This page contains data regarding key components of the Russian dairy industry over a given time period.
This report highlights the complexity of the industry, which should be analysed from several viewpoints: in terms of milk production and delivery, the processing of the commodity into cheese, imports and domestic consumption.
Import and domestic consumption trends (for cheese in particular) should be considered in conjunction with the development of the country (see GDP), as this is linked to oil and gas price fluctuations. Russia is, of course, a major producer of both oil and gas.
x 1.000 ton
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008 (e)
2009
Raw material area
Number of cows ('000 head)
12.700
12.200
11.100
10.252
9.503
9.218
9.405
9.300
Production of cow milk
32.900
33.467
33.300
31.935
30.600
31.440
31.988
32.362
32.592
± % from previous year
1,69%
-0,50%
-4,27%
-4,36%
2,67%
1,71%
1,16%
0,71%
Delivery of cow milk
13.000
13.500
14.100
14.500
14.700
15.048
15.354
15.857
16.296
% Deliveries on production
39,5%
40,3%
42,3%
45,4%
48,0%
47,9%
48,0%
49,0%
50,0%
Dairy productions
Liquid milk
6.724
7.747
8.473
9.023
9.742
9.999
10.048
 
Butter
222
229
229
276
254
230
245
258
Cheese
255
309
335
348
378
401
434
429
Condensed milk
201
203
204
218
227
208
 
 
WMP (whole milk powder)
106
92
90
91
80
76
75
84
SMP (skimmed milk powder)
108
92
98
93
92
123
132
131
Import
Yogurt
38
 
26
28
16
6
5
6
Butter (HS 0405)
109
120
133
101
83
112
75
84
59
Cheese (HS 0406)
112
130
176
213
260
218
234
248
229
WMP (whole milk powder - HS 040221)
8
2
5
7
8
2
2
7
5
SMP (skimmed milk powder - HS 040210)
22
2
10
15
19
5
10
11
8
Domestic consumption
Butter
369
400
440
437
385
 
 
 
Cheese
394
465
498
508
615
 
 
 
Population ('000)
144.877
144.082
143.246
142.397
141.553
140.743
139.932
139.122
138.311
Year 2009: Estimated Values
Source: ZMP, since May,9 2009 ZMB; GTIS (import)
1. The “News” evidences only the changes; should no price change or no quotation take place, any mention will be made
2. The change/variation concerning PRODUCTION/OUTPUT quantity refers to the same period of the previous year.
3. The change/variation concerning STOCK quantity refers to the previous month.
4. The change/variation of price refers to PRICES expressed in local currency (for both EU and the World). The change refers to the previous week /month /year, as the case may be