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EU Farmgate Milk Prices

Published 23 January 12

EU Farmgate Milk Prices

• The November EU27 weighted average price stood at €35.24/100kg (31.14ppl), €0.32/100kg (0.9%) up on the previous month.

• The average UK farmgate price in November stood at €33.17/100kg (29.31ppl), which was the third lowest price of any nation in the EU15 after Spain and Portugal. The November price was €2.07/100kg (5.9%) less than the weighted average for the EU27, equivalent to 1.83ppl.

  The EU15 average price stood at €37.06/100kg (32.75ppl) in November, €0.21/100kg (0.6%) up on October and €2.20/100kg (6.3%) higher than the November 2010 average.

  The November EU27 weighted average price of €35.24/100kg (31.14ppl) was €0.32/100kg (0.9%) up on the previous month.  Compared with the previous year, the weighted average EU27 price for November was up €1.93/100kg (5.8%) - equivalent to 1.74ppl.

  Looking at the top-5 milk producing countries (Germany, France, UK, Netherlands & Italy), the average November price was €36.10/100kg (31.88ppl) which was a €0.37/100kg (0.9%) increase compared with the previous month.

  The average UK farmgate price in November stood at €33.17/100kg (29.31ppl), this was a €2.07/100kg (5.9%) increase on October.

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Provisional

Source: DG Agri

Source: DG Agri