Markets and Trade
AreaEuropean Union
Commodity GroupMilk and dairy products
CommodityDairy products
Date20/04/2020
Policy CategoryStocks
Policy InstrumentGovernment support
DescriptionAnnounced a plan to offer Private Storage Aid (PSA) for butter and skimmed milk powder to help curb the impacts of COVID-19. The PSA provisions offer traders incentives to hold products off the market for a period of between 90 and 180 days, to ease market surpluses for dairy commodities.