Market situation and perspectives Carlos MARTÍN ÓVILO DG Agriculture and Rural Development European Commission Dairy Press Tour 2013 Charmey - 27.10.2013 1. Milk quota system 2. International competitiveness 3. Internal market 2 Milk Quota system • Introduced in 1984, for 8 years. • Extended in 1992 and 1999 reforms. • CAP 2003 reform: Quota until 1 April 2015. • Health Check 2008: soft landing (5 x 1% in 2009 – 2013). 3 1. Milk quota system 2. International competitiveness 3. Internal market 4 EU competitiveness - Milk 5 Increasing demand: The main driver in the dairy outlook 6 EU dairy exports (in 1 000 t) 7 EU world market share 8 EU exports of dairy products (in milk equivalent) in % of EU Milk production 12% 10.6% 10.2% 10.7% 10.7% 10.7% 10.8% 10.8% 11.0% 11.1% 11% 10.3% 10.1% 10% 9.5% 9.0% 9% 8% 7.7% 7% 6% 2 009 2 010 2 011 2012e 2013f 2014f 2015f 2016f 2017f 2018f 2019f 2020f 2021f 2022f Source : DG AGRI Medium Term Outlook, Eurostat (Comext) 9 1. Milk quota system 2. International competitiveness 3. Internal market 10 Milk production below quota Evolution of EU Milk deliveries and Direct sales versus quota 160 000 155 000 Fat correction Total EU Direct Sales 150 000 Total EU Deliveries (not incl. fat correction) 145 000 Total Quota (Deliveries + Direct Sales) 135 000 130 000 139 669 140 480 137 623 134 464 135 191 135 047 132 825 132 602 122 651 115 948 115 851 115 462 114 574 114 765 114 061 114 244 113 876 113 879 125 000 1000 Tonnes 140 000 120 000 115 000 110 000 105 000 14-15 13-14 12-13 11-12 10-11 09-10 08-09 07-08 06-07 05-06 04-05 03-04 02-03 01-02 00-01 99-00 98-99 97-98 96-97 95-96 100 000 11 Milk production versus quota in the various MS EU Deliveries Overshoot/Under use (in % of quota) IT LU ES IE BE LV EE FR SI CZ PT UK FI MT SK LT SE HU EL RO BG + 0.1% + 0.1% + 5% - 30% - 35% - 40% in % of Available Quantity - 25% - 45% - 47.3% - 50% - 55% - 55.3% - 23.7% - 21.7% - 20% - 21.0% - 17.5% - 14.3% - 13.8% - 11.8% - 7.4% - 3.6% - 3.6% - 3.0% - 2.9% - 2.3% - 6.5% - 10.1% - 15% - 26.5% 2012/13 - 10% - 19.9% 2011/12 - 5% - 11.7% 2010/11 - 0.4% - 0% - 0.4% + 0.4% + 10% + 0.8% + 3.6% AT CY DK PL DE NL - 60% - 65% 12 Milk production prospects versus quota 13 EU milk production 14 Cheese prospects 15 SMP prospects 16 Butter prospects 17 WMP prospects 18 CAP 2020 for milk political deal 1. Milk quota expiry on 31 March 2015 confirmed 2. Public intervention • for butter and SMP • from 1 March until 31 September each year • up to 50 000 t for butter at a fixed price of 221.75 €/100 kg • up to 109 000 t for SMP at a fixed price of 169.80 €/100 kg • Automatic tendering if and when ceilings reached 3. Private storage aid possible for butter, SMP and certain PDO/PGI cheeses, if necessary 4. Takeover of the Milk Package 5. Exceptional measures against market disturbance, animal diseases, loss of consumer confidence, 6. Minor unused schemes abolished (milk powder for feed and skimmed milk for casein) 7. Reformed direct payments (including possibility for coupled payments) & rural development policy 19 Conclusions • No shocks expected in terms of production at the end of quotas in 2015 • Increasing share of EU milk exported • Remain competitive at international level will be essential for internal market balance 20 Information on milk market: http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/milk/index_en.htm PAC 2020: http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/cap-post-2013/index_en.htm Conference "The EU dairy sector: developing beyond 2015": http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/events/dairy-conference2013_en.htm Thank you for your attention !