Milk utilisation

Data on the volume of dairy products made by processors in the UK, including different varieties of cheese. On a global scale, there is data on yogurt and milk drinks, cheese, butter, whole milk powder, condensed milk and skimmed milk powder.

United Kingdom

The UK produces around 13 billion litres of milk each year, which is then processed into a wide range of dairy products. Almost 50% of the milk produced on farms in the UK is processed into liquid milk. Other key dairy products are cheese, milk powders and butter.

Despite the reduction in milk production on the farm over the last three years, the production of liquid milk and cheese has grown over the same period. This has had a corresponding negative effect on the production of milk powders and condensed milk, which have both declined in recent years.

UK Manufacture of Liquid Milk and Milk Products by UK Dairies ('000 tonnes)
	Liquid	Butter	Cheese	Cream
2003/04	6,847	127	343	333
2004/05	6,769	125	360	320
2005/06	6,782	128	391	318
2006/07	6,795	116	393	328
2007/08	6,865	118	371	279

Wholesale Cheese Production in the UK ('000 tonnes)
Year	Cheddar	Other Long-Life Territorials	Short-Life Territorials	Blue Vein	Mozzarella	Other Cheeses	TOTAL (a)
2003	227	25	14	10	50	19	345
2004	232	25	12	10	53	19	351
2005	257	24	13	11	57	22	384
2006	264	24	14	11	57	22	393
2007	245	24	16	10	51	27	373
2008	253	24	13	10	45	27	372

(p) provisional
(a) Excludes farm cheese production

Global

The tables below show the production of a range of different products in the major countries of the world.

Production of Milk Drinks, Yogurt and Fermented Milk ('000 tonnes)
	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
EU 15	8,293	8,552	8,670	8,775	8,685
10 New EU Member Countries	985	1,026	1,127	1,198	1,170
EU 25	9,278	9,577	9,796	9,973	9,855
Bulgaria	147	155	148	148	144
Romania	86	92	108	130	143
EU 27	9,511	9,824	10,052	10,251	10,142
Iceland	12	13	13	13	12
Norway	97	98	109	117	121
Switzerland	208	229	234	236	251
Croatia	57	83	86	89	n.a.
Ukraine	464	499	523	534	530
USA	1,228	1,387	1,498	1,577	1,633
Canada	215	233	244	252	274
Argentina	357	405	474	576	583
Chile	160	189	172	177	192
Uruguay	23	25	27	27	n.a.
Mexico	483	536	569	636	631
Israel	147	152	164	167	170
Japan	2,618	2,651	2,726	2,779	2,656
China	1,200	1,702	2,115	2,450	2,593
Korea (Republic)	524	482	504	485	455
South Africa	75	78	79	80	n.a.

Cheese Production¹ ('000 tonnes)
	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
EU 15	6,819	6,928	7,048	7,115	7,145
10 New EU Member Countries	921	967	972	972	1,002
EU 25	7,740	7,894	8,020	8,087	8,147
Bulgaria	84	84	75	73	64
Romania	53	56	61	62	65
EU 27	7,877	8,034	8,156	8,222	8,276
Iceland	7	7	7	8	8
Norway	84	84	83	84	85
Switzerland	162	168	173	176	179
Belarus	65	82	101	110	128
Russia	348	371	405	434	429
Ukraine	335	391	319	346	352
Canada²	372	379	387	404	396
Mexico	134	134	143	146	150
USA²	4,378	4,506	4,673	4,755	4,793
Argentina	378	414	467	487	491
Brazil	468	495	528	580	630
Chile	67	78	71	70	65
Uruguay	34	41	42	48	n.a.
China	15	15	13	18	15
Iran	n.a.	220	225	230	234
Japan	120	123	125	125	118
Korea (Republic)	13	12	13	9	10
Israel	104	106	113	115	119
Australia³	388	373	364	359	348
New Zealand³	297	292	308	314	345
South Africa⁴	46	42	42	42	42

1. Partly estimated. 2. Excludes cottage cheese. 3. Dairy years ended June or May of the following year. 4. Cheddar and Gouda only.

