The dairy activity in each country presents a hue particular, but if there is something that unites us all is the desire for the improvement of the international markets. Is ending the year and as usual the USDA (Department of Agriculture of the united States) estimates for the remainder of 2017, and projections to the year 2018 for each country, generating the information that is input to the actors of the sector. USDA estimates that the main exporters during the year 2018 will increase their production at around 1.3% on 2017, with the main concern is the level of stocks of skim milk powder is observed in the European Common Market (exceeds +40% to the volume generated during the crisis of 2009 -see chart with historical evolution-). In the following graph we can observe the relative evolution (2015=1) of the milk production of the 5 major exporters, and the level of stock to the milk's most important international trade. According to some analysts, would be considering the possibility of allocating part of these stocks to animal consumption.
References: LPE= Milk Powder; LPD= Skim Milk Powder
