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E-mail: agri@cso.ie Carmel Hinchion Sophie Emerson Barry O'Reilly

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CSO statistical release, 31 August 2020, 11am

Milk Statistics

July 2020

Domestic Milk Intake
	2019	2020	% change
	million litres
July	943.2	984.7	4.4%
January-July	5,157.3	5,354.8	3.8%

Domestic Milk Intake up by 4.4% in July 2020

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Domestic milk intake by creameries and pasteurisers was estimated at 984.7 million litres for July 2020. This represents a 4.4% increase over July 2019. See Figure 1.

Comparing the July 2020 milk produce figures with those for July 2019 shows that;

Butter production increased by 7.5% to 30,360 tonnes.
Skimmed milk powder increased by 2.9% to 19,650 tonnes.

See Table 1 for more details.,

The information used to compile this release was collected under EU Directive 96/16/EC.

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Table 1 Milk Statistics
Category	Year	Unit	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Domestic milk intake	2018	million	161.8	294.2	627.5	823.1	993.1	924.7	853.4	823.8	721.8	642.0	461.2	258.5	7,585.0
by creameries and	2019	litres	175.3	303.6	708.7	953.3	1072.2	1001.0	943.2	842.8	721.9	604.7	418.1	241.4	7,986.2
pasteurisers	2020		176.2	331.7	725.7	982.7	1115.3	1038.4 ¹	984.7

Fat content	2018	%	4.23	4.25	4.23	4.05	3.81	3.82	3.91	4.12	4.35	4.53	4.74	4.58	4.14
	2019		4.21	4.32	4.23	3.94	3.85	3.92	3.96	4.16	4.42	4.74	4.84	4.58	4.17
	2020		4.31	4.29	4.27	3.97	3.87	3.96 ¹	4.02

Protein content	2018	%	3.40	3.37	3.20	3.21	3.39	3.34	3.33	3.49	3.77	3.95	3.94	3.66	3.48
	2019		3.42	3.47	3.32	3.40	3.44	3.46	3.46	3.55	3.79	3.94	3.85	3.62	3.54
	2020		3.48	3.38	3.29	3.43	3.46	3.45 ¹	3.50

Imported milk intake ²	2018	million	70.7	67.5	*	*	*	*	70.1	63.7	58.6	62.9	62.4	71.1	810.9
	2019	litres	71.3	71.1	72.0	56.9	55.5	60.1	53.3	*	58.9	*	*	*	710.6
	2020		*	*	*	*	*	*	*

Total milk sold for human	2018	million	45.4	43.3	46.8	44.4	47.0	43.9	43.5	44.9	43.8	45.2	44.6	44.1	536.7
consumption ³	2019	litres	44.8	41.9	46.7	45.2	45.3	45.0	44.7	45.1	43.4	45.4	43.7	41.8	533.2
	2020		43.1	42.5	45.8	47.1	47.3	47.6 ¹	46.9

of which:	2018	million	27.7	26.6	28.5	27.2	29.1	26.8	26.6	27.3	26.4	27.3	27.2	27.0	327.8
Whole milk sales	2019	litres	26.9	25.3	29.0	28.5	28.2	29.4	29.1	28.6	26.8	28.9	26.8	25.8	333.1
	2020		26.1	25.8	29.1	32.0	31.6	32.2 ¹	31.3
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Skimmed & semi-	2018	million	17.7	16.8	18.2	17.2	17.9	17.0	16.9	17.6	17.4	17.9	17.3	17.1	208.9
skimmed milk sales	2019	litres	17.9	16.6	17.7	16.8	17.2	15.6	15.7	16.6	16.7	16.5	16.9	16.1	200.1
	2020		17.0	16.7	16.7	15.2	15.7	15.4 ¹	15.5

Butter	2018	'000	8.9	9.5	20.2	23.7	27.5	25.6	23.4	24.6	22.5	20.3	17.9	13.9	237.8
	2019	tonnes	8.2	10.6	22.2	28.4	31.0	28.1	28.2	25.5	22.3	20.2	15.1	10.9	250.8
	2020		7.1	11.2	22.6	29.0	29.8	30.3 ¹	30.4

Skimmed milk powder	2018	'000	*	*	7.1	10.1	20.4	18.6	13.1	13.6	11.5	10.1	11.7	11.3	133.8
	2019	tonnes	5.2	*	5.8	21.4	24.2	18.4	19.1	12.3	9.1	8.6	*	10.2	142.5
	2020		4.9	3.2	7.2	18.9	24.6 ¹	20.3 ¹	19.7

Cheese	2017	'000	3.2	10.1	26.3	27.0	28.9	32.7	26.3	28.8	31.1	22.5	16.3	6.0	259.4
	2018	tonnes	3.5	11.6	25.4	25.6	30.7	32.9	26.6	29.9	31.0	27.1	20.0	5.2	269.4
	2019		3.6	9.2	25.0	27.7	31.7	33.3	28.6	31.4	32.2	26.8	23.5	5.4	278.4

¹ Revised.
² Raw milk imports and imported milk for processing on contract. This does not include imported packaged milk for retail sale.
³ Does not include imported packaged milk for retail sale.
* Confidential.

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Table 2 EU Milk intake by creameries and pasteurisers			‘000 tonnes
Country	Jan - Jun 19	Jan - Jun 20	% change
European Union ¹	73,257	74,308	1.4
Austria	1,644	1,662	1.1
Belgium	2,170	2262 ²	4.2
Bulgaria	338	358	6.2
Croatia	228	223	-2.4
Cyprus	119	134	12.0
Czech Republic	1,551	1,630	5.1
Denmark	2,841	2,849	0.3
Estonia	385	398	3.5
Finland	1,186	1,211	2.1
France	12766 ³	12855 ³	0.7
Germany	16,509	16,676	1.0
Greece	319	327	2.6
Hungary	804	834	3.7
Ireland	4,339	4,500	3.7
Italy	6303 ³	6128 ³	-2.8
Latvia	381 ³	379 ³	-0.4
Lithuania	648	648	0.0
Luxembourg	207	224	8.0
Malta	22	22	-0.6
Netherlands	6,965	7,131	2.4
Poland	6,186	6,356	2.8
Portugal	981	997	1.6
Romania	582 ³	578 ³	-0.7
Slovakia	417	430	3.0
Slovenia	288	295	2.5
Spain	3678 ³	3790 ³	3.2
Sweden	1,403	1,411	0.5

Source: New Cronos database, Eurostat (except Ireland and European Union total, CSO).
¹Figures for EU include provisional France, Latvia, Spain, Romania and Italy figures.
² Estimate.
³ Provisional.

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The monthly milk and milk products inquiry is a census of all creameries and pasteurisers.

Milk intake by creameries and pasteurisers

Whole milk purchased by creameries and pasteurisers from domestic producers through collection depots and separating stations including whole milk obtained from herds owned by the creameries and pasteurisers. The fat content of the whole milk is also collected. To convert milk intake from million litres to ‘000 tonnes use the following formula:

1 tonne liquid milk = 971.164 litres.

Skimmed milk

Milk with less than or equal to 0.3% fat content.

Semi-skimmed milk

Milk with between 1.5% and 1.8% fat content.

Skimmed milk powder

Milk powder with not more than 1.5% milk fat content.

Cheese

The cheese figures are not adjusted to a calendar month basis.

Imported Milk Intake

Raw milk imports and imported milk for processing on contract. This does not include milk already packaged for retail sale.

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