Dairy Butter Production¹ ('000 tonnes)
	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
EU 15	1,656	1,707	1,636	1,797	1,812
10 New EU Member Countries	267	265	257	258	254
EU 25	2,107	2,137	2,042	2,055	2,065
Bulgaria	2	4	3	2	2
Romania	9	7	8	8	9
EU 27	2,118	2,148	2,053	2,065	2,075
Iceland	2	2	2	2	2
Norway	9	9	9	9	10
Switzerland	40	39	37	37	46
Croatia	2	4	4	4	n.a.
Belarus	82	85	88	86	101
Russia	276	277	230	245	258
Ukraine	113	120	104	99	85
Moldova	3.2	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Australia²	147	146	133	128	153
New Zealand²	380	390	420	390	400
Canada	87	86	79	82	86
Mexico	19	18	17	13	24
USA	566	611	657	695	749
Argentina	41	40	47	47	51
Brazil	75	77	78	82	84
Chile	13	15	17	21	17
Uruguay	16	18	20	16	n.a.
China	35	30	25	30	37
India³	42	36	36	38	42
India¹	109	106	n.a.	108	114
Israel	6	6	6	6	5
Japan	80	84	81	75	72
Korea (Republic)	4	4	4	4	4
South Africa	10	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.

1. Incl. AMF or ghee in butter equivalent. 2. Dairy years ended June or May of the following year. 3. Table butter. 4. Excluding dairy spreads.

Whole and Semi-Skimmed Milk Powder Production ('000 tonnes)
	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
EU 15	781	771	713	704	757
EU 10	75	81	66	61	81
EU 25	856	851	779	764	838
Romania	4	4	3	4	3
Iceland	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2
Switzerland	20	20	19	21	22
Norway	1	1	1	1	1
Croatia	0.1	1	1	3	n.a.
Belarus	33	38	35	36	n.a.
Russia	91	80	76	75	84
Ukraine	22	29	25	30	30
USA	19	15	14	14	23
Mexico	170	166	184	202	191
Argentina	260	254	260	185	225
Brazil	420	440	465	526	580
Chile	54	51	54	57	85
Australia²	189	158	135	142	138
New Zealand²	585	611	653	651	710
China¹	900	900	1,100	1,300	1,200
India^1,3	160	179	172	167	170
Japan	15	14	14	14	14
Korea (Republic)	5	5	4	4	n.a.
South Africa	13	16	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.

1. All milk powders. 2. Dairy years ended June or May of the following year. 3. Dairy years ended April of the following year.

Condensed Milk Production (000 tonnes)
	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
EU 15	1,167	1,136	1,086	1,058	1,060
EU 25	1,220	1,180	1,120	1,080	1,080
Croatia	1.9	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3
Russia	193	188	199	197	n.a.
Belarus	49	57	88	88	n.a.
Ukraine	100	104	97	108	112
Canada	51	46	48	44	41
USA¹	249	248	230	234	260
Argentina	6	6	7	8	7
Chile	39	40	44	45	42
Peru	313	279	279	281	n.a.
China	175	150	120	150	173
Japan	42	42	42	45	44
Singapore	260	325	252	253	n.a.
Thailand	85	82	82	82	n.a.
South Africa	41	43	43	43	n.a.

1. Only canned evaporated and condensed milk.

Skimmed Milk Powder Production ('000 tonnes)
	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
EU 15	825	834	779	797	795
EU 10	193	200	169	186	174
EU 25	1,018	1,034	1,011	982	969
Romania	6	4	3	4	3
EU 27	1,024	1,039	1,015	986	972
Iceland	0.6	0.2	0.5	1.0	1.0
Switzerland	26	26	24	22	28
Norway	7	7	7	7	7
Belarus	38	46	55	55	n.a.
Croatia	0.2	2.5	2.8	2.5	n.a.
Russia	110	110	123	132	131
Ukraine	83	83	81	95	65
Canada	88	73	72	75	85
USA	641	698	689	685	861
Argentina	36	16	23	11	14
Brazil	110	113	117	128	140
Chile	10	12	16	17	18
South Africa	7	8	8	8	8
Australia¹	207	228	209	177	221
New Zealand¹	225	247	304	265	290
India	147	148	151	162	180
Korea	n.a.	24	18	22	20
Japan	183	187	181	173	158

1. Dairy years ended June or May of the following year.

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