AreaArgentina

Commodity GroupMilk and dairy products

CommodityDairy products

Date23/09/2023

Policy CategoryProduction

Policy InstrumentGovernment support

DescriptionAnnounced a programme to provide financial assistance to small and medium dairy producers to increase milk production by optimizing and improving profitability. Under the programme, milk producers with an average daily production of up to 7 000 litres of raw milk between April 2022 and March 2023 are eligible for financial assistance. Producers with an average of no more than 1 500 litres per day will receive a compensation of 20 ARS (0.08 USD) for each litre of milk. Producers with an average of between 1 501 and 7 000 litres per day will receive a compensation of 15 ARS (USD 0.06) for each litre of milk. In both cases, the monthly allocation fund is capped at 800 000 ARS (USD 3 241).