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Quota
Published 12 October 09
Provisional figures have been provided by the RPA which give butterfat adjusted milk deliveries of 13,096 million litres for 2008/09. Taking into account permanent and predicted temporary conversions, this puts the UK at 1.3 billion litres under quota, 76.5% more than the previous year. This deficit is 569.8 million litres greater than 2007/08, however, start-of-year quota for 2008/09 did increase 2.5% - 348 million litres to 14,569.2 million litres from 2007/08.
The 2008/09 milk year saw a continuing fall in the number of dairy farmers while the number of dairy cows also fell 2.3% between June 2007 and June 2008. Production often affected by weather and in 2008 the UK saw the wettest January since 1928 and this contributed towards the annual rainfall being at the highest level seen since 2000. Click here for monthly production figures.
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Annual Production and Quota (million litres) |
2005/06 |
2006/07 |
2007/08 |
2008/09 |
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Start-of-year wholesale quota |
14,062.3 |
14,130.0 |
14,201.0 |
14,549.2 |
|
Permanent conversions |
2.9 |
1.1 |
-6.8 |
4.6 |
|
Temporary conversions |
-63.8 |
-54.8 |
-54.3 |
-42.1 |
|
End-of-year wholesale quota |
14,001.4 |
14,076.3 |
14,139.9 |
14,410.3 |
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Annually declared deliveries not butterfat adjusted |
13,604.0 |
13,492.4 |
13,182.5 |
12,882.4 |
|
Annually declared deliveries butterfat adjusted |
13,735.4 |
13,661.0 |
13,395.2 |
13,095.8 |
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Deliveries under/over quota |
-266.0 |
-409.5 |
-744.7 |
-1,314.5 |
Quota Position by Region
The table below shows each regions position relative to quota for 2008/09. All regions within the UK finished 2008/09 below quota, overall the UK is 9.1% (1.3 billion litres) under quota. In England the West was 262.4 million litres under quota, while on a percentage basis the East was 21.2% below quota. Overall England was 11.2% (1.1 billion litres below quota), Wales was 11.0% under quota and Scotland 4.5% under quota. Northern Ireland was the closest to quota, just 0.2% - 3.6 million litres below quota.
For more information on quota by region click here.
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Wholesale Production Quota Position 2008/09 |
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Volume (litres) Under/Over Quota |
% |
|
West |
-262,361,880 |
-13.63% |
|
East |
-46,848,518 |
-21.17% |
|
East Midlands |
-84,255,061 |
-12.57% |
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North East |
-13,949,929 |
-9.56% |
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Cheshire |
-89,944,485 |
-10.99% |
|
Cumbria |
-75,757,324 |
-8.57% |
|
Grt. Manchester |
-6,020,178 |
-20.58% |
|
North West |
-54,978,180 |
-9.62% |
|
South East |
-89,783,107 |
-13.88% |
|
Cornwall |
-62,178,532 |
-10.85% |
|
Devon |
-72,104,903 |
-7.00% |
|
West Midlands |
-137,971,994 |
-10.03% |
|
Yorks & Humberside |
-77,100,198 |
-11.45% |
|
ENGLAND |
-1,073,254,289 |
-11.22% |
|
WALES |
-176,910,837 |
-10.97% |
|
SCOTLAND |
-59,035,414 |
-4.46% |
|
NORTHERN IRELAND |
-3,621,212 |
-0.19% |
|
UK |
-1,312,821,752 |
-9.11% |
Quota by holding size
The figures below show the number of wholesale quota holders and the amount of quota held by each category for the 2008/09 milk year. There are currently 16,810 wholesale quota holders in the UK and they hold over 14.4 billion litres of quota. Over 70% (11,927) of wholesale quota holders hold between up to 1 million litres of quota, the majority of quota holders hold between 200,000 litres and 999,999 litres. Only 0.5% (86) hold over five million litres of quota, however, these 86 holders account for 4.3% of all wholesale quota.
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UK Net Wholesale Quota by Holding Size 2008/09 |
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(Litres) |
Number of Quota Holders |
Net Quota (Million Litres) |
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< 100,000 |
456 |
26,543,764 |
|
100,000 - 199,999 |
1,237 |
189,524,485 |
|
200,000 - 499,999 |
4,843 |
1,671,098,431 |
|
500,000 - 749,999 |
3,226 |
1,991,925,298 |
|
750,000 - 999,999 |
2,165 |
1,877,278,321 |
|
1,000,000 - 1,249,999 |
1,618 |
1,791,974,239 |
|
1,250,000 - 1,499,999 |
952 |
1,298,170,507 |
|
1,500,000 - 1,749,999 |
691 |
1,117,590,573 |
|
1,750,000 - 1,999,999 |
454 |
846,104,205 |
|
2,000,000 - 2,249,999 |
327 |
689,835,573 |
|
2,250,000 - 2,499,999 |
202 |
478,229,388 |
|
2,500,000 - 2,749,999 |
130 |
340,933,411 |
|
2,750,000 - 2,999,999 |
122 |
350,762,989 |
|
3,000,000 - 4,999,999 |
301 |
1,117,715,492 |
|
> 5,000,000 |
86 |
622,785,381 |
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TOTAL |
16,810 |
14,410,472,057 |
Source: RPA