AreaAustralia

Commodity GroupMilk and dairy products

CommodityMilk

Date01/07/2012

Policy CategoryProduction

Policy InstrumentState market intervention

DescriptionIncreased the dairy levy from 1 percent to 10 percent for every 1 million litres of milk produced. The increase, voted in April by Australian dairy farmers, improved the scale of investment and services provided by the dairy industry through the levy funds.