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EUROPEAN UNION: Milk production and uses
This page provides with a table showing:
  1. European milk production, including forecast for 2026;
  2. Fluid milk, Cheese, WMP, SMP production in milk equivalent*, including forecast for 2026;
  3. Dairy product in milk equivalent impact on milk production

Graph at the bottom evidences the trend of the incidence of dairy products in milk equivalent in milk production.
* Assumptions used to convert product weight into Milk Equivalent::
  • It takes 8,50 kg of whole farm milk to obtain 1 kg of cheese
  • It takes 7,81 kg of whole farm milk to obtain 1 kg of WMP
  • It takes 10,72 kg of whole farm milk to obtain 1 kg of SMP
  • It takes 2 kg of whole farm milk to obtain 1 kg of Condensed milk
EUROPEAN UNION: Milk production and uses (in milk equivalent)
'000 tons 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 ±% on '25 ±% on '24
Milk (M) 144.474 144.649 144.715 145.723 148.147 147.434 -0,48% 1,17%
Consumi di latte liquido (CL) 21.742 21.850 21.427 21.774 21.606 21.411 -0,90% -1,67%
% (CL) / (L) 15,0% 15,1% 14,8% 14,9% 14,6% 14,5%
Cheese (C) n.r. 80.527 81.878 83.832 85.404 85.565 0,19% 2,07%
% (C) / (L) - 55,7% 56,6% 57,5% 57,6% 58,0%
WMP (W) n.r. 5.586 5.695 5.414 4.977 4.906 -1,41% -9,38%
% (W) / (L) - 3,9% 3,9% 3,7% 3,4% 3,3%
SMP (S) 13.859 14.009 13.269 13.365 14.041 13.944 -0,69% 4,33%
% (S) / (L) 9,6% 9,7% 9,2% 9,2% 9,5% 9,5%
CM + C + W + S 35.601 121.971 122.269 124.385 126.027 125.827
% (CM + C + W + S) / (M) 24,6% 84,3% 84,5% 85,4% 85,1% 85,3%
Last updated: 08-04-2026
2025 preliminary
2026 forecast

Source: Data processed by Clal based on FAS-USDA and Eurostat

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