European Commission proposes extension to storage aid scheme for dairy products
A proposal to extend private storage aid (PSA) for butter and SMP will be voted on next week by the European Commission according to DairyCo.
A proposal to extend private storage aid (PSA) for butter and SMP will be voted on next week by the European Commission according to DairyCo.
Declined purchasing capacity does not prevent stable increase of prices for fresh milk products. Every month almost all operators increase the prices for basic assortment by 3-5%.
Situation with demand for dairy products is complicated in Russia – prices are growing, people began to save expenses.
Taking into account prompt increase of prices for hard cheeses, consumer demand was essentially weakened in October.
It seems the Russian vendors managed to stop the outlined in the beginning of October tendency of price decline.
Dairy prices at GlobalDairyTrade returned to declining, albeit by a small level overall, amid ideas that buyers, in the absence of large Chinese buying, remain relaxed about purchases, even at among hte cheapest levels in five years.
Despite Russian ban on import, there are no big surpluses of milk on Ukrainian market. The situation is rescued by seasonal reduction of production.
Rabobank Dairy Research specialist Sandy Chen told members of the Irish trade delegation visiting China this week that it will take up to 12 months for the Chinese market to strengthen significantly.
Belarusians aim to gain from trade with Russia. Officials, by force of habit, hastened to increase the floor export prices in autumn. But they appeared to be too high in comparison with market prices. Now vendors are compelled to trade generally under “gray” schemes.
In conditions of total trading ban of Russia and price decline on the world dairy market, only seasonal reduction of milk production”rescues” the Ukrainian operators.