MILK QUOTA for W/E January 9 supplied by ADAS

Clean - 18.8ppl

Used - 18ppl

Lease - 0.4ppl

COMMENT - The market has been steady but slack for much of the week with little quota being placed to the market.

Although permanent transfer hasd risen again slightly (up 0,2 pence to 18.8ppl for 4%) the lease market continues to fall with 4% now trading at 0.4 pence per litre.

Production figures released from the Intervention Board show the country to be 39 million litres below profile for December, taking the cumulative deficit to 321.6 million litres of -3.05%; equivalent to over one week's production.