Interesante los conceptos de IAPUCo donde menciona que «la cadena láctea cuenta con dos eslabones primarios representados por los tambos y la industria procesadora, que interactúan entre sí en dos planos complementarios: (1°) como “SOCIOS” de un mismo complejo productivo, por un lado; y (2°) en una relación “PROVEEDOR-CLIENTE” en sus transacciones cotidianas, por el otro. De este modo, los intereses económicos de los actores, son compartidos en el primer plano, pero opuestos y encontrados en el segundo.»
The business relationship between the argentine producer and the processing industry, local always presented turbulence product, mainly for the lack of transparency and communication. The feeling that there is a positioning dominant part of the industry is deeply rooted among the producers, although it is interesting to observe the concentration analysis of the dairy industry in the region following chart that we put together with data from the Observatory of the Dairy Chain to Argentina (OCLA) for Argentina, Chile and Uruguay more contributed by MilkPoint and Agricultural census of the IBGE for those of Brazil. There we observe the proportion of the volume of milk processed by the first 5 industries of each country and the percentage of co-operatives by intervening in the market. From there, it is seen that there is greater competition for milk in Argentina than in the rest of the region and also a much lower participation of cooperatives.
The OCLA has also recently published the rankings updated of the main industries milk argentine. In the next chart, we look at the 5 main local companies and its evolution in receipt journal 2023-2024 versus 2020. It is important to highlight the evolution experienced by SAVENCIA that, with the acquisition of Williner, has jumped from 9° to 3° place among the companies operating in Argentina:
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