The aim of the review was to:

  • provide an assessment on whether the state of competition in the dairy industry is sufficient to justify deregulation
  • advise the Minister on whether the ‘market share thresholds’ in the Dairy Industry Restructuring Act 2001 (DIRA) should be reset
  • the options (if any) for a pathway to deregulation.

Outcome

Our view remains that there is not sufficient competition at the farm gate and factory gate to consider full deregulation at this time. The final report recommends that a pathway to deregulation would be smoothed by facilitating the development of a factory gate market for non-DIRA milk.

Options the Minister should consider include:

  • reducing DIRA milk entitlements
  • investigating if and when the DIRA milk price covers Fonterra’s opportunity costs
  • tightening the terms and conditions for DIRA milk supply.

The Minister's final decision on our report can be found on the Ministry for Primary Industries website.

Other related documents are available in the documents section.

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  • 01 Mar 2016

    Completed

    Final report – review of the state of competition in the New Zealand dairy industry

    See documents

  • 27 Jan 2016
  • 07 Dec 2015
  • 06 Nov 2015

    Completed

    Draft report – review of the state of competition in the New Zealand dairy industry

    See documents

  • 01 Sep 2015

    Completed

    Cross-submissions on the consultation paper – substantive issues

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  • 18 Aug 2015

    Completed

    Submissions on the consultation paper – substantive issues

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  • 27 Jul 2015

    Completed

    Cross-submissions on the consultation paper – process and approach

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  • 20 Jul 2015

    Completed

    Consultation paper – substantive issues

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  • 13 Jul 2015

    Completed

    Submissions on the consultation paper – process and approach

    See documents

  • 12 Jun 2015

    Completed

    Consultation paper – process and approach

    See documents

  • 03 Jun 2015
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