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Italy: dairy sector
This page contains data with regard to some key indicators on the dairy sector over time.
 

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ITALY
(1° Gennaio - 31 Dicembre)
  x 1.000 ton 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Raw material area
Number of cows('000 head) (to 1st December) 1.857 1.862 1.831 1.826 1.822
          Dairy Farm Structure

The charts below are a snapshot of the current structuring and herd size of dairy farms in the four most productive Italian Regions. Comparisons should be made based on the overall structure and not on absolute values (the scales in the various charts differ).



Data taken from page Italy: Dairy Farm Structure    visit the page »
Deliveries to dairies 10.876 10.701 11.037 11.161 11.524
Buffalo's milk delivery 192 195 195 195
Sheep's milk delivery 406 384 373 398
Goat's milk delivery 28 27 28 33
Farm-gate prices of raw milk Lombardy € x 100 lt. VAT not incl. 38,47 40,83 41,92 36,17 34,63
± % from previous year   6,2% 2,7% -13,7% -4,3%
Dairy Production
Liquid milk 2.552 2.497 2.491 2.448 2.460
Cream 121 109 121 164 131
Butter 94 95 92 94 93
a) Cheese from cow milk 985 955 982 1.017 1.005
of which:
PDO 428 418 434 432
b) Cheese from other milk 219 202 194 189
of which:
PDO 68 67 67 76
Total Cheeses [a+b] 1.204 1.158 1.176 1.207
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- Hard cheeses 435 411 426 442
Grana Padano PDO 179 174 185 183
Parmigiano Reggiano PDO 137 132 133 133
Other Grana cheeses 22 23 22 27
Pecorino Romano PDO 25 25 24 30
Other sheep cheeses 5,9 6,9 6,3 0,5
Other hard cheeses (Asiago, Montasio, etc.) 67 50 56 69
- Semi-hard cheeses 102 98 100 100
Provolone Valpadana PDO 6,9 5,9 5,3 4,7
Other Provolone cheeses 29 32 36 35
Caciocavallo 7,6 9,0 7,7 7,4
Fontina PDO 3,4 4,5 4,1 4,0
Other semi-hard cheeses (Emmental, Fontina,ecc) 55 47 46 49
- Soft cheeses 171 165 152 151
Italico 4,7 4,3 4,5 4,6
Taleggio PDO 8,3 8,7 9,0 9,0
Gorgonzola PDO 50 50 53 54
Other Gorgonzola cheeses 9,6 11 6,5 4,5
Crescenza and Stracchino 50 47 45 41
Other soft cheeses (Cheeses of all types, etc.) 49 44 35 38
- Fresh cheeses 496 484 498 513
Mozzarella di Bufala Campana PDO 37 37 38 41 44
Mozzarella di Bufala 19 21 21 22
Other fresh cheeses (robiola, scamorza, mascarpone, etc.) 440 426 438 450
Processed cheese 42 39 41 42
Milk based beverages 5,0 4,8 4,5 4,5
Other fresh products 7,0 6,8 9,8 9,5
Fermented milk (Yogurt and others) 329 324 262 255 271
Import
Bulk milk (NC8 04012099+04012019+04011090) TOP exporters 1.782 1.654 1.596 1.556 1.338
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Whole Milk (NC8 04012099) 1.246 1.145 1.144 1.101 950
Semi-skimmed milk (NC8 04012019) 37 41 39 28 23
Skimmed milk (NC8 04011090) 500 468 414 427 365
Milk packed (NC8 04012011+04012091+04011010) TOP exporters 564 564 490 461 429
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Whole milk (NC8 04012091) 174 169 160 142 145
Semi-skimmed milk (NC8 04012011) 372 374 313 295 256
Skimmed milk (NC8 04011010) 18 21 18 25 28
Condensed milk (HS 040291+040299) TOP exporters 10 12 17 16 22
Bulk Cream¹ 66 63 73 74 72
Packed Cream² 17 16 13 15 14
Yogurt (HS 040310) TOP exporters 142 149 157 164 168
Fermented milk (HS 040390) TOP exporters 63 59 57 76 84
Butter (HS 0405) TOP exporters 55 57 64 74 65
of which:
Butter 82% (NC8 04051019) TOP exporters 16 18 18 22 18
Cheese (HS 0406) TOP exporters 482 503 508 511 517
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- Edam cheese (NC8 04069023) TOP exporters 30 29 32 31 31
- Emmental (NC8 04069013) TOP exporters 30 27 24 24 25
- Hard cheeses (not PDO) (NC8 04069069) TOP exporters 27 27 27 22 22
- Fresh cheeses (NC8 04061020)3 TOP exporters 157 169 177 175 186
- Processed cheeses (HS 040630) TOP exporters 37 38 37 35 29
