Mead Johnson raises the price by 10%.

The price of foreign milk powder has made the public sensitive and helpless. Following the price hike of Wyeth and other milk powders last year, the media revealed that Mead Johnson and Nestle will increase their prices next month. However, yesterday, the reporter learned from the market that Mead Johnson milk powder in Shanghai has been gradually adjusted prices in March.

Nestlé hinted that since March 1 this year, China's tariff on imported powdered milk from New Zealand has been restored from 5.8% to 10%, which has also led to an increase in the price of foreign milk powder.

Yesterday, reporters at Carrefour Zhongshan Park Store learned that Mead Johnson and Nestlé milk powder prices did not make major adjustments. The salesperson told reporters that at the beginning of March, they had received notifications of price increases for Mead Johnson milk powder, and some of the products had a price adjustment of about 10%. "We have already fine-tuned this month. We expect it to be adjusted almost in April. However, many products in supermarkets will be fine-tuned every day. We have not received any new price adjustment notices so far."

Nestlé Consumer Hotline staff said that in the near future it is possible to adjust the price of some products by about 10%. The reason for the adjustment is on the one hand because of the increase in costs, and on the other hand, "the tariffs have also risen, and other brands have also risen."

The reporter learned that since March 1 this year, China's tariff on imported powdered milk from New Zealand rose from 5.8% to 10%, which increased the import cost of milk powder.

However, according to industry analysts, the tariff increase will not have a great impact on the cost of milk powder. The domestic price of a can of imported milk powder is generally about twice the cost of its origin. Even if the tariff is adjusted from 5.8% to 10%, it will not be able to cause such a large fluctuation of its price by 10%.

The reporter learned that at the end of last year, both Abbott and Wyeth had changed packaging or directly increased their prices by about 10%. In the industry analysis, the prices of the two brands, Mead Johnson and Nestlé, have more or less the nature of "increase with growth."