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COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE GLOBAL DAIRY INDUSTRY"
Study Highlights
The full
range of participants in the dairy industry have struggled to make sense
of the recent increase in dairy prices, as well as the increased
volatility experienced in the last few years. A clear understanding
of the dynamics that have recently emerged, the duration of their
influence, and the ways in which they will affect your firm is critical
to successfully navigating the road ahead. The Tipton Group, Inc. and
Informa Economics, Inc. have joined forces to produce a comprehensive
economic analysis of the global dairy industry that will provide the
understanding and forward-looking view that so many in the dairy
industry have sought, but not yet found.
The analysis will
identify, describe and measure converging forces of change and
integration that have led to the current fledgling world market for
dairy products and evaluate whether and to what extent future price
surfaces for dairy products will be driven by global factors or more
traditional country-by-country considerations.
While much of the
focus in the industry has been on prices, there are important,
enduring
structural changes taking place that will affect the industry for years
to come. The report and analysis will focus on the following items:
• How long
will dairy prices remain at high current levels, and what will be
the new price surface going forward?
• What is
happening around the globe in terms of market demand, milk
production, processing capacity, products technology, ingredients
and trade activity?
• A balance
sheet-analysis of milk production and consumption by countries and
regions as well as projections for the future. Who will be the major
importing and exporting countries?
• What new
mechanisms are needed to facilitate price discovery, track and
report global supply/demand conditions and provide international
futures contracts
• What will
happen to dairy trade with and without a new trade agreement and
with new bilateral agreements?
• Is it
possible to eliminate major trade barriers such as health and
sanitation rules?
• How and to
what extent will governments regulate the economics of the industry?
