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EU-27: Butter production

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This page contains the European Butter production data, both in tables and charts.

The table offers as well the possibility to:

  • consult the monthly volumes and changes, by clicking on the years in the column headers,
  • access to the DairySheets by clicking on the names of the Member States of the EU.

The charts display:

  • a breakdown of the Butter production by Member States
  • the monthly and average daily Butter production,
  • the year-over-year changes of Butter production in the major EU Players,
  • the yearly Butter production of the last seven years,
  • the Butter production with rolling year

The balance sheet of Butter completes the information.

From the Eurostat Handbook: definition of "Butter"

A product with a milk fat content of not less than 80 % and less than 90 %, a maximum water content of 16 % and a maximum dry non-fat milk-material content of 2 %. Includes also butter which contains small amounts of herbs, spices, aromatic substances, etc. on the condition that the product retains the characteristics of butter.

UE-27: Production of Butter (Tons)
COUNTRY 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2020 2021 Var % Period
Austria 33.660 34.650 36.650 36.980 36.540 38.110 14.660 14.460 -1,4% Jan - Apr '21
Belgium 48.940 57.550 64.600 64.240 111.960 122.600 31.580 32.120 +1,7% Jan - Mar '21
Bulgaria 990 870 1.010 1.110 1.060 1.030 360 330 -8,3% Jan - Apr '21
Croatia 4.060 4.130 4.680 4.330 4.580 5.040 1.650 1.460 -11,5% Jan - Apr '21
Cyprus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Jan - Apr '21
Czech Republic 28.700 27.980 25.790 23.810 26.170 26.950 9.200 8.430 -8,4% Jan - Apr '21
Denmark 44.200 56.300 57.000 74.000 74.700 72.700 18.300 19.000 +3,8% Jan - Mar '21
Estonia 5.100 5.100 4.300 4.900 5.200 5.000 1.800 1.500 -16,7% Jan - Apr '21
Finland 63.230 64.180 61.770 59.900 60.900 62.690 22.170 21.400 -3,5% Jan - Apr '21
France 446.990 435.400 411.980 420.280 414.230 412.990 156.780 147.560 -5,9% Jan - Apr '21
Germany 517.300 516.100 496.780 484.041 497.104 506.436 134.226 134.226 (e)

 0,0% Jan - Mar '21
Greece 740 1.040 850 1.110 1.200 1.450 490 560 +14,3% Jan - Apr '21
Hungary 9.490 8.240 9.020 9.370 8.630 9.200 3.490 4.140 +18,6% Jan - Apr '21
Ireland 187.480 198.700 223.670 237.840 251.070 264.720 41.000 74.040 +80,6% Jan - Mar '21
Italy 95.900 95.400 91.220 95.580 96.200 96.430 32.650 33.170 +1,6% Jan - Apr '21
Latvia 6.920 7.200 4.650 3.220 3.280 3.730 1.250 1.070 -14,4% Jan - Apr '21
Lithuania 14.880 17.680 14.950 14.160 14.430 15.050 6.290 3.690 -41,3% Jan - Apr '21
Luxembourg (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) - Jan - Apr '21
Malta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Jan - Apr '21
Netherlands 147.500 161.300 148.900 153.800 136.400 131.800 33.400 38.200 +14,4% Jan - Mar '21
Poland 187.700 203.930 213.020 221.760 224.610 243.300 85.090 83.140 -2,3% Jan - Apr '21
Portugal 32.260 31.410 32.080 31.090 30.490 31.820 11.380 10.990 -3,4% Jan - Apr '21
Romania 11.180 11.920 12.140 10.880 10.670 12.170 4.360 4.120 -5,5% Jan - Apr '21
Slovakia 8.920 8.960 9.340 9.470 9.900 11.050 3.740 3.770 +0,8% Jan - Apr '21
Slovenia 2.260 2.390 2.740 2.620 2.560 2.620 870 760 -12,6% Jan - Apr '21
Spain 38.700 40.800 46.960 49.300 45.679 43.500 12.600 10.580 -16,0% Jan - Mar '21
Sweden 21.840 21.730 17.290 16.380 17.170 17.510 5.100 4.800 -5,9% Jan - Mar '21
TOTAL EU-27 1.958.940 2.012.960 1.991.390 2.030.171 2.084.733 2.137.896 542.636 537.906 (e) -0,9% Jan - Mar '21
y-o-y % +2,8% -1,1% +1,9% +2,7% +2,6%      
(e) estimated data
(c) confidential data
NOTE:The data for the higlighted countries are confidential. These countries are not considered in the calculation of the total production.
Source: Eurostat, BLE, ISTAT, Stimato CLAL

Rolling year: for each month the chart visualizes the production in that month plus the production of the previous 11 months. With this method is always considered the total production in a time window of 12 months, so it is possible to identify the trend without the effect of seasonality.

UE-27 Balance Sheet: Butter
'000 tons 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Dec 2020
Opening Stocks (1st Jan) (SI) 25 11 20 51 25 0 0 0
Production [D6000] (P) 1.779 1.867 1.959 2.013 1.991 2.030 2.085 2.138
Production of other fat dairy products [D6900] (P2) 247(e) 259(e) 204(e) 225(e) 217(e) 209(e) 204(e) 0(e)
Imports (I) 72 76 56 59 57 69 73 49
Exports (E) 224 240 260 295 253 243 297 312
Final Stocks (SF) 11 20 51 25 0 0 0 0
   of which:
     - public 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
     - private 11 20 51 25 0 0 0 0
Apparent Domestic Consumption (SI + P + P2 + I - E - SF ) 1.887 1.953 1.928 2.028 2.037 2.065 2.065 1.874
NOTE: Other Yellow Fat Dairy Products [D6900] production data of some Member States are confidential and are NOT included in this table.
(e): estimated; n.a.: not available
Sources: Production, Import/Export: Eurostat; Stock (Public + Private): European Commission; Apparent Domestic Consumption: Processed by CLAL