On March 29, deputy head of the regional state administration Halyna Yakymchuk held a working meeting with the heads of milk-processing enterprises of the region on issues of purchase prices for milk, the department for internal policy of the regional state administration reported. At the meeting it was noted that the heads of the said enterprises are not complying with the recommendations of the coordinating commission and have not maintained milk prices at the level of February 2004. By the end of March it had decreased by 100-140 UAH per tonne from the population of the region, by 40-50 UAH - from agricultural enterprises. Thus, on February 16 of the current year a meeting of the regional coordinating commission on issues of inter-sectoral relations in the market of livestock products was held, at which, in particular, the issue of milk prices was discussed. The commission adopted a decision to establish by April 1 of this year a minimum level of purchase prices for first-grade milk with a base fat content of 3.4% and protein of 3.0% for agricultural enterprises of the region when selling it at no less than 300 kg per day - 850 UAH per tonne, and for households in the individual sector 750 UAH per tonne. As of March 26 of this year, the proposed purchase prices, taking into account the subsidy for milk for agricultural enterprises depending on the quality of the milk delivered, amounted to 650 to 1000 hryvnias per tonne, for the population - 550-850 UAH per tonne. The highest purchase prices for milk were established at TD Liubart LLC - for agricultural enterprises - from 700 to 1000 hryvnias per tonne and for households - from 650 to 850 hryvnias. The proposed purchase prices as of today in the region as a whole for agricultural enterprises have decreased by minimum prices by 40-50 hryvnias per tonne and amount to 650 to 1000 UAH/t versus 690-1050, which were declared as of February 16 of this year. The lowest minimum proposed prices were established at OJSC Shatskyi milk plant, enterprises of the KOMO trademark (OJSC Kovelmoloko, OJSC Volodymyr-Volynskyi KMP, OJSC Horokhivskyi cheese plant) and OJSC Rozhyshchenskyi cheese plant - 650 hryvnias versus 850 UAH/t, which the commission proposed. The proposed purchase prices as of March 26 of this year in the region as a whole for households decreased by 100-140 UAH/t and amount to 550-850 UAH/t, versus 690-950, which were recorded as of February 16 of this year. The lowest minimum proposed prices were established at enterprises of the KOMO trademark (OJSC Kovelmoloko, OJSC Volodymyr-Volynskyi KMP, OJSC Horokhivskyi cheese plant) and amount to 550 hryvnias versus 750 UAH/t, which the commission proposed. Only OJSC Shatskyi milk plant raised the minimum purchase prices for households from 690 to 700 hryvnias per tonne of milk. Basically, the above-mentioned enterprises purchase milk from agricultural producers at prices lower than those proposed by the commission by 200 hryvnias per tonne. For households the picture looks similar. At the meeting the attention of those present was drawn to the need to comply with the requirements of the decision of the coordinating commission. After all, today only certain farms operate profitably. And among the producers of Shatsk, Stara Vyzhivka, Manevychi, Lokachi, Kamin-Kashyrskyi and Kivertsi districts, milk production is loss-making.