02 August 2010 - 24/10
RPA Calculates the Milk Supplementary Levy for 2009/10
RPA has calculated the United Kingdom’s milk supplementary levy position for the 2009/10 quota year and announced that there is no wholesale or direct sales levy for the 2009/10 quota year.
The UK’s wholesale milk deliveries were under the national wholesale quota by 1.77 billion litres and the UK’s direct sales were 27.6 million litres under the national direct sales quota level.
This provisional outcome is subject to amendment in the light of inspection of purchasers’ and producers’ returns.
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Notes to Editors
1. RPA is an executive agency of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). It is the single paying agency responsible for CAP schemes in England and for certain schemes, including Milk Quotas, throughout the UK.
2. Supplementary levy is charged for milk sold in excess of quota, and contributes towards the cost of subsidised disposal methods such as intervention buying, export refunds or consumption aids.
3. Had the UK as a whole been over quota, levy of approximately 26 pence per litre would have been payable on wholesale deliveries made in excess of quota. Direct sales levy would have been payable on the volume by which all direct sales in the quota year exceeded the national direct sales quota. As both quotas were not exceeded during 2009/10 the provisional calculations have resulted in neither a wholesale nor a direct sales levy being payable.
4. At inspection, Direct Sellers or Purchasers who have under or overstated the level of their sales will be liable for a penalty.
5. The temporary conversion exercise for the 2009/10 quota year resulted in the movement of approximately 11.7 million litres from direct sales to wholesale quota and 48.9 million litres from wholesale to direct sales quota.
6. Additional financial penalties will apply to both wholesale purchasers and direct sellers who missed the deadline for return of their annual declarations of deliveries/sales. Additionally, direct sellers who did not return their declarations before 15 June were given 15 days in which to do so, or have their quota confiscated to the national reserve and purchasers who did not return their declarations before 15 June were also given 15 days in which to do so or their approval would be withdrawn.
7. General enquiries on milk quota administration should be addressed to the Milk Quotas Helpline on 01392 266466.
Media only contact: RPA Media Relations Manager, Mel Capper on 0118 968 7680
Page published: 18 August 2010