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German "Länder": Monthly Milk Deliveries

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On this page, you will find:
  • a table listing the monthly deliveries of cow's milk in the 16 German states (German Länder);
  • a table listing the monthly deliveries of cow's organic milk in the German Länder over a given period;
  • a summary table, which records the sum of conventional, organic and "Extra" Germany (processed in Germany, but coming from other EU Members States) deliveries of cow's milk over a given period;
  • two charts showing the monthly figures of conventional and organic milk deliveries in Germany;
  • a chart showing the share of the milk deliveried in the German Länder.
German Länder deliveries can be viewed from 2016 and changes in Germany's milk deliveries.

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2016 2018
Milk deliveries in 2017 with breakdown by German Länder ('000 tons)
German Länder Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total 2017 ± on 2016 *
Schleswig-Holstein / Hamburg 244 223 251 244 257 247 246 242 231 237 231 246 2.901 +1,2%
Niedersachsen / Bremen 572 525 589 574 608 586 589 579 550 562 548 580 6.862 +1,4%
Nordrhein-Westfalen 248 230 259 252 263 251 254 251 240 245 239 253 2.986 +0,7%
Hessen / Rheinland-Pfalz / Saarland 150 139 156 153 159 152 155 152 145 148 144 154 1.806 -3,1%
Baden-Württemberg 178 165 187 182 190 182 186 183 175 178 171 181 2.158 -0,9%
Bayern 602 561 635 620 645 621 632 618 590 601 575 608 7.310 -0,9%
Bundesgebiet West 1.994 1.843 2.077 2.025 2.122 2.039 2.063 2.026 1.932 1.972 1.909 2.023 24.024 +0,0%
Berlin / Brandenburg 107 99 111 107 111 107 109 106 101 105 102 108 1.275 -2,6%
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 120 110 123 120 126 122 123 121 115 118 114 120 1.432 -4,6%
Sachsen 135 126 142 137 142 137 139 137 132 135 130 137 1.630 -1,2%
Sachsen-Anhalt 90 82 92 89 91 88 89 87 84 86 83 88 1.048 -4,8%
Thüringen 76 70 80 76 79 76 77 76 73 75 73 77 907 -4,3%
Bundesgebiet Ost 529 487 547 530 549 530 537 528 505 518 502 529 6.292 -3,3%
Organic Milk deliveries in 2017 with breakdown by German Länder ('000 tons)
German Länder Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total 2017 ± on 2016 *
Schleswig-Holstein / Hamburg 1,81 1,65 1,92 1,97 2,35 2,33 2,49 2,51 2,30 2,38 2,38 2,59 26,67 +18,4%
Niedersachsen / Bremen 4,59 4,15 4,72 5,01 5,52 5,29 5,26 5,15 6,72 7,00 6,95 7,69 68,06 +40,8%
Nordrhein-Westfalen 5,79 5,25 6,20 6,42 6,80 6,38 6,13 6,36 6,12 6,48 6,50 7,60 76,03 +18,1%
Hessen / Rheinland-Pfalz / Saarland 5,62 5,22 5,96 6,21 6,95 6,68 6,76 6,65 6,47 6,55 6,46 7,06 76,57 +14,4%
Baden-Württemberg 10,64 10,02 11,45 11,97 13,17 12,64 12,71 12,83 12,50 12,84 11,95 13,06 145,77 +16,1%
Bayern 35,59 33,62 38,60 38,99 42,07 40,01 40,18 39,89 37,98 38,80 38,09 41,89 465,69 +16,7%
Bundesgebiet West 64,03 59,91 68,84 70,57 76,85 73,34 73,52 73,39 72,09 74,05 72,32 79,88 858,80 +18,1%
Berlin / Brandenburg 3,28 3,01 3,36 3,26 3,39 3,21 3,34 3,13 2,91 2,96 2,94 3,10 37,89 +7,5%
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 1,34 1,24 1,65 1,63 1,75 1,69 1,63 1,55 1,50 1,51 1,56 1,70 18,75 +28,4%
Sachsen/Sachsen-Anhalt 1,13 1,05 1,15 1,36 1,52 1,39 1,59 1,47 1,35 1,46 1,63 1,83 16,94 +48,5%
Thüringen 0,54 0,49 0,54 0,55 0,64 0,58 0,55 0,59 0,56 0,54 0,54 0,58 6,71 +3,7%
Bundesgebiet Ost 6,30 5,78 6,69 6,81 7,29 6,87 7,11 6,75 6,32 6,48 6,67 7,22 80,28 +18,5%
Germany Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total 2017 ± on 2016 *
Conventional milk 2.523 2.330 2.624 2.555 2.672 2.569 2.599 2.554 2.437 2.490 2.410 2.552 30.316 -0,7%
change * -4,5% -7,5% -2,8% -3,7% -2,9% -0,9% -0,9% +0,3% +2,6% +4,3% +5,6% +4,2%
Organic milk 70 66 76 77 84 80 81 80 78 81 79 87 939 +18,2%
change * +10,3% +8,3% +14,2% +13,7% +12,9% +16,8% +15,9% +17,2% +22,1% +25,2% +30,9% +31,7%
Extra Germany 55 52 59 58 61 58 58 57 55 56 55 58 682 +4,1%
change * +0,0% -2,2% +2,7% +2,9% +1,1% +3,0% +2,7% +4,7% +8,2% +9,8% +9,8% +8,4%
Total Germany 2017 2.649 2.448 2.759 2.691 2.817 2.707 2.738 2.691 2.570 2.627 2.544 2.697 31.937
% change on 2016 -4,1% -7,0% -2,3% -3,2% -2,4% -0,3% -0,4% +0,8% +3,3% +4,9% +6,3% +5,0% -0,1%
Total Germany 2016 2.762 2.633 2.824 2.779 2.886 2.716 2.749 2.670 2.489 2.504 2.392 2.568 31.973
Last update: 28-04-2024
* % change from same period of previous year.
Source: BLE

