After all, last January was a positive month, if compared to the same month of last year, for exports of some dairy and milk products form the European community: in terms of volume, milk cream exports increased (+21,8%), as did cheese exports (+13%), milk for infancy (+11,1%) and whole milk
The two major countries in Oceania are still seeing mixed results. Milk production in Australia, in January, decreased by 5,9% compared to the same month of last year. (data Clal)
On the other hand, favorable weather conditions in fall in New Zealand might favor a better-than-expected milk production.
As for butter, minimum price
A decidedly negative period for two of the major Countries in Oceania, Australia and New Zealand. In Australia, Murray Goulburn, one of the major Australian milk processing companies, keeps reporting financial losses referred to the period July - December 2016, in view of a 5% decrease in collected milk (source: clal.it)
In
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In Oceania limited milk production is sustaining prices in the dairy sector.
In Australia, where the summer is drawing to an close, the availability of milk is still limited.
Milk production dropped in the second half of last year both in Australia (-8.55% in the July-December period compared to the same period
All in all 2016 was a good year for EU-28 both in terms of export value (+0.6% compared to 2015) and volume (+5.5%) with the latter performing particularly well. The value of exports amounted to €13,889 million and that of imports to €810 million, with a decrease of 4.3% compared to the
2016 ended with a fall in milk production for Australia and New Zealand, the two main countries of Oceania; Australia lost 10.29% in the July-October period of 2016 compared to the same period the previous year and New Zealand reported a decrease of 3% over a longer period – from
Australian milk season started out with three months of decreasing figures in a row; there is the risk to finish it with a 7-10% decrease (source: Rabobank) reaching the same levels of 2002/2003, when, due to one of the worst droughts in history, the country suffered a 8% reduction in
The January/September period saw a boom in New Zealand milk and cream exports. However, most of the industry registered extremely positive figures bar very few exceptions. In September this year, compared to the same month the previous year, New Zealand exports of the following products increased in volume: packaged and unpackaged
There has been a sharp drop in Chinese milk powder imports. In September of this year there was a significant drop in whole milk powder (-46.5%) compared to the same month in 2015, which ate into the positive performance of this year's January-September period (+19.6% in volume and +7.1% in
