China, June 17 -- EkoNiva Group has received permission to export cheeses and other products to China after passing the relevant audit and completing all necessary procedures, with the first batch of cheeses to be exported this summer.

EkoNiva's cheese plant is also certified to export products to countries of the Eurasian Economic Union, as well as to Abkhazia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.

The company produces more than 6 tonnes of cheese per day. Cheese-grade milk is supplied from the group's own farms located close to the plant.

EkoNiva's president, Stefan Durr, said that "cheese is a very promising export product. We plan to export a lot, because the domestic market is oversaturated. China and Southeast Asia are partic...