- EU-27 butter prices: now at 360 €/100 kg, -0.8% down in last 4 weeks
- EU-27 SMP prices: now at 259 €/100 kg, -1.0% down in last 4 weeks
- EU-27 WMP prices: now at 304 €/100 kg, -0.4% up in last 4 weeks
- EU-27 cheddar prices: now at 305€ /100 kg: +0.8% up in last 4 weeks
- IT spot milk price down to 37.8 c/kg (16 Feb. 2020)
- Feed costs higher +0.2% and energy costs -6.7 % in week 7 compared to the previous 4 weeks
- GDT: the general price index decreased by -2.9% (2nd time in 2020). Price increased for cheddar (+5.3%) but decreased for butter (-3.9%), SMP (-2.6%) and WMP (-2.6%) at the last auction (18/02)
- Last 2 weeks, significant decrease of WMP prices in Oceania (-6.2%)
- Butter prices: EU-27 and US are almost at the same level.
- SMP prices: US is now more competitive than EU-27 & Oceania
- China imports increased in 2019: SMP (+23%), WMP (+29%), cheese (+6%), condensed (+26%) (in volume).
- EU+UK exports of butter, SMP & cheeses was impressive in 2019 (in volume): +41%, +18% & +6% respectively
- EU+UK exports of butter & cheese to the US: +21% (33 860 t) & +4% (139 101 t) in 2019
- EU+UK butter and cheese exports to Japan: +48% & +7% respectively
- EU+UK cheese exports to Canada: +15% in 2019, 8th place
- EU+UK SMP exports to China +38%, Indonesia +27% and Philippines +80% in 2019
- Milk production in Dec. 2019: NZ (-0.5%), AUS (0.0%) and US (+0.7%)
Full data available: ec.europa.eu
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