MD_DA107                                                         
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MD DA107 Whole Milk Powder - Europe                              

MADISON, WI.  September 28, 2017 (REPORT 39)                     

WESTERN EUROPE                                                   
INFORMATION GATHERED  09/18/2017 - 09/29/2017                    
U.S. DOLLARS PER METRIC TON, FOB PORT                            

WHOLE MILK POWDER (WMP):   

       European whole milk powder prices weakened with some variation country to 
country. Buying interest is quiet. Most production is underway to meet contract 
obligations. The spot market is very quiet. 
       According to Eucolait, January through July 2017 whole milk production is 
0.5 percent above 2016 production for the same time frame. July whole milk powder 
production is 2.0 percent below 2016 July production. The top four WMP producing 
countries, Netherlands, France, Germany, and Denmark marked 2017 January-July 
production compared to 2016 respectively as: 16.1 percent, 1.1 percent, -1.4 
percent and 3.0 percent.
       If you are reading the text version of this report, you will not be able to 
see graphs which can be viewed at 
https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/dywweeklyreport.pdf when the Dairy Market News 
Weekly report is released Friday of the report week.

       

 
       
Data from Eucolait. Chart by USDA Dairy Market News
       
       January-July EU WMP exports, 238,924 MT, increased 3.5 percent from the same 
period one year earlier, according to Eucolait. The range of monthly percentage 
changes in cumulative export volumes varies from +3.5 percent in July, to +19.9 
percent in January. Export volumes and primary destinations are shown in the 
following table:
 
  		              EU WMP Exports
                 	Main Three Destinations 
                 	January-July 2017 
 
Destination       	Quantity(MT)   Percent of Total  
Algeria               47,831                20.0
Oman                  24,393                10.2 
China                 12,604                 5.3
                                                                                                      
26% BUTTERFAT:                           3,500 - 3,825           


0930c eric.graf@ams.usda.gov 
USDA/AMS/Dairy Market News, Madison, Wisconsin
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