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 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13
Raw material area
Number of cows ('000 head) 4.253 4.397 4.529 4.634  
Milk production (Mio litres) - Source: LIC, DairyNZ 16.044 16.483 17.339 19.129  
± % from previous year +2,7% +5,2% +10,3%
Milk production - Fonte: DCANZ 16.583 17.013 17.895 19.742  
Dairy production
Butter and Butteroil 469 515 478 492  
        of which Butter          
Cheese 300 270 282 257  
WMP (whole milk powder) 754 790 920 1.000  
± % from previous year 4,8% 16,5% 8,7%  
SMP (skimmed milk powder) 361 360 363 440  
± % from previous year -0,3% +0,8% +21,2%  
Export * 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
bulk and packaged milk (HS 040110+040120) 83 74 98 90 93
Butter (HS 0405) 326 451 395 414 463
of which:
- Anhydrous Milk Fat 106 174 147 155 194
Cheese (HS 0406) 247 290 265 253 306
WMP (whole milk powder - HS 040221+040229) 607 818 949 1.110 1.261
± % sull'anno precedente +34,9% +16,0% +17,0% +13,7%
SMP (skimmed milk powder - HS 040210) 242 408 343 362 390
± % sull'anno precedente +68,6% -15,8% +5,3% +7,7%
Whey powder (HS 0404) 95 88 81 90 103
Casein (HS 350110) 41,2 46,1 31,7 33,9 49,9
Caseinates (HS 350190) 29,2 31,5 29,9 31,8 31,1
Lactose Pharmaceutical (HS 170211) 25,7 29,9 18,8 19,1 20,4
Import * 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Whey powder (HS 0404) 8,0 11,0 9,4 16,4 26,8
Lactose Pharmaceutical (HS 170211) 11,3 13,5 18,2 58 56
Consumi pro-capite (kg) * 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Latte 80,65 69,40 68,68 67,95 67,25
Formaggio 5,14 5,55 5,49 6,80 6,72
Burro 4,91 4,63 4,58 4,53 4,71
SMP 0,23 0,23 0,69 0,68 0,67
WMP 0,23 0,23 0,23 0,45 0,45
* 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Population ('000) 4.278 4.323 4.368 4.415 4.461
* Dairy Season: January 1st - December 30th

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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