The Tunisian dairy sector is doing well there?
The answer is yes given the figures on the market for milk collection (by passing the milk collection centers) that are in my opinion the most reliable as the grant of collection and cooling is calculated on the basis of these data.
At the end of September approximately 501 million L have passed through the system of collection centers cons 466,000,000 L during the same period 2009 (7.6% are 35 million plus L). During the month of September we recorded the strongest growth (+15.8% is 1,633,000 L / d in September 2010 vs. . 1,410,000 L / d in September 2009) (GIVRLAIT 2010)
This boom dairy we discussed earlier (see note published on this site 19/04/10) comes from the additive effect of several factors: i) the successive revisions of the producer price occurred since September 2007 ii) revision of the ceiling of the collection of 5 million liters per collection center per year to 7,000,000 L per center per year, iii) migration of milk in the informal sector to the organized sector and iv) but with lower proportions of fraudulent use of whey.
However we must not forget the other side of the coin: a huge stock of drinking milk, among other things caused by a fall in consumption. This decline could be explained in part by i) a tourist season below expectations (and because the onset of Ramadan during the summer season and ii) the excess of the psychological price of more than 1 package milk Dt
As we expected (see note published on this site 01/09/10) the quasi-totality of Dairy operators have passed their difficulties in stocking their purchasing activity and reception of raw milk which resulted in many casualties among the collection centers. Obviously if we want to see the glass as half full, these measures have helped to have raw milk from a physico-chemical almost "perfect" (the microbiological quality of raw milk Tunisia will be discussed later)
Department Trade has allocated a quota to export 3 million liters of milk for all dairy operators (milk beverage), but this measure is laudable not solve the problem of these operators. The Algerian market remains inaccessible and knows the Libyan market hegemony of dairy products (all categories) but the Egyptian advantage of our products remains a much higher quality for equivalent prices. These approaches require exploration of time not playing for different operators.
The outcome of this crisis positively or negatively affect the next lactation, which is already proving difficult because of speculation in the markets for different feed concentrates simple.
