The dairy sector in Portugal warns that production is in danger

Published Jun 1, 2022

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The Association of Milk Producers of Portugal (Aprolep) has warned of a potential crisis in the milk production sector due to a 53% rise in costs over the past year, which has led to a decrease in profitability. The association blames the Portuguese Government for abandoning the sector and calls for a change in attitude and an update on the milk pricing policy. Aprolep also criticized the government's lack of support for the sector in the wake of the war in Ukraine.

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The Association of Milk Producers of Portugal (Aprolep) warned today that production is at risk after the 53% rise in costs in the last year and accused the Portuguese Government of "abandoning" the sector." an urgent update of the price of milk and a change of attitude, the production of Portuguese milk is heading towards extinction," the entity warned in a statement, in which it pointed out that "more and more producers and larger ones are leaving the sector." .Aprolep assured that, with the increase in the costs of feeding the cows, the price of producing a liter of milk increased by 53% in the last year, while the amount of sales only increased by 23%. For this reason, he requested that the price at which producers sell milk -currently 40 cents per liter in mainland Portugal and 33 in the Azores- be indexed "to the evolution of production costs." "Industry and distribution must urgently raise the price of milk to the producer up to 50 cents to save milk production in Portugal, ...

Source: Cope