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Fonterra confirms forecast for 2012 payout to fall to range of $7.15-$7.25

Friday 2nd September 2011

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Fonterra Cooperative Group, the world’s largest dairy exporter, has confirmed the forecast payment for the 2012 season, which is expected to decline from 2011’s record payout as global commodity prices ease from their highs.

The operating season forecast is $7.15 to $7.25 before retentions, made up of a milk price of $6.75 per kilogram of milk solids and distributable profit of 40 cents to 50 cents. Today’s statement affirms the forecast range Fonterra gave in May.

The recent decline in food commodity prices “was largely anticipated” when Fonterra first gave its projections, chairman Henry van der Heyden said. “In volatile economic and market conditions, we could face a range of factors that may affect the season’s milk price. But at this early stage of the season we see no reason to alter the forecast.”

Average prices of dairy products fell for a fifth straight sale at Fonterra’s latest online auction last month. The GDT-TWI Price Index fell 0.9% to US$3,660 a metric tonne, the lowest since December. Milk powder prices have declined 16% from their peak in March, based on the ANZ Commodity Price Index.

Surging dairy prices have underpinned New Zealand’s economic recovery, with government figures yesterday showing they helped push the country’s terms of trade to a 37-year high in the June quarter, prompting some economists to say the index may have peaked.

The 2011 payout forecast of $8 to $8.10 a kilogram includes $7.50 a kilogram of milk solids and a distributable profit range of 50 cents to 60 cents. The final payment details will be confirmed when Fonterra releases its annual results later this month.

(BusinessDesk)

BusinessDesk.co.nz



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