Capture of large companies decreased by 2012

The capture of the country's biggest milk dairy backed down last year when the industry suffered from falling profitability and higher costs.
According to the ranking of the largest dairy in the country prepared by Brazil-Milk producers association, the DPA Manufacturing Brasi l, buying milk to Nestlé, Fonterra, DPA Brasi l, DPA and Nestlé Waters, acquired 1.958 billion litres of raw material in 2012, nearly 8 percent less than in the previous year. The LBR-Brazil Dairy, second on the list, has reduced 6.3% your purchases, to 1.576 billion liters.
The mineira Itambé, who came in third in the rankings, cut even more expressive abstraction-13.2%-to 955 million litres in 2012. In the previous year, had bought 1.1 billion liters.
The fall on the uptake of LBR and Itambé coincides in part with the crisis period of these two companies. The first result of the Union between good taste and Leitbom, asked reorganization earlier this year, with debts of about $ 1 billion. Cemil was already selling in February, a 50% stake in the capital of the Itambé s.a for the Force, controlled by J&F (also owner of JBS), for $ 410 million.
The Force has also acquired less milk for processing in 2012, according to the survey. The fall was nearly 9%.
Despite being one of the largest producers of dairy products in the country, the BRF does not disclose your data to the lifting of Milk Brazil.
"Last year, both the producer as the industry had prejudice," says Jorge Rubez, President of Brazil's milk, commenting on the ranking numbers. While the rancher faced high 27% in production costs in the year, dairy decreased purchases of raw material to reduce losses, explains the Director.
In total, the capture of 13 major dairy in the country increased by only 1.6%, a percentage higher than the estimated growth of the little Brazilian production of milk last year. According to the Brazilian Association of long life Milk (ABLV), total output rose just 1% in 2012, to 33.7 billion liters.
The lowest uptake is not related to drop in milk consumption, says Rubez. He notes that demand is growing: the per capita milk consumption increased 4.2% in Brazil, to the equivalent of 180 litres per year.
If the largest dairy in Brazil reduced the catchment, there was space to increase purchases of milk for medium to large sized companies. According to the survey of Brazil, the Milk Italac increased 11% in the capture of raw material. The Dairy Bela Vista (Piracanjuba) increased by 28.4% the volumes purchased and Jussara, 5.5% (see list above).
"In some regions, there are dairy products that have no competition so they increased the attraction," says Jorge Rubez.
Laércio Barbosa, Director of Jussara, says that, in 2012, "the industry paid more dearly for raw material and had to sell for less". But he expects a better scenario in 2013 and says that the Eyes already takes up space that was of the LBR in the market.
Rubez also is optimistic and believes that the capture of milk must re-grow, in 2013, at the pace seen in previous years, 4%. "The industry will have to pass on prices to recover profitability," says.