Global Dairy Trade events

Updated 17 December 2024

Global Dairy Trade (GDT) events take place twice a month, trading dairy commodity ingredients. Here you will find key results from the latest event.

Latest event summary

  • The overall GDT Price Index changed by -2.8% from the previous event, to $4,148 per tonne
  • 32,120 tonnes of product was sold, mostly WMP and SMP
  • Next auction: Tuesday 7th January 2025

GDT event prices: all products

 Change in GDT price indexAverage weighted price US $/tonne
All products -2.8% 4,148
WMP -2.9% 3,890
SMP -2.9% 2,757
Butter -0.6% 6,631
AMF -3.8% 7,267
Cheddar -0.2% 4,682

Source: Global Dairy Trade Holdings Ltd



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This dataset was produced by our Data and Analysis team. To find out more about the team, please visit the Data and Analysis team page.

If you need any further help please email the team at datum@ahdb.org.uk

Additional information

  • GDT events are held on the first and third Tuesday of the month
  • Six contract periods are made available, which correspond to future delivery periods
  • The % change refers to the change in GDT price indices between auctions, not changes in the average weighted price. This gives a more accurate reflection of price movements than using simple weighted average prices because it takes into account changes in available volumes
  • Average prices reflect the weighted average winning price in US dollars per tonne
  • Quantity sold is the total tonnage sold in a trading event across all products, contract periods, and sellers
  • n.a. indicates no quantity was offered or sold in either the current event and/or in the prior two events. It may also mean the prices published for individual products within a group were insufficient for the Price Index to be calculated

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