The price of pasteurized milkpacked in polyethylene bags (with a fat content of not less than 2.6%) that is sold to the public throughout the national territory will experience an increase of $1 per liter (+2.7%) and from this Friday the 11th it will cost $37 per literaccording to a decree of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEC).
In September 2021, which was the last increase, the price had advanced considerably more (6.82%), from $33.70 to $36 per liter.
The adjustment, which arises from the semi-annual review of the parameter defined by the Executive Branch to update the tariffed price of this product, It will be valid until September 2022.
The previous raises
September 2021: 6.82%
March 2021: 2.68%
September 2020: 4.85%
March 2020: 7%
Little for the cast
This increase of $1 per liter generates very little additional income for each of the members of the dairy agribusiness chain.given that by defining it in one way, it must be “distributed” among producers, the industry, distributors and the merchant.
A farmer consulted by The Observer He explained that in the case of Conaprole, the main national dairy industry, barely 10% of the total milk coming from the dairy farms and received in its plants is used for the production of fresh milk.
Every day Conaprole receives around 5,000,000 liters and what is destined for fresh consumption is about 400 thousand liters.
Yes, the increase in payments to other dairy farmers may have more weight, sending in those cases to industries such as Calcar or Coleme, where the weight of “milk in a bag” is greater in the portfolio of dairy products that are produced.
Other increases
- The ministerial decree specifies that if it is delivered at home, an experience that has increased in the current scenario of measures aimed at minimizing the impacts of covid, it is authorized to charge $ 37.30 per liter.
- At the same time, the price to the retailer must be $36.37 per liter.
- It is clarified that in the case of buyers of consignments not less than 50 liters in griddle from pasteurization plants or concentration centers (not including the bromatological rate) the price must be $31.93 per liter.
- Finally, purchasers of wholesale items must be discounted by 0.5% of the price just mentioned.
Every six months the price of fresh milk on the bag is adjusted.
What comes to the farmer
In January, the dairy farmer received an average of $15.90 per liter of milk sent, based on data from Inale and considering the total amount sent. For milk sent to Conaprole in February, the cooperative announced an increase that leaves the value at $17.22.
Next, the mentioned decree:
Milk Price Resolution Mar22 by john samuel on Scribd
