MD_DA107 Whole Milk Powder - Europe Report 31 - Released on July 30, 2020 Whole milk powder prices in Western Europe are stronger. WMP manufacturers in Germany are close to sold out for Q3. This is reported from plants in many regions of the country. Similar reports come from plants in other countries in the top tier of Western European WMP producers, such as Netherlands and France. Export orders this year have been somewhat better than had been expected. Thus, spot markets are very quiet because there are hardly any free quantities available from manufacturers for current delivery. Buyers able to find small quantities available here or there often pay small surcharges. Prices for: Europe, All First Sales, Free on Board - Port, Conventional, and Edible Whole Milk Powder Price Range - 26% Butterfat; $/MT: 3,150 - 3,325 Information for the period July 20 - 31, 2020, issued biweekly Secondary Sourced Information: EU WMP production during May 2020 was 4.1 percent lower than May 2019, according to Eurostat. January – May 2020 WMP production was reported as 6.2 percent higher than January – May 2019. Looking at some of the primary Western European WMP producing countries January – May 2020 compared with January – March 2019, the percentage changes are Germany, +2.6 percent; France, +13.5 percent; and Netherlands, +15.9 percent, according to CLAL data provided to USDA. EU WMP exports January – May 2020, 136,117 MT, increased 8.3 percent from January – May 2019, according to Eucolait. The main export destinations for the first third of 2020, quantity, and percent of the total, were Oman, 16,516 MT, 15.4 percent; UK, 9,701 MT, 9 percent; and Nigeria, 6,729 MT, 6.3 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