the government, as a temporary measure, to establish a marginal price for electricity and lower the rate of excise duty on gas. The measures should be implemented retroactively, the chamber says.
Estonian parlt committee: Price of milk must rise 2021-04-14 BNS/TBT Staff
TALLINN – Participants in a meeting at the Riigikogu on Tuesday, which brought together members of the parliamentary rural affairs committee and representatives of the dairy sector, found that in order for the dairy sector to be preserved and develop, the price of milk must rise in Estonia.
The chairman of the rural affairs committee, Tarmo Tamm, said in a press release that Estonian milk producers are successful on the European and the global scale, which demonstrates the sector s capability and potential. We should not let go of these opportunities and we must remain competitive on the market also in the future, Tamm said. He said that while dairy products are a good category of exports, it cannot be accepted that a quarter of the total amount of milk produced in Estonia is shipped to other countries.