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United Kingdom: Dairy sector
This page contains data with regard to some key indicators on the dairy sector over time.
This Country:
- exports dairy products, converted into milk equivalent (ME), for the 20,6% of the milk deliveries (year 2024),
The orange links allow a further analysis on TESEO.
| UNITED KINGDOM: DAIRY SECTOR | |||||||||
| x 1.000 ton | |||||||||
| RAW MATERIAL AREA | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2024 | 2025 | % | Period | |
| Cow's Milk | |||||||||
| Export of Breeding Heifers (HS 01022110 - head) | - | 7,0 | 69 | 189 | |||||
| Import of Breeding Heifers (HS 01022110 - head) | 287 | 7.487 | 5.017 | 702 | 103 | 3 | -97,1% | Jan-Feb 2025 | |
| Milk production | 15.471 | 15.471 | 15.448 | ||||||
| ± % Over the same period of the previous year | 0,0% | -0,1% | |||||||
| Deliveries to dairies ('000 Ton) | 15.448 | 15.317 | 15.322 | 15.503 | 5.217 | 5.397 | +3,4% | Jan-Apr 2025 | |
| ± % Over the same period of the previous year | -0,8% | 0,0% | +1,2% | ||||||
| % Delivery on production *** | 99,9% | 99,0% | 99,2% | ||||||
| Farm-gate milk prices (€/100 Lt.) | 36,20 | 51,62 | 45,35 | 48,77 | 45,19 | 55,08 | +21,9% | Jan-Mar 2025 | |
| ± % Over the same period of the previous year | +42,6% | -12,2% | +7,5% | ||||||
| DAIRY PRODUCTION | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2024 | 2025 | % | Period | |
| Drinking milk | 6.072 | 5.959 | 5.963 | 6.043 | 1.464 | 1.565 | +6,9% | Jan-Mar 2025 | |
| Cream for direct consumption | 325 | 312 | 317 | 323 | 77 | 86 | +11,0% | Jan-Mar 2025 | |
| Acidified milk (yoghurts and other) | 420 | 384 | 349 | 391 | 83 | 122 | +46,7% | Jan-Mar 2025 | |
| Butter | 214 | 209 | 202 | 195 | 50 | 48 | -3,6% | Jan-Mar 2025 | |
| Cheese from cows' milk | 497 | 512 | 510 | 499 | 124 | 123 | -0,7% | Jan-Mar 2025 | |
| - Cheese | 355 | 367 | 365 | 352 | 90 | 85 | -5,6% | Jan-Mar 2025 | |
| - Other long life territorial cheese | 36 | 34 | 33 | 29 | 6,9 | 8,2 | +19,9% | Jan-Mar 2025 | |
| - Short life territorial cheese | 7,3 | 8,5 | 7,8 | 7,2 | 1,7 | 2,1 | +21,6% | Jan-Mar 2025 | |
| - Blue vein cheese | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 2,6 | 2,5 | -6,0% | Jan-Mar 2025 | |
| - Other cheese | 89 | 91 | 92 | 99 | 23 | 26 | +11,2% | Jan-Mar 2025 | |
| Concentrated milk | 127 | 125 | 129 | 124 | 31 | 28 | -9,6% | Jan-Mar 2025 | |
| EXPORT | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2024 | 2025 | % | Period | |
| Bulk milk (04011090+04012019+04012099) | TOP importers | 666 | 697 | 669 | 679 | 202 | 168 | -16,9% | Jan-Mar 2025 |
| Whole (04012099) | TOP importers | 648 | 680 | 656 | 657 | 190 | 164 | -13,9% | Jan-Mar 2025 |
| Semi-skimmed (04012019) | TOP importers | 8,0 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 5,0 | 4,3 | -14,1% | Jan-Mar 2025 |
| Skimmed (04011090) | TOP importers | 9,4 | 3,3 | 0,1 | 7,3 | 7,2 | 0,0 | -100,0% | Jan-Mar 2025 |
| Cheese (0406) | TOP importers | 154 | 176 | 179 | 197 | 52 | 48 | -6,4% | Jan-Mar 2025 |
| Fat-Filled Milk Powder (FFMP) (190190) | TOP importers | 105 | 107 | 101 | 112 | 27 | 29 | +6,8% | Jan-Mar 2025 |
