So far in 2023, the sector’s placements have shown improvements, with whole powdered milk and cheeses as prominent products.
In the midst of the controversy with the Conaprole union, the National Milk Institute (Inale) published its monthly report for April giving good news for the sector, since exports, so far in 2023, have risen by 17% -being Algeria, Brazil and China the main destinations-, while in the interannual comparison an increase in turnover in cheese and whole powdered milk stands out with increases of 24 and 31%, respectively.
According to the monthly report of the Inale, which was accessed Scope.com, In the first four months of the year, compared to the same period in 2022, dairy exports grew by 17%. Of this total, 39% is destined for Brazilwhile 17% belong to Algeria and 7% to China. To a lesser extent, it follows Russia with 5% and Mexico With 3%.
Whole powdered milk and cheese, the protagonists
Regarding billing, whole powdered milk was the one with the highest percentage with 31% compared to the same month of 2022, with $52.3 million and an accumulated so far this year of 195.4 million dollars. Second, there is the cheese with an increase of 24% year-on-year with 9.2 million dollars in the month and an accumulated of 41.6 million dollars.
On the contrary, skimmed milk powder suffered a considerable drop in 53% compared to April 2022 with $2.3 million billed and cumulative this year of $14.4 million. The butterfor its part, also suffered a drop of 16% with an accumulated 21.7 million dollars in the year and a monthly turnover of 3.1 million dollars.
Regarding volumes, whole milk powder is also on point with 52,318 tons placed so far this year, obtaining 33% more than in the same period last year and a monthly production of 13,833 tons. Skimmed powdered milk suffered a 55% drop in sales with an annual cumulative of 3,956 tons and a monthly cumulative of 666 tons.
A conflict that does not give respite
Fresh milk was in short supply in Uruguay last week due to the forceful measures carried out by the Association of Workers and Employees of Conaprole (AOEC) caused by a conflict with the company after the incorporation of a new packaging machinery in the plant of Villa Rodriguez.
The last measure had to do with the blocking 130,000 liters of milk by the workers, although from AOEC they expressed that it was by “decision of the chamber diprolacfrom the employers of the distributors, who understood that they were not going to load as long as there was not enough stock”, according to what the leader had told the prisoner Luis Goichea.
Source: Ambito
