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CSO statistical release, 28 February 2013, 11am

Milk Statistics

January 2013

	Jan 2012	Jan 2013	% change
	million litres
Domestic Milk Intake	133.7	117.9	-11.8%
Whole Milk Sales	25.4	24.6	-3.1%

Domestic milk intake down 11.8% in January

Domestic milk intake by creameries and pasteurisers was estimated at 117.9 million litres for January 2013. This was 11.8% below the corresponding 2012 figure. See graph opposite.

Comparing the January 2013 milk produce figures with those for January 2012 shows that:

Total milk sold for human consumption decreased by 2.2% to 39.8 million litres.
Butter production was down 10.0% to 3,600 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	2011	million	146.7	217.8	448.5	634.5	738.0	701.0	669.8	580.0	483.5	377.7	234.4	145.2	5,377.0
by creameries and	2012	litres	133.7	236.6	473.0	637.3 ¹	735.0 ¹	684.3	609.8	546.8	446.6	364.3	227.7	135.6 ¹	5230.6 ¹
pasteurisers	2013		117.9

Fat content	2011	%	3.99	3.96	3.91	3.72	3.69	3.72	3.77	3.89	4.12	4.33	4.33	4.15	3.89
	2012		3.98	4.06	3.99	3.81	3.75	3.76	3.85	3.94	4.13	4.34	4.38	4.14	3.94
	2013		4.00

Imported milk intake ²	2011	million	28.8	28.5	29.2	32.7	35.7	34.8	32.4	27.7	24.7	26.7	26.8	28.2	356.1
	2012	litres	32.9	29.8	32.3	38.9	42.3	40.5	39.7	29.5	26.7	28.3	33.9	31.1	405.7
	2013		33.6

Total milk sold for human	2011	million	41.1	38.2	43.8	40.1	43.0	42.5	40.7	42.4	40.3	41.1	40.8	39.9	493.8
consumption ³	2012	litres	40.7	38.8	43.0	39.2	41.1	40.8	40.4	41.6	39.6	40.9	40.8	40.1 ¹	487.0 ¹
	2013		39.8

of which:	2011	million	26.6	24.4	28.0	26.2	27.9	28.0	26.1	27.0	25.6	25.9	25.3	25.4	316.4
Whole milk sales	2012	litres	25.4	24.2	26.6	24.1	25.3	25.1	24.8	25.8	24.5	25.3	25.5	25.2 ¹	301.7 ¹
	2013		24.6

Skimmed & semi-	2011	million	14.5	13.8	15.8	13.9	15.0	14.5	14.6	15.4	14.7	15.2	15.6	14.4	177.5
skimmed milk sales	2012	litres	15.3	14.7	16.4	15.1	15.8	15.7	15.6	15.8	15.2	15.6	15.4	14.9 ¹	185.3 ¹
	2013		15.2

Butter	2011	'000	4.0	5.8	12.5	14.9	19.0	18.5	17.0	15.6	13.8	11.4	8.6	4.9	145.9
	2012	tonnes	4.0	7.4	13.9	16.9	21.0	19.4	15.9	14.0	10.8	10.0	7.8	4.1	145.0
	2013		3.6

Skimmed milk powder	2011	'000	⁴	3.4	6.4	5.4	8.5	8.8	9.6	8.4	5.4	3.1	1.0	4.5	66.5
	2012	tonnes	⁴	1.5	2.5	6.3	9.2	9.5	6.2	5.8	3.6	⁴	⁴	⁴	52.3
	2013		⁴

Cheese	2010	'000	2.1	5.1	15.5	17.9	22.3	25.5	20.2	17.0	19.5	13.4	9.7	3.7	171.8
	2011	tonnes	2.5	5.3	15.9	21.6	24.7	27.2	21.8	20.3	19.4	12.2	6.0	2.8	179.9

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.
⁴ Confidential.

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EU Milk intake by creameries and pasteurisers			‘000 tonnes

Country	Jan-Oct 2011	Jan-Oct 2012	% change

European Union ¹	116,388	117,548	1.0

Austria	2,437	2,505	2.8
Belgium	2,606	2,613²	0.3
Bulgaria	419	417	-0.4
Cyprus	125	128	1.8
Czech Republic	1,978	2,062	4.3
Denmark	4,006	4,145	3.5
Estonia	521	554	6.5
Finland	1,890	1,893	0.2
France	20,516	20,489 ³	-0.1
Germany	24,622	24,953	1.3
Greece	538	559	3.8
Hungary	1,086	1,168	7.5
Ireland	5,146	5,012	-2.6
Italy	8,663	8,445	-2.5
Latvia	559	613	9.6
Lithuania	1,121	1,167	4.1
Luxembourg	237	234	-1.0
Malta	*	*
Netherlands	9,732	9,773	0.4
Poland	7,791	8,337	7.0
Portugal	1,548	1,575	1.7
Romania	758	759	0.1
Slovakia	678	717	5.8
Slovenia	442	452	2.2
Spain	4,972 ³	5,057 ³	1.7
Sweden	2,388	2,403	0.6
United Kingdom	11,608 ³	11,518 ³	-0.8

Source: New Cronos database, Eurostat (except Ireland and European Union total, CSO).
¹Figures for EU include provisional UK, Spain and France figures, estimated Belgium figures and exclude Malta.
² Estimate.
³ Provisional.
* Confidential.

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Coverage

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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The CSO publishes an annual supply balance sheet relating to milk and milk products.

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