USA: dairy sector
This page contains data regarding key components of the United States dairy industry over a given time period.

The purpose of this report is two-fold:
  • on the one hand, it highlights the complexity of the industry, which should be considered from several viewpoints: the commodities area, the variety of dairy derivatives, imports, exports and domestic consumption;

  • on the other hand, it exemplifies the framework of a market that equates large domestic consumption figures (supported by import volumes) to large production figures.
USA
  x 1.000 ton 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Raw material area
Number of cows ('000 head) 9.112 9.189 9.315 9.203 9.119 9.194 9.233
Cow's milk production 82.463 84.189 86.180 85.875 87.462 89.016 90.867
± % from previous year +2,1% +2,4% -0,4% +1,8% +1,8% +2,1%
Farm-gate milk price - € x 100 Kg (VAT incl.) * 22,68 30,69 27,49 20,29 27,08 31,90 31,74
± % from previous year +35,3% -10,4% -26,2% +33,4% +17,8% -0,5%
Dairy Production MOVING AVERAGE of produced VOLUMES in USA
Liquid milk 24.977 24.987 25.011 25.169 24.941 24.941 24.941
Yoghurt (plain and flavoured) 1.498 1.577 1.633 1.738 1.896 1.938 2.002
Butter 657 695 746 713 709 821 843
Cheese (no fresh cheese) 4.320 4.400 4.506 4.570 4.734 4.806 4.940
Fresh cheese (Lowfat and Creamed Cottage Cheese) 353 351 325 331 327 326 319
Condensed milk (Whole and Skimmed Canned Milk) 230 234 251 247 237 233 223
WMP (whole milk powder) 13,8 14,4 22,7 27,0 32,7 29,8 26,4
NDM (nonfat dry milk) 564,1 589,0 689,1 685,6 708,8 680,1 800,3
SMP (skimmed milk powder) 122,6 91,0 169,6 100,7 115,1 202,3 172,7
Whey powder 499 514 502 454 460 458 453
Lactose 335 343 338 328 412 454 465
WPC (Whey Protein Concentrate) 194 179 201 188 194 195 200
Export
Butter (HS 0405) 11,9 42,7 91 29,8 58 64 49,6
of which:
- Anhydrous Milk Fat 2,4 7,5 9,5 6,0 11,4 10,6 3,2
Cheese (HS 0406) 72 101 133 110 175 226 262
± % from previous year +40,4% +31,5% -17,5% +59,4% +29,1% +15,8%
SMP (skimmed milk powder - HS 040210) 292 259 391 248 384 436 445
± % from previous year -11,5% +51,2% -36,7% +55,0% +13,5% +2,2%
WMP (whole milk powder - HS 040221+040229) 15,7 24,8 40,5 23,2 53 21,8 21,0
± % from previous year +58,1% +63,0% -42,8% +127,8% -58,7% -3,6%
Whey powder (HS 0404) 342 431 354 365 469 465 492
of which:
- WPC 327 408 324 341 438 434 453
Casein (HS 350110) 1,6 2,2 3,7 2,7 1,6 1,1 1,5
Caseinates (HS 350190) 4,3 5,7 5,6 4,4 5,4 5,0 3,9
Lactose pharmaceutical (HS 170211) 113 91 95 124 163 194 171
Lactose edible (HS 170219) 125 91 90 95 111 118 136
Import
Butter (HS 0405) 40,4 41,0 18,5 27,6 20,2 13,6 18,2
of which:
- Anhydrous Milk Fat 15,1 15,6 10,6 14,8 8,2 6,5 9,1
Cheese (HS 0406) 205 200 171 162 138 143 154
± % from previous year -2,4% -14,5% -4,8% -14,9% +3,4% +7,7%
SMP (skimmed milk powder - HS 040210) 0,8 1,7 3,7 0,3 0,2 0,5 1,9
WMP (whole milk powder - HS 040221+040229) 15,1 22,4 19,6 21,8 7,7 8,3 10,1
Whey powder (HS 0404) 83 80 71 58 54 57 64
of which:
- WPC 6,6 7,9 17,5 14,2 8,9 14,8 14,3
Casein (HS 350110) 60 71 72 50 46,7 56 62
Caseinates (HS 350190) 30,5 30,4 60 30,6 31,3 46,3 37,1
Lactose pharmaceutical (HS 170211) 4,4 4,4 5,2 5,5 6,6 7,0 5,1
Lactose edible (HS 170219) 1,1 1,3 2,1 2,8 2,1 0,9 0,6
Domestic consumption
Butter 651 649 686 694 684 758  
Cheese 4.430 4.577 4.535 4.601 4.619 4.736  
Population ('000) 298.818 301.696 304.543 307.240 309.774 312.040 314.303
* Fluid Grade

Source Raw material area: USDA, ERS; Cow's milk production: National Agricultural Statistics Service
Source Dairy production: National Agricultural Statistics Service and USDA
Source Export and Import: GTIS
Source Consumption: USDA, ERS
Source Population: USDA, ERS

Last update: 2013-05-24
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