US: Lactose Production

This page provides, in the given period, with:

• a chart illustrating production trends over the last three years.
• a table containing production figures, represented in pound unit;
• the comparison graph between Lactose (human type) production trend in the US and wholesale prices (euro);
• a comparison graph between Lactose, WPC and Dry Whey production, represented in pound unit.

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US Production Lactose (human type) * ('000 lb)
Month	2006	2011	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	± % on 2020	± % on 2019
January	64.539	81.122	88.943	92.320	94.822	112.832	84.665	93.798	+10,8%	-16,9%
February	56.311	74.812	83.703	84.386	86.232	98.231	84.265	79.123	-6,1%	-19,5%
March	62.165	85.312	92.796	95.317	100.861	114.157	94.831	101.240(p)	+6,8%	-11,3%
April	63.402	80.547	91.527	96.265	93.472	108.057	88.674
May	66.057	87.301	93.097	93.634	96.204	109.722	90.928
June	60.027	89.870	93.713	96.082	95.874	107.903	102.804
July	60.333	85.263	97.841	98.117	98.603	106.989	99.916
August	64.225	83.098	92.635	96.679	97.273	94.974	95.837
September	58.964	82.853	94.882	94.903	91.391	95.488	93.454
October	62.296	83.402	89.840	93.098	90.025	96.493	86.843
November	60.505	81.668	86.943	86.105	103.137	88.375	85.542
December	59.832	84.953	92.947	97.251	110.406	93.634	95.013
Jan-Mar	183.015	241.246	265.442	272.023	281.915	325.220	263.761	274.161
% y-o-y ¹	-	+31,8%	+10,0%	+2,5%	+3,6%	+15,4%	-18,9%	+3,9%
Total Year	738.656	1.000.201	1.098.867	1.124.157	1.158.300	1.226.855	1.102.772
% y-o-y ¹	-	+35,4%	+9,9%	+2,3%	+3,0%	+5,9%	-10,1%
Last Update: 05-05-2021
1) change from the same period of previous year , except for years 2011, 2016, where the change is from the same period 5 years ago *: Conversion ratio: 1 Kg = 2.2046 lb (p) = provisional Source: USDA

	= Min Production in the last 5 years
	= Max Production in the last 5 years