Guaranteed price August 32 euros

14 August 2012

The FrieslandCampina guaranteed price for raw milk for August 2012 is 32 euros per 100 kilogrammes of milk. The guaranteed price for August consequently remains at the same level as in June and July.

The guaranteed price for August remains stable because the prices paid for raw milk from the reference companies are expected to change hardly, if at all. The fat price in August 2012 will rise to 2,93 euros per kilogramme, while the protein price will fall to 6,52 euros per kilogramme (July 2012: 2.85 euros and 6.52 euros respectively). The guaranteed price applies to 100 kilogrammes of milk with a fat content of 4.41% and a protein content of 3.47% and is exclusive of VAT.

Guaranteed price per month
In euros per 100 kilogrammes of milk at 4.41% fat and 3.47% protein, excluding VAT.

	guaranteed price per month	cumulative average	guaranteed price per month	cumulative average
	2012		2011
August	32.00	33.63	37.25	36.82
July	32,00	33.86	38.00	36.76
June	32.00	34.17	38.00	36.55
May	32.75	34.60	38.00	36.26
April	33.75	35.06	36.00	35.83
March	34.25	35.50	36.00	35.77
February	35.75	36.13	35.65	35.65
January	36.50	36.50	35.65	35.65
	2011		2010
December	37.50	36.88	35.65	32.39
November	37.25	36.82	35.65	32.10
October	37.00	36.78	34.65	31.74
September	36.25	36.76	33.75	31.42

Fat and protein price per month
in euros

	Price per kilogramme of fat		Price per kilogramme of protein
	2012	2011	2012	2011
August	2.93	4.64	6.43	5.77
July	2,85	4.55	6,52	6.10
June	2.71	4.42	6.69	6.26
May	3.05	4.40	6.46	6.26
April	3.43	4.50	6.27	5.55
March	3.74	4.29	6.02	5.82
February	3.88	4.00	6.27	6.09
January	4.01	4.02	6.32	6.06
	2012	2011	2012	2011
December	4.36	4.07	6.16	5.98
November	4.49	4.12	5.94	5.94
October	4.54	4.05	5.80	5.74
September	4.54	4.14	5.59	5.39