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
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
Northern European cooperative Arla Foods, a major player in the global dairy sector as far as organic production is concerned, has opened a new plant for the packaging of milk powder in Senegal's capital city Dakar. This initiative is part of the company's 2020 strategy and the Senegalese plant is
EU dairy exports rose sharply in August. This is clearly evident from percentage increases that refer to volume for the following products: butter (+35.3%), milk and cream (+30.3%), infant formula (+26.6%), whey powder (+21.2%), cheese (+18.9%) and milk powder (+5.1%). The only negative figures regard skimmed milk powder (-31.0%).
The value of exports amounted to €9,107 million and that
The milk market is in turmoil. After months of protests, objections and outcries from trade associations (see clash between French farmers and the dairy giant Lactalis, which has even had consequences in Italy with Coldiretti), the price of milk has finally started to rise again. Merit for this should be
In times of crisis and price volatility the threat of import duties looms; this volatility is having a heavy impact on world milk production. Farmers who are seeing an unsustainable drop in the price of milk are blaming milk and dairy imports from countries where production costs are lower. No
In the first half of 2016 EU exports of milk and cream increased by 45% compared to the same period the previous year. June also registered double-digit growth (20.4%).
Since May last year a surprising export market for these products has been Belarus, which saw the volumes it imported increase by
During the month of June this year China's dairy imports increased in volume compared to the same month the previous year, in particular whole milk powder (+120.2%), milk and cream (+43.9%), butter and cheese (+27.7%) and infant formula (+18.0%). The general growth trend during the first half of this year amounted
Bars dedicated exclusively to milk? In China there are 50 of them and they are set to increase dramatically. The New Zealand Milk Bar brand is unknown in its country of origin but opened its fiftieth store in Shanghai, China, in May. The ultimate goal is to open at least