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Milk Statistics April 2022

Domestic Milk Intake down by 1.0% in April 2022

Online ISSN: 2009-566X
CSO statistical publication, , 11am

Key Findings

  • Domestic Milk Intake by creameries and pasteurisers was estimated at 1049.4 million litres for April 2022. This represents a 1.0% decrease over April 2021. 

  • Domestic Milk Intake for the period January to April 2022 was estimated at 2,408.7 million litres, a decrease of 16.1 million litres (-0.7%) when compared to the corresponding period for 2021.

  • Fat content increased from 3.98% in April 2021 to 4.04 % in April 2022. Protein content decreased from 3.45% to 3.44% for the same period.

  • Butter production decreased by 3.3% from 30,500 tonnes in April 2021 to 29,500 tonnes in April 2022.

  • Skimmed Milk Powder production increased from 17,700 tonnes in April 2021 to 21,200 tonnes in April 2022.

X-axis label20212022
Jan182.2183.3
Feb352.4367.5
Mar829.7808.5
Apr1060.51049.4
May1181
June1067.3
Jul1017.3
Aug917.4
Sep776.7
Oct649.6
Nov465.9
Dec258.5
Table 1 Domestic Milk Intake

Table 2 Milk Statistics

Table 3 EU Milk Intake by Creameries and Pasteurisers

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