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Japan: dairy sector

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This page contains data regarding key components of the Japanese dairy sector over a given time period.


JAPAN: DAIRY SECTOR
  x 1.000 ton
RAW MATERIAL AREA 2019 2020 2021 2022 2022 2023 % Period
Dairy cows number on February (1.000 heads) 839 841 849
Dairy Farms number ('000) 15 14 14
Milk production ('000 Ton) 7.314 7.438 7.592 7.617 5.778 5.512 -4,6% Jan-Sep 2023
Delivery of milk 7.318 7.389 7.543 7.571
Farm-gate price (€ x 100 Kg) 85,89 86,78 80,73 75,33 75,78 74,32 -1,9% Jan-Sep 2023
Drinking milk consumption 3.568 3.584 3.575 3.563
% Milk destinated to Drinking Milk 48,8% 48,2% 47,1% 46,8%
DAIRY PRODUCTION 2019 2020 2021 2022 2022 2023 % Period
Cream 116 110 120 120
Fresh milk products, milk drinks (kl) 2.290 2.259 2.199 2.117
Butter 65 71 73 75
Cheese 157 161 165 160
Condensed milk 37 33 34 35
WMP (whole milk powder) 10 7,9 9,0 10
Prepared milk powder 28 28 26 28
SMP (skimmed milk powder) 130 140 155 158
IMPORT 2019 2020 2021 2022 2022 2023 % Period
Whey powder (whey powder - HS 0404)
TOP exporters
 62 61 58 64 54 48 -11,8% Jan-Oct 2023
Butter (HS 0405)
TOP exporters
 25 18 12 10 7,8 13 +61,9% Jan-Oct 2023
Cheese (HS 0406)
TOP exporters
 303 292 288 274 231 210 -8,9% Jan-Oct 2023
SMP (skimmed milk powder - HS 040210)
TOP exporters
 47 39 22 20 18 6,0 -65,9% Jan-Oct 2023
Casein (HS 350110)
TOP exporters
 4,6 4,7 4,4 4,8 3,9 4,3 +9,4% Jan-Oct 2023
Caseinates (HS 350190)
TOP exporters
 8,9 7,9 8,6 8,9 7,1 7,1 -0,8% Jan-Oct 2023
Lactose pharmaceutical (HS 170211)
TOP exporters
 74 80 76 89 72 72 -0,8% Jan-Oct 2023
Lactose edible (HS 170299)
TOP exporters
 1,4 1,4 1,2 1,0 1,0 0,5 -44,0% Jan-Oct 2023
Fat-Filled Milk Powder (FFMP) (HS 190190)
TOP exporters
 255 249 226 196 166 139 -16,1% Jan-Oct 2023
Prepared edible fats 18 18 16 15
Other milk powder ** 51 51 48
DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION (Source: FAS-USDA) 2019 2020 2021 2022 2022 2023(f) % Period
Cheese 346 335 335 326 326 305 -6,4% Jan-Dec 2023
Butter 83 79 81 85 85 95 +11,8% Jan-Dec 2023
SMP 164 166 167 162 162 165 +1,9% Jan-Dec 2023
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTIONS (kg) 2019 2020 2021 2022 2022 2023(f) % Period
Cheese 2,75 2,67 2,69 2,63
Butter 0,66 0,63 0,65 0,69
SMP 1,30 1,33 1,34 1,31
% Self-sufficiency nan% nan% nan% nan%
SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS 2019 2020 2021 2022 2022 2023(f) % Period
Population ('000) 125.792 125.245 124.613 123.952
GDP per capita (U.S. dollars) 40.590 (e) 40.049 (e) 39.340 (e) 39.243 (e)
GDP per capita (€) * 36.256(e) 35.040(e) 33.262(e) 37.266(e)
(e) estimated
* Per capita GDP in Euro is calculated by using the yearly average exchange rate
(f): forecast
** Including prepared whey for infant formula,whey powder and whole milk powder.
NOTE:Per capita consumptions are obtained dividing total consumption (Source FAS-USDA ) by the population (Source FAO)

Source Raw material area: MAFF
Source Dairy production: MAFF
Source Import: Ministry of Finance; Import: Cheese, Butter, SMP, Casein, Caseinates, Lactose pharmaceutical, Lactose edible: IHS
Source Consumption: FAS-USDA
GDP per capita: International Monetary Found
Source Population: FAO
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

Last update: 2023-12-01
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