MD_DA126 Skim Milk Powder - Oceania Report 13 - Released on April 01, 2021 Oceania skim milk powder tweaked the price range by notching a lower range price while firming the upper end. Various factors are in play. Geographical reasons keep some customers from straying to sellers in other regions when the price differential is not too great. That leaves some buyers paying higher prices to source from Oceania. Other buyers are currently more motivated to shop around. Some of the lower prices are an effort to maintain customer relationships, especially with big volume buyers. It is not uncommon for small volume buyers needing prompt delivery to pay higher prices. Additionally, there is increasing variation among SMP plants in terms of available milk needing to be dried and, hence, production volumes. As the season progresses toward the end, observers say more plants are likely to dry milk into SMP. Plants with more SMP to sell are also more likely to make price deals. Prices for: Oceania, All First Sales, Free on Board - Port, Conventional, and Edible Skim Milk Powder Price Range - 1.25% Butterfat; $/MT: 3,350 - 3,475 Information for the period March 22 - April 2, 2021, issued biweekly Secondary Sourced Information: January – February 2021 SMP exports from New Zealand 57,000 MT, decreased 25.0 percent from January – February 2020, according to CLAL data made available to USDA. The main export destinations January - February 2021, quantities, and percent change from January – February 2020, were China, 20,672 MT, -4.77 percent; Indonesia, 6,997 MT, -5.80 percent; and Singapore, 4,317 MT, +37.62 percent. January 2021 SMP exports from Australia 9,900 MT, decreased 5.5 percent from January 2020, according to CLAL data made available to USDA. The main export destinations January 2021, quantities, and percent change from January 2020, were Indonesia, 3,318 MT, +38.34 percent; China, 1,960 MT, -41.35 percent; and Yemen, 1,287 MT, +496 percent. Published by: Dairy Market News - Madison, WI Eric Graf, 608.422.8590 Email: Eric.Graf@usda.gov Additional Dairy Market News Information: Dairy Market News (DMN) by Phone: (608)422-8602 DMN Website: https://www.ams.usda.gov/market-news/dairy DMN MARS (My Market News): https://mymarketnews.ams.usda.gov