| Packed milk (04011010+04012011+04012091) | TOP importers | 71 | 67 | 70 | 71 | 17 | 20 | +17,4% | Jan-Mar 2025 |
| Whole (04012091) | TOP importers | 39 | 34 | 38 | 43 | 10 | 13 | +29,0% | Jan-Mar 2025 |
| Semi-Skimmed (04012011) | TOP importers | 21 | 30 | 29 | 24 | 6,1 | 5,8 | -4,3% | Jan-Mar 2025 |
| Skimmed (04011010) | TOP importers | 10 | 3,4 | 4,2 | 4,1 | 0,9 | 1,2 | +28,8% | Jan-Mar 2025 |
| Whey (0404) | TOP importers | 50 | 50 | 48 | 61 | 15 | 18 | +24,6% | Jan-Mar 2025 |
| Sweet dairy Whey (12% protein) e WPC (040410) | TOP importers | 49 | 49 | 48 | 61 | 15 | 18 | +25,1% | Jan-Mar 2025 |
| SMP (040210) | TOP importers | 52 | 47 | 71 | 50 | 12 | 15 | +25,4% | Jan-Mar 2025 |
| Yogurt and buttermilk (0403) | TOP importers | 43 | 32 | 36 | 44 | 10 | 10,0 | -3,9% | Jan-Mar 2025 |
| Butter And Other Fats (0405) | TOP importers | 52 | 48 | 54 | 43 | 9,2 | 11 | +23,9% | Jan-Mar 2025 |
| Anhydrous Milk Fat (040590) | TOP importers | 15 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 2,8 | 4,6 | +63,5% | Jan-Mar 2025 |
| Condensed Milk (040291+040299) | TOP importers | 35 | 40 | 43 | 38 | 7,4 | 11 | +44,2% | Jan-Mar 2025 |
| Cream (040130+040140+040150) | TOP importers | 19 | 20 | 29 | 25 | 3,8 | 11 | +184,7% | Jan-Mar 2025 |
| Other Product | 75 | 69 | 75 | 62 | 16 | 16 | +1,3% | Jan-Mar 2025 | |
| Soya-based beverages (protein content >=2,8 %) | 4,0 | 2,1 | 1,2 | 4,4 | |||||
| Soya-based beverages (protein content of <2.8%) based on nuts, cereals or seeds | 24 | 11 | 8,1 | 23 | |||||
| Non-alcoholic beverages containing < 0,2% fats derived from milk or milk products | 1,0 | 2,9 | 2,1 | 1,5 | |||||
| IMPORT | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2024 | 2025 | % | Period | |
| Cheese (0406) | TOP exporters | 400 | 411 | 433 | 450 | 101 | 111 | +9,6% | Jan-Mar 2025 |
| Yogurt and buttermilk (0403) | TOP exporters | 324 | 262 | 264 | 305 | 75 | 74 | -2,2% | Jan-Mar 2025 |
| Bulk milk (04011090+04012019+04012099) | TOP exporters | 160 | 227 | 187 | 206 | 29 | 34 | +15,4% | Jan-Mar 2025 |
| Whole (04012099) | TOP exporters | 136 | 194 | 147 | 161 | 26 | 24 | -8,4% | Jan-Mar 2025 |
| Semi-skimmed (04012019) | TOP exporters | 8,5 | 6,4 | 29 | 23 | 3,2 | 9,7 | +208,9% | Jan-Mar 2025 |
| Skimmed (04011090) | TOP exporters | 16 | 26 | 11 | 22 | 0,0 | 0,2 | >1000% | Jan-Mar 2025 |
| Fat-Filled Milk Powder (FFMP) (190190) | TOP exporters | 90 | 120 | 133 | 126 | 31 | 24 | -22,0% | Jan-Mar 2025 |
| Whey (0404) | TOP exporters | 51 | 60 | 73 | 81 | 19 | 22 | +17,9% | Jan-Mar 2025 |
| Sweet dairy Whey (12% protein) e WPC (040410) | TOP exporters | 45 | 49 | 56 | 65 | 15 | 18 | +23,6% | Jan-Mar 2025 |
| Butter And Other Fats (0405) | TOP exporters | 54 | 53 | 58 | 63 | 14 | 16 | +14,5% | Jan-Mar 2025 |
| Anhydrous Milk Fat (040590) | TOP exporters | 8,1 | 6,9 | 5,0 | 3,1 | 0,7 | 2,0 | +204,6% | Jan-Mar 2025 |
| Condensed Milk (040291+040299) | TOP exporters | 38 | 52 | 53 | 53 | 13 | 13 | +3,8% | Jan-Mar 2025 |
| Infant milk formula (190110) | TOP exporters | 69 | 39 | 35 | 46 | 9,8 | 14 | +42,5% | Jan-Mar 2025 |
