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Miles Hurrell: Fonterra CEO on the increase in dairy export demand due to the conflict in the Red Sea

Published: Feb. 12, 2024, 7:30 p.m.

Conflict in the Red Sea is playing into Kiwi dairy farmers' back pockets. \xa0

Yemen's Houthi rebels have been targeting ships travelling through the Suez Canal, meaning freight's being rerouted around the Cape of Good Hope in Africa. \xa0

Fonterra Chief Executive Miles Hurrell says it's causing a rise in demand for our dairy exports from Africa and the Middle East. \xa0

He told Mike Hosking that it's made up for China's slowdown, and has seen their forecast Farmgate Milk Price rise to a midpoint of $7.80 per kilo of milk solids. \xa0

Hurrell says it helps us in the Middle East in particular, as we head straight up there and don't have to go through the Suez.\xa0

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