In the second tender for skimmed milk powder currently held in public storage, the European Commission, with the backing of the member states, decided not to accept any of the offers received.
Some 21,963 tonnes of skimmed milk powder were put up for sale, (equivalent to the quantity put into public storage before 1 November 2015, minus the 40 tonnes returned to the market in the first tender in December 2016) (see EUROPE 11692) in nine EU countries (Belgium, Latvia, Poland, Ireland,...