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Milk: Prices

Answer

The milk price in pence per litre in EU member states recorded by the European Commission for the last five years is given as follows (some data are unavailable).Recent monthly figures from the Commission show that the UK has the lowest average raw milk price of all EU member states.

Member state	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Austria	21.03	24.01	31.76	26.66	28.10
Belgium	18.96	24.48	26.14	21.76	26.93
Bulgaria	—	—	—	23.30	24.42
Czech Rep.	18.89	20.83	26.86	20.78	24.99
Cyprus	28.35	29.23	40.70	46.90	45.34
Denmark	20.35	22.37	30.42	25.30	28.22
Estonia	17.08	19.01	24.26	19.35	24.51
Finland	25.21	26.53	37.55	36.39	32.83
France	20.55	22.27	29.69	27.43	27.35
Germany	18.93	23.07	27.36	21.79	27.36
Greece	24.55	27.32	35.36	34.61	32.99
Hungary	16.58	20.17	26.27	19.73	23.03
Ireland	19.11	24.72	29.06	22.74	27.19
Italy	22.52	24.25	30.62	28.08	29.89
Latvia	16.50	18.66	22.55	17.16	22.21
Lithuania	14.30	17.24	20.75	16.78	22.24
Luxembourg	21.40	25.52	30.78	24.66	26.32
Malta	—	—	—	—	—
Netherlands	19.52	23.22	29.40	24.61	27.77
Poland	17.85	20.88	24.74	20.38	24.17
Portugal	19.23	22.38	29.71	26.67	25.34
Romania	—	—	—	18.71	21.18
Slovakia	17.58	20.49	26.38	19.26	24.15
Slovenia	18.55	19.79	27.03	23.80	23.74
Spain	20.80	25.00	31.00	26.82	25.98
Sweden	20.12	22.12	29.42	24.04	29.74
United Kingdom	17.98	20.80	25.78	23.71	24.65
Source:
DG Agri and DairyCo

UK dairy farmers are among the most efficient and competitive in Europe. I have challenged the industry to capture more of domestic and export markets given the low farmgate price paid relative to our European competitors.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

68426; 532 c56-7W

Session

2010-12

Subjects

Prices Milk

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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