The Spanish dairy industry believes that the sector's future is compromised by changes in consumption and increased imports

Published 2024년 3월 5일

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The Spanish dairy sector is facing challenges due to changing consumption patterns and an influx of low-value cheese imports from northern Europe, according to the National Federation of Dairy Industries (Fenil). In 2023, despite a slight increase in overall milk and dairy product sales, traditional Spanish cheese sales fell by over 3%. Fenil also noted that milk and dairy product imports reached a decade-high of 890,000 tons in 2023, posing a threat to the national cheese sector, which is largely made up of small and medium-sized family businesses.

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The National Federation of Dairy Industries (Fenil) believes that the viability of the Spanish dairy sector is compromised by changes in consumption patterns with events such as the growth of imports of low added value cheeses from northern Europe that "put at risk check» to the sector. In addition, the inflationary situation has caused the consumer to take more "refuge" in the distributor's brand and that dairy consumption has stagnated in Spain during 2023, with yogurts, smoothies and national cheeses being the categories that have suffered the most, according to The federation has indicated in the presentation of its new barometer. Specifically, Spanish households consumed 4,233 million tons of milk and dairy products last year, which represents a "discreet variation" of + 0.16% compared to the previous year, according to data prepared by Circana (formerly IRI). Although total sales grew in value due to the increase in prices, the sector observes "with concern the change that ...

Source: Agroinformacion