Dairy product prices fall 5.9% in GDT auction, volumes rise
Prices of dairy products fall, mirroring a broader decline in New Zealand's primary sector exports in the face of doubts about the strength of the world's economic recovery.
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BUSINESSDESK: Prices of dairy products fell in Fonterra’s latest GlobalDairyTrade auction, mirroring a broader decline in New Zealand’s primary sector exports in the face of doubts about the strength of the world’s economic recovery.
The GDT-TWI Price Index fell 5.9% compared to the last sale in June. The average winning price dropped to $US2787 a metric tonne from $US3042 a tonne two weeks ago.
Whole milk powder, the biggest product by volume, fell 4.1% to $US2760 a tonne and skim milk powder fell 9.8% to $US2599 a tonne.
The sale comes a day after figures showed the ANZ Commodity Price Index, which measures a basket of New Zealand export commodities, fell to the lowest level in more than two years in June, as Europe’s debt crisis weighed on global prices.
Dairy prices fell to a 33-month low, led by whole milk powder, the ANZ index showed. Exporters are also feeling the impact of a kiwi dollar that has risen back above 80 US cents.
The total volume sold rose to 38,066 tonnes from 25,606 tonnes in the previous auction.
In the latest GDT auction, anhydrous milk fat fell 10.4% to $US2745 a tonne and cheddar dropped 0.7% to $US3060 a tonne. Butter milk powder fell 0.7% to an average $US2483 a tonne and lactose declined 3.8% to $US1916 a tonne.
Milk protein concentrate fell 3.6% to $US4065 a tonne and rennet casein fell 4.5% to $US6443 a tonne.
There were 132 winning bidders over 12 rounds. There were 168 participating bidders out of a total number of qualified bidders that rose to 681 from 667.
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Dairy product prices fall 5.9% in GDT auction, volumes rise
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