Butter - Oceania USDA - Thu Oct 22, 2:30PM UTC MD_DA124
Butter/Butteroil - Oceania
Report 43 - Released on October 22, 2020
In Oceania the butter price range strengthened. Butter markets have tightened in the near
term. Manufacturing remains quite active but contracts for future delivery keep some newly
produced butter unavailable. Cream availability will be declining seasonally. That has led
to some buyers being increasingly motivated to secure supply commitments of butter. This is
both due to likely tighter availability from non-GDT sales, as well as expected higher
prices moving forward. Butter volumes offered at this week�s GDT event were lower than two
weeks ago.
Oceania, 82% Butterfat, Free on Board - Port Butter
Price Range - $/MT: 3,625 - 3,825
Information for the period October 12 - 23, 2020, issued biweekly
Secondary Sourced Information:
Seasonal butter exports from Australia July � August 2020, 2,521 MT, increased 61.1 percent
from July � August 2019 according to Dairy Australia.
Butter exports from New Zealand January � August 2020, 278,000 MT, decreased 8.8 percent
from January � August 2019 according to CLAL data made available to USDA.
At GDT event 270 on October 20, the butter all contracts price, $3,678, increased 3.3
percent. The November contract, $3,820 increased 3.2 percent.
Published by:
Dairy Market News - Madison, WI
Eric Graf, 608.422.8590
Email: Eric.Graf@usda.gov
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