Germany and Holland punish Spanish cheese with low-priced products

Published Mar 7, 2024

Tridge summary

The Spanish dairy industry is grappling with changing consumer habits, as reported by the National Federation of Dairy Industries (FeNIL). There has been a stagnation in dairy food consumption, with a shift towards private labels and cheaper imported cheeses, especially from northern Europe. Traditional Spanish cheeses, yogurts, and smoothies have seen a decline in sales, while liquid milk sales have seen a slight increase. In 2023, Spain imported a record 890,000 tons of milk and dairy products, significantly more than the 510,000 tons exported by the country's dairy industries.

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Changes in consumption patterns put the Spanish dairy sector in check, warns the National Federation of Dairy Industries (FeNIL), which has presented its third edition of its barometer, which periodically disseminates the most relevant data on the activity. Last year ended with a stagnation in the consumption of dairy foods, but the industry warns that the inflationary context encourages consumers to take refuge in private labels and imports of cheeses with low added value. Many of these cheese products come from northern Europe and are gaining positions on supermarket shelves and in the shopping basket of Spaniards. Yogurts, smoothies and national cheeses are the categories that suffer the most. Sales of yogurts and dairy desserts fell 3.1%, as well as smoothies, which fell 2.5%. Liquid milk experienced a rise of 1.8% and, although cheese as a whole grew by 1.1%, the volume of sales of traditional Spanish cheese fell by more than 3%, dairy industries maintain. Regarding imports ...

Source: Lne