Gazette.govt.nzUnder Schedule 5B of the Dairy Industry Restructuring Act 2001, notice is given of the allocations of export licences for designated markets for the 2023 quota year.
Allocations (in kilograms) for the 2023 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 | 20,031,427 | 20,031,427 |
| The Tatua Co-operative Dairy Company Limited | 201,202 | 201,202 |
| Open Country Dairy Limited | 2,230,853 | 2,230,853 |
| Synlait Milk Limited | 1,125,018 | 1,125,018 |
| Total Allocated | 23,588,500 | 23,588,500 |
| Cheese for Processing to the European Communities | |
| Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited | 1,430,370 |
| The Tatua Co-operative Dairy Company Limited | nil |
| Open Country Dairy Limited | 159,297 |
| Synlait Milk Limited | 80,333 |
| Total Allocated | 1,670,000 |
| Cheddar Cheese to the European Communities | |
| Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited | 3,703,375 |
| The Tatua Co-operative Dairy Company Limited | 37,198 |
| Open Country Dairy Limited | 412,436 |
| Synlait Milk Limited | 207,991 |
| Total Allocated | 4,361,000 |
| Butter to the United Kingdom | |
| Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited | 23,366,672 |
| The Tatua Co-operative Dairy Company Limited | 234,702 |
| Open Country Dairy Limited | 2,602,292 |
| Synlait Milk Limited | 1,312,334 |
| Total Allocated | 27,516,000 |
| Cheese for Processing to the United Kingdom | |
| Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited | 1,995,666 |
| The Tatua Co-operative Dairy Company Limited | nil |
| Open Country Dairy Limited | 222,252 |
| Synlait Milk Limited | 112,082 |
| Total Allocated | 2,330,000 |
| Cheddar Cheese to the United Kingdom | |
| Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited | 2,241,047 |
| The Tatua Co-operative Dairy Company Limited | 22,510 |
| Open Country Dairy Limited | 249,580 |
| Synlait Milk Limited | 125,863 |
| Total Allocated | 2,639,000 |
| Low Fat Cheese to the United States | |
| Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited | 856,509 |
| The Tatua Co-operative Dairy Company Limited | nil |
| Open Country Dairy Limited | 95,387 |
| Synlait Milk Limited | 48,104 |
| Total Allocated | 1,000,000 |
| Cheddar Cheese to the United States | |
| Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited | 4,588,697 |
| The Tatua Co-operative Dairy Company Limited | 46,090 |
| Open Country Dairy Limited | 511,032 |
| Synlait Milk Limited | 257,713 |
| Total Allocated | 5,403,532 |
| American Type Cheese to the United States | |
| Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited | 214,151 |
| The Tatua Co-operative Dairy Company Limited | nil |
| Open Country Dairy Limited | 23,850 |
| Synlait Milk Limited | nil |
| Total Allocated | 238,001 |
| NSPF Cheese to the United States | |
| Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited | 5,525,363 |
| The Tatua Co-operative Dairy Company Limited | 55,499 |
| Open Country Dairy Limited | 615,347 |
| Synlait Milk Limited | 310,319 |
| Total Allocated | 6,506,528 |
| Milk Powder to the Dominican Republic | |
| Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited | 4,076,175 |
| The Tatua Co-operative Dairy Company Limited | 40,942 |
| Open Country Dairy Limited | 453,954 |
| Synlait Milk Limited | 228,929 |
| Total Allocated | 4,800,000 |
| Prepared Edible Fat to Japan | |
| Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited | 9,808,295 |
| The Tatua Co-operative Dairy Company Limited | 98,518 |
| Open Country Dairy Limited | 1,092,327 |
| Synlait Milk Limited | 550,860 |
| Total Allocated | 11,550,000 |
Notes relating to the allocation tables:
- The 2023 quota year for the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Communities and Dominican Republic is from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023. The 2023 quota year for prepared edible fat to Japan is from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024.
- NSPF cheese is cow’s milk cheese “not specifically provided for” elsewhere in the schedule of the US tariff rate quotas for cheese.
- Some quantities listed have been rounded up or down to the nearest kilogram.
- 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.
- Quota licences are subject to the European Communities requirements limiting total butter quota volume in sub-period one of the 2023 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 18th day of September 2022.
Hon DAMIEN O’CONNOR, Minister of Agriculture.