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Article: DAIRY PRODUCTS : COMMISSION RUNNING OUT OF PATIENCE ON MILK.
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- Europe Agri
- Article date:
- November 6, 2009
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After announcing, on 19 October in Luxembourg, 280 million in aid for the milk producers currently suffering the most, the European Commission, on 22 October, put the breaks on further spending in the sector. Aid of 228 per tonne of exported skimmed milk powder was cancelled outright. Furthermore, grants are now only 175 per tonne on powdered whole fat milk (down 50%) and 377 per tonne on butter (down 42%).
These measures took into account the demand of exporters, considered to be excessive (61,000 tonnes for butter and 175,000 tonnes for skimmed milk powder), Commission sources explained. "These adjustments are in line with the changes in prices in the EU and ...