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.

MILK PRODUCTION / COW - Quintals
German Länder May
2021 		Nov
2021 		May
2022 		Nov
2022 		May
2023 		Nov
2023 		± on
2023
Schleswig-Holstein / Hamburg 7,33 6,44 7,42 6,59 7,57 6,87 +4,1%
Niedersachsen / Bremen 7,83 6,79 7,89 7,08 8,10 7,18 +1,5%
Nordrhein-Westfalen 7,69 6,63 7,77 7,00 7,91 6,91 -1,3%
Hessen / Rheinland-Pfalz / Saarland 7,05 5,90 6,81 6,19 7,11 6,25 +1,0%
Baden-Württemberg 6,52 5,44 6,37 5,68 6,60 5,72 +0,8%
Bayern 6,26 5,27 6,18 5,51 6,46 5,63 +2,1%
Berlin / Brandenburg 8,07 7,14 7,85 7,09 8,14 7,21 +1,6%
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 7,94 7,16 7,95 7,24 8,28 7,41 +2,4%
Sachsen/Sachsen-Anhalt 8,19 7,34 8,20 7,63 8,47 7,64 +0,1%
Thüringen 8,19 7,17 8,05 7,46 8,33 7,51 +0,6%
Total Germany 7,22 6,22 7,19 6,47 7,42 6,55 +1,4%
Former Federal territory 7,96 6,81 7,94 7,12 8,19 7,21 +1,2%
New Federal states 11,51 10,30 11,46 10,58 11,88 10,64 +0,6%
(e) estimated by CLAL
Last update: 28-04-2024
Processed by CLAL
Number of Dairy Cows
German Länder May
2020 		Nov
2020 		May
2021 		Nov
2021 		May
2022 		Nov
2022 		May
2023 		Nov
2023 		± on
2022
Baden-Württemberg 325.288 320.852 319.540 315.337 314.473 314.796 310.855 309.148 -1,8%
Bayern 1.119.195 1.104.468 1.102.479 1.086.209 1.082.827 1.078.276 1.070.895 1.056.855 -2,0%
Berlin 107 108 112 108 115 111 106 102 -8,1%
Brandenburg 140.083 137.068 134.545 132.351 131.182 128.947 126.696 123.621 -4,1%
Bremen 3.323 3.295 3.306 3.147 3.074 3.162 3.171 3.023 -4,4%
Hamburg 1.143 1.190 1.152 1.136 1.120 1.184 1.173 1.029 -13,1%
Hessen 130.005 128.033 127.481 124.857 124.436 122.606 122.023 119.579 -2,5%
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 160.419 159.115 156.850 153.153 152.361 151.354 150.649 149.230 -1,4%
Niedersachsen 822.178 814.114 809.498 798.278 801.349 804.170 799.337 783.835 -2,5%
Nordrhein-Westfalen 397.824 393.221 387.862 384.215 381.574 383.400 378.939 375.141 -2,2%
Rheinland-Pfalz 104.111 101.872 100.023 98.537 97.389 97.178 95.868 94.264 -3,0%
Saarland 12.980 12.676 12.499 12.500 12.415 12.363 12.189 11.921 -3,6%
Sachsen 176.116 174.958 174.491 171.898 170.055 169.138 167.979 164.343 -2,8%
Sachsen-Anhalt 110.499 108.103 106.476 103.628 102.225 101.164 101.137 97.692 -3,4%
Schleswig-Holstein 370.787 370.888 364.856 360.245 357.034 357.574 350.685 341.631 -4,5%
Thüringen 95.219 91.449 90.339 87.117 85.692 84.294 83.489 81.401 -3,4%
Total Germany 3.969.277 3.921.410 3.891.509 3.832.716 3.817.321 3.809.717 3.775.191 3.712.815 -2,5%
Former Federal territory 3.286.941 3.250.717 3.228.808 3.184.569 3.175.806 3.174.820 3.145.241 3.096.528 -2,5%
New Federal states 682.336 670.693 662.701 648.147 641.515 634.897 629.950 616.287 -2,9%
(e) estimated by CLAL
Last update: 20-12-2023
Source: Statistisches Bundesamt

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