Notice Type
Departmental
Notice Title

Allocation of Export Licences for Designated Markets (Notice No. MPI 1035)

Pursuant to Schedule 5B of the Dairy Industry Restructuring Act 2001, notice is hereby given of the allocations of export licences for designated markets for the 2020 quota year.


Allocations (in kilograms) for the 2020 quota year

Butter to the European Communities

Sub-period one
(1 January to 30 June)

Sub-period two
(1 July to 31 December)

Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited

32,387,836

32,387,836

The Tatua Co-operative Dairy Company Limited

312,754

312,754

Open Country Dairy Limited

3,294,722

3,294,722

Synlait Milk Limited

1,351,188

1,351,188

Total Allocated

37,346,500

37,346,500

 

Cheese for Processing to the European Communities

Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited

3,468,902

The Tatua Co-operative Dairy Company Limited

33,498

Open Country Dairy Limited

352,881

Synlait Milk Limited

144,719

Total Allocated

4,000,000

 

Cheddar Cheese to the European Communities

Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited

6,070,578

The Tatua Co-operative Dairy Company Limited

58,621

Open Country Dairy Limited

617,542

Synlait Milk Limited

253,259

Total Allocated

7,000,000

 

Low Fat Cheese to the United States

Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited

874,549.00

The Tatua Co-operative Dairy Company Limited

nil

Open Country Dairy Limited

88,966

Synlait Milk Limited

36,485

Total Allocated

1,000,000

 

Cheddar Cheese to the United States

Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited

4,686,081

The Tatua Co-operative Dairy Company Limited

45,251

Open Country Dairy Limited

476,701

Synlait Milk Limited

195,499

Total Allocated

5,403,532

 

American Type Cheese to the United States

Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited

216,025

The Tatua Co-operative Dairy Company Limited

nil

Open Country Dairy Limited

21,976

Synlait Milk Limited

nil

Total Allocated

238,001

 

NSPF Cheese to the United States

Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited

5,642,627

The Tatua Co-operative Dairy Company Limited

54,488

Open Country Dairy Limited

574,008

Synlait Milk Limited

235,405

Total Allocated

6,506,528

 

Milk Powder to the Dominican Republic

Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited

4,162,682

The Tatua Co-operative Dairy Company Limited

40,197

Open Country Dairy Limited

423,458

Synlait Milk Limited

173,663

Total Allocated

4,800,000

 

Prepared Edible Fat to Japan

Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited

10,016,454

The Tatua Co-operative Dairy Company Limited

96,724

Open Country Dairy Limited

1,018,945

Synlait Milk Limited

417,877

Total Allocated

11,550,000


Important notes relating to allocation tables:

  1. The 2020 quota year for the United States of America, the European Communities and Dominican Republic is from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020. The 2020 quota year for prepared edible fat to Japan is from 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021.
  2. NSPF cheese is cows’ milk cheese not specifically provided for elsewhere in the schedule of the United States tariff rate quotas for cheese.
  3. All quantities listed are in kilograms. Some quantities listed have been rounded up or down to the nearest kilogram.
  4. Companies listed with ‘nil’ have applied for export quota in that specific market but do not qualify as their share in that market is less than 20 tonnes of product.
  5. Quota licences are subject to the European Communities requirements limiting total butter quota volume in sub-period one of the 2020 quota year for butter. No more than 50 percent of the total quantity for the year may be used in sub-period one (from 1 January to 30 June). However, any quantity not used in sub-period one may be used in sub-period two (1 July to 31 December).

Dated at Wellington this 7th day of October 2019.

Hon DAMIEN O’CONNOR, Minister of Agriculture.