- Full fat cheeses (NC8 04069087) 5 TOP exporters 57 55 50 46 42
WMP (Whole Milk Powder - HS 040221+040229) TOP exporters 24 22 23 25 32
SMP (Skimmed Milk Powder - HS 040210) TOP exporters 65 58 66 78 69
Whey powder (HS 0404) TOP exporters 121 128 143 141 119
of which:
WPC (HS 040410) TOP exporters 53 55 75 71 61
Casein (HS 350110) TOP exporters 10 9,8 9,6 9,0 8,2
Caseinates (HS 350190) TOP exporters 1,9 1,9 1,9 1,8 2,0
Lactose pharmaceutical (HS 170211) TOP exporters 9,6 10 13 11 11
Lactose edible (HS 170219) TOP exporters 0,7 0,6 0,6 0,7 1,5
Export
Packed milk (NC8 04012011+04012091+04011010) Top Importers 7,6 7,5 9,6 24 53
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- Extra EU 3,9 3,8 5,7 20 45
- Intra EU 3,6 3,8 3,9 4,8 8,5
   of which:
Whole milk (NC8 04012091) 0,9 0,8 1,1 1,3 4,2
Semi-skimmed milk (NC8 04012011) 2,4 2,7 2,4 2,3 2,9
Skimmed milk (NC8 04011010) 0,3 0,3 0,4 1,2 1,3
Condensed milk (HS 040291+040299) Top Importers 8,3 6,9 7,1 7,8 7,4
Yogurt (HS 040310) Top Importers 2,9 2,9 3,7 4,1 4,7
Fermented milk (HS 040390) Top Importers 2,4 2,3 2,5 2,3 3,1
Butter (HS 0405) Top Importers 9,2 9,6 6,3 9,4 8,7
± % from previous year   2,7% 13,6% 15,0% -11,5%
Cheese (HS 0406) Top Importers 300 321 329 358 388
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- Asiago (NC8 04069075) Top Importers 1,9 2,0 1,9 2,0 2,0
- Fiore sardo, Pecorino (NC8 04069063) Top Importers 18 17 17 17 17
- Fresh cheeses (NC8 04061020)3 Top Importers 77 88 93 112 126
- Grated or powdered cheese (NC8 04062090)4 Top Importers 24 25 27 32 37
- Gorgonzola (NC8 04064050) Top Importers 15 16 16 19 20
- G. Padano DOP and P. Reggiano DOP (NC8 04069061) Top Importers 74 78 81 86 90
- Provolone (NC8 04069073) Top Importers 4,8 5,1 5,2 5,5 5,8
Whey powder (HS 0404) Top Importers 405 468 464 437 371
of which:
WPC (NC8 040410) Top Importers 382 441 419 399 336
Lactose pharmaceutical (HS 170211) Top Importers 28 28 29 28 30
Apparent Domestic consumption
Butter 140 142 150 159 150
Cheese 1.386 1.340 1.355 1.360
Fermented milk (Yogurt e altri) 529 526 469 489 515
Liquid milk 3.109 3.054 2.972 2.885 2.836
Per capita consumption (kg)
Butter 2,3 2,4 2,5 2,7
Cheese 23 22 23 23
Fermented milk (Yogurt e altri) 8,9 8,8 7,9 8,2
Liquid milk 52 51 50 48
% Self-sufficiency 70,31% 71,45% 72,65% 74,22%  
Socio-Economic Indicators
GDP (gross domestic product) -2,85% -1,75% 0,19% 0,66% 0,99%
CPI (consumer price index) 3,06% 1,19% 0,25% 0,04% -0,09%
Population ('000) 59.738 59.771 59.789 59.798
GDP per capita (U.S. dollars) 33.115 (e) 34.034 (e) 34.291 (e) 34.829 (e)
GDP per capita (€) * 25.768 (e) 25.626 (e) 25.812 (e) 31.392 (e)
(e) estimated
* Per capita GDP in Euro is calculeted by using the yearly average exchange rate

1) up to 2011/12/31 NC8 04013019+04013039+04013099; from 2012/01/01 NC8 04014090+04015019+04015039+04015099.
2) up to 2011/12/31 NC8 04013011+04013031+04013091; from 2012/01/01 NC8 04014010+04015011+04015031+04015091.
3) up to 2014/12/31 NC8 04061020; from 2015/01/01 NC8 04061030 + 04061050;
4) up to 2014/12/31 NC8 04062090; from 2015/01/01 NC8 04062000;
5) up to 2014/12/31 NC8 04069087; from 2015/01/01 NC8 04069074 + 04069089;

NOTE:
     - Apparent domestic consumption are calculated using the following formula: Production + Import - Export
     - Per capita consumption are obtained dividing the apparent consumption by the population (Source FAO)

Source Raw material area: ISTAT; Deliveries to dairies: AGEA; Deliveries of other milk: ISTAT; Farm-gate milk price in Lombardy: Processed by CLAL
Source Dairy production: Processed by CLAL on ISTAT and Protection Consortium data;
Source Import: ISTAT and IHS
Source Export: ISTAT and IHS
Source GDP and CPI: Intesa Sanpaolo
Source GDP per capita: International Monetary Found
Source Population: FAO

Last update: 2017-07-11
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