Fonterra has reported strong financial results for the 2023/24 financial year, with a profit after tax of $1.168 billion and earnings per share of 70 cents.

The co-operative achieved a return on capital of 11.3%.

The company's full-year milk collections reached 1.471 billion kgMS.

Fonterra's final farmgate milk price for the 2023/24 season was $7.83 per kgMS.

As a result of its strong performance, Fonterra announced a total dividend of 55 cents per share, which includes a special dividend of 15 cents.

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