According to preliminary data, the value of dairy product exports from Poland in the January-October period amounted to 2.83 billion euros, which was 9% lower compared to the same period last year. The positive trade balance was 1.43 billion euros, 13% lower.
Sales of dairy products to EU countries generated 67% of the revenue (1.9 billion euros, a decrease of 15.5%). The main recipients were Germany (18%, 503 million euros), the Czech Republic (7% – 190 million euros), and Italy (5% – 143 million euros).
The share of non-EU countries accounted for 33% of the value of dairy product exports from Poland. Export revenues amounted to €936 million and were 8% higher than a year earlier.
The largest shares in Polish exports went to the United Kingdom (5% – 142 million euros), Algeria (5% of export value – 137 million euros), Ukraine (3% – 95 million euros), China (3% – 76 million euros), and Saudi Arabia (2% – 53 million euros).
In November 2023, recorded milk purchases according to the Central Statistical Office amounted to 981.4 million liters, which was 2.1% higher than in November 2022 and 3.0% lower than the purchases of the previous month.
The net milk purchase price in November 2023 was 48 euros per 100 liters, which was 5.9% higher compared to the previous month, but still nearly a quarter (23.4%) lower than a year ago.
Agnieszka Maliszewska, Chairwoman of the Polish Dairy Chamber, expects 2024 to bring further serious challenges for the dairy sector. 'We will face even higher production costs and the costs of new legal regulations, such as those related to the deposit system, green transition, sustainable production, and many other aspects, whose impact will be felt not only by processors but also by consumers,' she said in her year-end statement.