Dairy products are imported, especially cheeses, because in Spain the most expensive milk in the EU is paid at source

The National Federation of Dairy Industries (FeNIL) presented this Tuesday the 3rd the Barometer of the dairy sector, an initiative aimed at periodically disseminating the most relevant data on the sector. In this first installment it has been revealed that Spain has the most expensive milk at source paid to the farmer in the EU (except Malta and Cyprus), which has led to the massive entry of foreign processed dairy products, particularly cheeses, to more competitive prices, displacing national ones on the shelves and in the shopping basket. According to the latest data from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the European Commission, the price of raw cow's milk in Spain in the month of August was 0.515 euros per kilo, compared to 0.410 in Germany or 0.452 in France. The European Union average stood at 0.436 euros per kilo. This fact "has generated unequal competition in the markets, harming Spanish dairy products. The situation is especially worrying in the cheese ...