Italy: dairy sector

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

ITALY (January 1st - December 31st)   x 1.000 ton 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Raw material area Number of cows ('000 head) 1.839 1.831 1.878 1.746 1.755   Deliveries to dairies 10.837 10.608 10.506 10.604 10.822 10.876 Buffalo's milk delivery 209 191 175       Sheep's milk delivery 491 479 441       Goat's milk delivery 26,4 22,7 22,6       Farm-gate prices of raw milk Lombardy (€ x 100 lt. VAT not incl.) 34,45 39,48 32,30 35,17 39,63 38,47 ± % from previous year +14,6% -18,2% +8,9% +12,7% -2,9% Farm-gate prices of raw milk Lombardy (lire x lt. VAT incl.) 667 765 625 681 767 745 Dairy production Liquid milk 2.852 2.760 2.690 2.661 2.653 2.552 Cream 133 149 130 128 126 121 Butter 115 106 107 108 89 94 Cheese from cow milk 1.038 1.063 1.072 1.069 1.002 985 Import Milk and cream in bulk 1.503 1.631 1.685 1.794 1.975 1.745 ± % from previous year +8,6% +3,3% +6,4% +10,1% -11,7% Milk, packaged 418 406 453 531 500 546 ± % from previous year -2,8% +11,7% +17,2% -5,8% +9,2% Milk and cream 1.920 2.037 2.139 2.325 2.472 2.291 Butter (HS 0405) 54 55 52 74 58 55 of which: - Butter 82% (HS. 04051019) 14,6 16,4 15,9 35,1 14,8 15,9 Cheese (HS 0406) 442 439 456 469 485 481 of which: - Edam Cheese (HS. 04069023) 28,7 29,3 31,2 30,6 30,5 29,6 - Emmental (HS. 04069013) 32,0 29,9 29,7 30,8 28,7 29,7 - Seasoned cheeses (not PDO) (HS. 04069069) 16,3 15,5 14,4 20,0 26,9 27,3 - Fresh cheeses (HS. 04061020) 128 137 149 160 159 157 - Processed Cheese (HS. 040630) 40,0 40,3 38,2 40,9 38,9 37,4 - Full fat cheeses (HS. 04069087) 53 53 53 54 54 57 WMP (whole milk powder - HS 040221+040229) 22,1 23,5 25,2 26,5 28,2 24,0 SMP (skimmed milk powder - HS 040210) 85 84 80 91 59 66 Whey powder (HS 0404) 93 124 101 111 130 121 of which: - WPC (HS. 040410) 61 72 59 58 59 53 Casein (HS 350110) 11,8 10,3 8,4 9,7 9,5 10,1 Caseinates (HS 350190) 2,9 2,4 2,2 2,4 2,3 1,9 Lactose pharmaceutical (HS 170211) 6,4 6,0 7,0 10,2 12,3 9,7 Lactose edible (HS 170219) 1,4 1,1 1,0 1,0 0,6 0,7 Export Butter (HS 0405) 13,3 8,6 9,6 27,3 9,4 9,2 ± % sull'anno precedente -35,2% +11,9% +183,4% -65,4% -2,5% Cheese (HS 0406) 251 247 251 272 282 302 of which: - Asiago Cheese(Asiago, Montasio, Caciocavallo e Ragusano)(HS. 04069075) 1,6 1,5 1,4 1,7 1,7 1,9 - Fiore sardo, Pecorino cheese (HS. 04069063) 19,6 17,6 16,3 15,1 16,4 18,0 - Fresh Cheeses (HS. 04061020) 59 64 65 66 70 79 - Grated or powdered cheese (HS. 04062090) 18,7 19,2 19,3 21,2 22,4 24,1 - Gorgonzola PDO cheese (HS. 04064050) 14,7 13,1 13,0 13,6 14,7 15,3 - Grana Padano PDO and Parmigiano Reggiano PDO (HS. 04069061) 60 60 63 69 69 74 - Provolone cheese (HS. 04069073) 4,6 4,7 4,3 4,7 4,8 4,8 Whey powder (HS 0404) 281 265 162 286 343 405 of which: - WPC (HS. 040410) 206 231 136 260 313 382 Lactose pharmaceutical (HS 170211) 26,2 21,8 21,9 23,6 26,4 28,4 Apparent Domestic consumption Butter 156 152 150 155 152   Cheese 1.341 1.354 1.382 1.373     Yoghurt 501 509 489 514     Per capita consumption (kg) Fluid milk 55 53 52 53     Yoghurt 8,5 8,5 8,1 8,5     Butter 2,6 2,6 2,5 2,6 2,5   Cheese 22,6 22,6 23,0 22,7     Population ('000) 59.495 59.891 60.249 60.551 60.789 60.964

Source Raw material area: ISTAT; Deliveries to dairies: AGEA; Farm-gate milk price in Lombardy: Processed by CLAL Source Dairy production: ISTAT Source Import: ISTAT and GTIS Source Export: ISTAT and GTIS Source Domestic consumption and Per capita consumption: ISMEA Source Population: ISTAT (updated on January, 1st) Last update: 2013-06-15