
Published 11 June 2008
Latest quota movement figures from the RPA to the end of May show that temporary transfers of quota stood at 320,000. This is 8,059,685 litres fewer than the previous month, and 3,166,209 litres less than May last year. On a cumulative basis, temporary transfers stand at approximately 50.4 million litres, 50.4 million litres (50.0%) down on the same time last year.
Permanent transfers of quota for May stand at 30.7 million litres, 18.9 million litres more than the previous year. Cumulatively, 2007/08 permanent transfers stand at 949.1 million litres - 92.0 million litres (10.7%) more than the same period last year.
Milk Quota Movements
|
,000 litres |
Temporary Transfers |
Permanent Transfers | ||||
|
2005/06 |
2006/07 |
2007/08 |
2005/06 |
2006/07 |
2007/08 | |
|
June |
59,484 |
21,402 |
43,253 |
40,223 |
||
|
July |
31,101 |
9,693 |
15,229 |
24,744 |
102,062 |
106,102 |
|
August |
16,891 |
8,095 |
5,060 |
31,584 |
57,459 |
50,819 |
|
September |
8,565 |
5,205 |
2,839 |
26,360 |
49,496 |
51,272 |
|
October |
23,643 |
3,798 |
5,765 |
58,923 |
53,282 |
93,205 |
|
November |
23,568 |
6,146 |
0 |
39,753 |
46,640 |
55,922 |
|
December |
22,515 |
7,566 |
10,725 |
49,228 |
58,787 |
23,082 |
|
January |
21,350 |
8,820 |
400 |
48,092 |
46,730 |
48,696 |
|
February |
15,019 |
1,050 |
640 |
49,321 |
45,373 |
84,562 |
|
March |
19,318 |
3,390 |
1,000 |
111,851 |
134,757 |
120,608 |
|
*April |
22,373 |
22,151 |
8,380 |
130,987 |
210,511 |
284,185 |
|
*May |
3,486 |
320 |
11,779 |
30,668 | ||
|
*June |
||||||
|
Total |
263,829 |
100,803 |
50,358 |
614,095 |
857,099 |
949,120 |
* These figures represent the number of quota forms for the milk year processed in April and May. It should be noted that RPA movement figures always lag 'deals done', due to the time taken to process deals.
Source: RPA

Net Cumulative Permanent Conversion of Direct Sale to Wholesale
Latest figures for the 2007/08 milk year continue to show a negative figure for net cumulative permanent conversion of direct sales quota to wholesale quota. This means that more wholesale quota is being permanently converted into direct sales quota than direct sales quota being converted into wholesale quota. Reasons for this include producers looking to cover direct sales production. In previous years, direct sales quota has been breached resulting in super levy.
|
2004/5 |
2005/06 |
2006/07 |
2007/08 | |
|
APRIL |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
MAY |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
June |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
July |
N/A |
57,192 |
N/A |
N/A |
|
August |
2,210,682 |
366,809 |
65,007 |
1,454,970 |
|
September |
6,257,450 |
2,467,910 |
272,596 |
-1,598,127 |
|
October |
14,850,173 |
2,048,735 |
583,272 |
-4,456,925 |
|
November |
18,987,284 |
2,794,575 |
988,571 |
-4,456,925 |
|
December |
21,446,013 |
2,920,008 |
N/A |
-5,779,460 |
|
January |
24,518,420 |
2,895,775 |
1,135,987 |
-6,788,238 |
|
February |
24,518,420 |
2,895,775 |
1,135,987 |
-6,788,238 |
|
March |
24,518,420 |
2,895,775 |
1,135,987 |
-6,788,238 |
APRIL** |
24,518,420 |
2,895,775 |
1,135,987 |
-6,788,238 |
MAY** |
24,518,420 |
2,895,775 |
1,135,987 |
-6,788,238 |
** These figures represent quota forms for the previous milk year that were dealt with in April and May.
Source:RPA
For more information on permanent and temporary
quota conversions, please see the 'Annual Production and Quota' sheet

