Tuesday, 12 July 2022 08:55

The export issue

Written by  Peter Burke
The cost of exporting cheese to the EU is prohibitive. The cost of exporting cheese to the EU is prohibitive.

Fonterra is the major exporter of specialty cheeses from NZ. This goes to Australia, Japan and the Pacific Islands.

NZ Specialty Cheese Makers Association chair Catherine McNamara says while the EU has unlimited access to the NZ market, two-way trade is nigh impossible.

She says the cost of exporting chesse to the EU is prohibitive.

She says competing againsts subsidised European cheese together with the high cost of freight means that the price NZ would have to sell its produce for would be way above that of locally produced cheese.

McNamara, who is also the owner and managing director of award winning Grinning Gecko Cheese in Northland, says her big hope is that NZ consumers will support local cheesemakers as they try to deal with the challenges they now face.

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