Spain: The dairy industry demands fair prices

2022 is "marked by uncertainty and the inflationary spiral of production costs", which are cutting the margins of the industries, which have not transferred to the distribution the increase in the price of milk at origin (price paid by the industry to the farmer), and their own production costs. The general director of the Federation has pointed out that the dairy industry is suffering especially from the rise in the price of gas and electricity, since it is an intensive sector in energy consumption. In addition, the rise in the cost of raw materials for farmers is passing through to the price of milk at source, which has already increased by 45% so far this year, and which is expected to end the year at a significantly higher value. higher. However, the retail price of liquid milk has registered an increase of 25%. Luis Calabozo wanted to highlight that, despite the difficulty of the context and the continued increase in the price of milk at source, the processing industry ...