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Milk: Prices

Volume 497: debated on Wednesday 14 October 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the average price per litre paid to (a) farmers, (b) purchasers and (c) supermarkets for milk was in each year since 1997. (291926)

The following tables show annual UK farmgate and retail milk prices. No information is available on prices paid at all other points in the supply chain.

The farmgate price is calculated from monthly surveys of milk purchasers conducted in England and Wales by DEFRA, in Scotland by RERAD and in Northern Ireland by DARD. The farmgate price is the average price received by producers, net of delivery charges. No deduction has been made for superlevy.

UK farmgate milk price

Units ( pence per litre)

1997

22

1998

19

1999

18

2000

17

2001

19

2002

17

2003

18

2004

18

2005

18

2006

18

2007

21

2008

26

Source:

DEFRA

Average retail prices are published monthly by the ONS.

UK annual average retail price of whole milk

Units (pence per litre)

1997

62

1998

60

1999

60

2000

60

2001

65

2002

63

2003

64

2004

62

2005

61

2006

61

2007

65

2008

74

Source:

ONS