| Cream (040130+040140+040150) | TOP exporters | 20 | 20 | 21 | 34 | 6,7 | 5,2 | -22,8% | Jan-Mar 2025 |
| Packed milk (04011010+04012011+04012091) | TOP exporters | 155 | 59 | 29 | 25 | 7,6 | 5,4 | -29,1% | Jan-Mar 2025 |
| Whole (04012091) | TOP exporters | 98 | 44 | 7,6 | 6,2 | 1,6 | 1,3 | -16,1% | Jan-Mar 2025 |
| Semi-Skimmed (04012011) | TOP exporters | 52 | 13 | 20 | 17 | 5,5 | 3,6 | -34,4% | Jan-Mar 2025 |
| Skimmed (04011010) | TOP exporters | 4,8 | 2,4 | 1,8 | 1,6 | 0,5 | 0,5 | -13,6% | Jan-Mar 2025 |
| Other Product | 65 | 61 | 65 | 58 | 15 | 15 | +1,2% | Jan-Mar 2025 | |
| Soya-based beverages (protein content >=2,8 %) | 29 | 27 | 31 | 33 | |||||
| Soya-based beverages (protein content of <2.8%) based on nuts, cereals or seeds | 68 | 237 | 226 | 216 | |||||
| Non-alcoholic beverages containing < 0,2% fats derived from milk or milk products | 30 | 38 | 39 | 52 | |||||
| % Self-sufficiency rate | 90,99% | 91,75% | 92,60% | 90,94% | % | Jan-Mar 2025 | |||
| SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2024 | 2025(f) | % | Period | |
| GDP (gross domestic product) | 8,58% | 4,84% | 0,38% | 0,90% | 0,90% | 1,00% | Jan-Dic 2025 | ||
| CPI (consumer price index) | 2,58% | 9,05% | 7,30% | 2,50% | 2,50% | 3,20% | Jan-Dic 2025 | ||
| Population ('000) | 67.669 | 68.179 | 68.683 | ||||||
| GDP per capita (U.S. dollars) | 46.422 (e) | 45.295 (e) | 46.372 (e) | ||||||
| GDP per capita (€) * | 39.249(e) | 43.013(e) | 42.885(e) | ||||||
Informative Note
(f): forecast
(e): estimated
* Per capita GDP in Euro is calculated by using the yearly average exchange rate
SOURCES
Raw material area: Dairy Cows: AHDB; Import/Export of Breeding Heifers: United Kingdom HMRC'; Milk Production: AHDB; Milk Deliveries: DEFRA; Farm-gate milk prices: DEFRA
Dairy production: DEFRA;
Export: United Kingdom HMRC
Import: United Kingdom HMRC
GDP and CPI: Intesa Sanpaolo
GDP per capita: International Monetary Found
Population: Eurostat
Note: Self-sufficiency rate = Milk deliveries/(Domestic use in milk equivalent ME)
Domestic use in milk equivalent (ME) = Milk deliveries + Import in ME - Export in ME
The Self-sufficiency rate does not consider the trade of FFMP (fat-filled milk powder) - HS 190190 and the infant milk formula.
Last update: 23-05-2025
(e): estimated
* Per capita GDP in Euro is calculated by using the yearly average exchange rate
SOURCES
Raw material area: Dairy Cows: AHDB; Import/Export of Breeding Heifers: United Kingdom HMRC'; Milk Production: AHDB; Milk Deliveries: DEFRA; Farm-gate milk prices: DEFRA
Dairy production: DEFRA;
Export: United Kingdom HMRC
Import: United Kingdom HMRC
GDP and CPI: Intesa Sanpaolo
GDP per capita: International Monetary Found
Population: Eurostat
Note: Self-sufficiency rate = Milk deliveries/(Domestic use in milk equivalent ME)
Domestic use in milk equivalent (ME) = Milk deliveries + Import in ME - Export in ME
The Self-sufficiency rate does not consider the trade of FFMP (fat-filled milk powder) - HS 190190 and the infant milk formula.
Last update: 23-05-2025
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