New Zealand: dairy sector
This page contains data regarding key components of the New Zealand dairy industry over a given time period.

The purpose of this report is two-fold:
  • on the one hand, it describes the products that the industry produces, including commodities and various derivatives (butter, concentrated butter, cheese, milk powder, whey powder, casein, etc.);

  • on the other hand, it shows the overall exports of processed products - due to surplus production in relation to the population.
Home to a major exports cooperative, the Fonterra Cooperative Group, New Zealand is able to trade its dairy products on the international market.
NEW ZEALAND
Dairy Season: June 1st - May 31st
  '000 Ton 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12
Raw material area
Number of cows ('000 head) 3.868 3.832 3.917 4.013 4.253 4.397 4.529 4.634
Milk production (Mio litres) - Source: LIC, DairyNZ 14.103 14.702 15.134 14.745 16.044 16.483 17.339 19.129
± % from previous year +4,2% +2,9% -2,6% +8,8% +2,7% +5,2% +10,3%
Milk production - Source: DCANZ 15.586 15.232 16.583 17.013 17.895 19.742
Dairy production
Butter and Butteroil 440 558 586 554 469 515 478 492
        of which Butter 380 390 442          
Cheese 297 292 350 292 300 270 282 257
WMP (whole milk powder) 585 611 671 651 754 790 920 1.000
± % from previous year +4,4% +9,8% -3,0% +15,8% +4,8% +16,5% +8,7%
SMP (skimmed milk powder) 225 247 325 256 361 360 363 440
± % from previous year +9,8% +31,6% -21,2% +41,0% -0,3% +0,8% +21,2%
Export
Butter (HS 0405) 297 350 411 346 377 419 398 434
Cheese (HS 0406) 268 267 309 283 270 276 250 273
WMP (whole milk powder - HS 040221+040229) 585 634 670 621 664 894 1.063 1.094
± % from previous year +8,3% +5,7% -7,3% +6,9% +34,7% +18,9% +2,9%
SMP (skimmed milk powder - HS 040210) 221 243 327 251 310 400 337 354
± % from previous year +9,9% +34,7% -23,2% +23,3% +29,1% -15,6% +5,1%
Population ('000) 4.079 4.134 4.185 4.232 4.278 4.323 4.368 4.415
Source Raw material area: ZMP, since May,9 2009 ZMB; Milk production: Lic and Dcanz
Source Dairy production: ZMP, since May,9 2009 ZMB
Source Export: GTIS
Source Population: FAO

Last update: 2013-02-04
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