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Domestic Milk Intake by creameries and pasteurisers was estimated at 1,027.2 million litres for July 2022. This represents a 1% increase over July 2021.
Domestic Milk Intake for the period January to July 2022 was estimated at 5,664.8 million litres, a decrease of 25.6 million litres (-0.4%) when compared to the corresponding period for 2021.
Fat content increased from 3.99% in July 2021 to 4.03% in July 2022. Protein content also increased from 3.43% to 3.47% for the same period.
Skim Milk Powder production increased by 30.8% from 17,100 tonnes in July 2021 to 22,300 tonnes in July 2022.
Butter production decreased from 30,800 tonnes in July 2021 to 29,100 tonnes in July 2022.
Table 1 presents analysis on month versus month and year-to-date comparisons of the current year and previous year's domestic milk intake.
Figure 1 shows up-to-date trends of monthly domestic milk intake for 2021 and 2022.
| X-axis label | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 182.2 | 183.3 |
| Feb | 352.4 | 367.5 |
| Mar | 829.7 | 808.6 |
| Apr | 1060.5 | 1054.6 |
| May | 1181 | 1166 |
| June | 1067.3 | 1057.6 |
| Jul | 1017.3 | 1027.2 |
| Aug | 917.4 | |
| Sep | 776.7 | |
| Oct | 649.6 | |
| Nov | 465.9 | |
| Dec | 258.5 |
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Statistician's Comment
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (31 August 2022) published Milk Statistics for July 2022.
Commenting on the release, Dr Grzegorz Głaczyński, Statistician, said: “The figures show an increase in domestic milk intake by creameries and pasteurisers of 1.0% in July 2022, when compared to the same month in 2021. Domestic milk intake decreased during the period January to July 2022 (-0.4%), compared to the same period in 2021."