KIEV, July 20 - The union of milk factories of Ukraine has estimated Ukraine's losses in 2006 from Russia's ban on Ukrainian dairy products since January 2006 at over $300 million, the president of the union, Lidia Karpenko said at the Ukrainian-German milk forum in Kiev on Thursday.

She said that in 2006, Ukraine exported milk worth $388 million to Russia, while in 2005 the country exported milk worth $647 million.