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Butter, International Market - Western Europe

This page contains the wholesale prices for Butter (Butter, 82% Butterfat) produced in Europe and recorded by the USDA.

This Area is referred to as the "International dairy market - Europe" and is a combination of countries as listed below:
Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and United Kingdom.

Prices are recorded fortnightly.

The average Butter prices recorded over the most recent period are listed in the table, while the graph below illustrates price trends over the past three years in € and in local currency. Furthermore, time series are available for monthly average prices of last nine years.

The graph below compares prices over a given period for Butter in the Western Europe market - International Market (source USDA) with those for Butter in Germany.
 
Western Europe - International Market
Fortnightly prices of Butter
Butter, 82% Butterfat
US $ per ton € per ton
min / max ± on prev. price min / max ± on prev. price
Friday 3 Jan 2025
7.350 / 7.850 -5,44% 7.137 / 7.622 -4,61%
Friday 20 Dec 2024
7.450 / 8.625 -1,38% 7.170 / 8.301 +0,43%
Friday 6 Dec 2024
7.650 / 8.650 -1,95% 7.230 / 8.175 -3,52%
Friday 22 Nov 2024
7.900 / 8.725 -2,21% 7.587 / 8.380 +1,18%
Friday 8 Nov 2024
8.075 / 8.925 +0,15% 7.496 / 8.285 +0,64%
Friday 25 Oct 2024
8.025 / 8.950 -3,28% 7.413 / 8.268 -2,27%
Friday 11 Oct 2024
8.400 / 9.150 -5,14% 7.680 / 8.365 -3,23%
Friday 27 Sep 2024
8.875 / 9.625 +4,08% 7.954 / 8.626 +3,36%
Friday 13 Sep 2024
8.600 / 9.175 +5,49% 7.761 / 8.280 +5,55%
Friday 30 Aug 2024
8.000 / 8.850 +7,84% 7.216 / 7.982 +6,94%
n.q.: not quoted price
Source: USDA
Informative note
NOTE: The conversion US $ / € for each quotation is calculated using the exchange rate of the previous day.

Prices are U.S. $/MT (Metric Ton= 2,204.6 pounds) F.O.B. port. Information gathered for this report is from trades, offers to sell, and secondary data.
USD
$/ton WESTERN EUROPE
Butter, 82% Butterfat
GERMANY
Deutsche Markenbutter, lose
ITALY
Butter Reg.CEE 1308/2013
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 % on prev. month % on 2024 2025 % on prev. month % on 2024 2025 % on prev. month % on 2024
January 4.594 4.988 5.031 4.038 4.119 6.700 6.038 6.038 7.600 -6,10% +25,88% 7.654 -8,66% +28,97% 7.453 -5,99% +39,64%
February 4.325 5.263 5.094 3.938 4.269 6.894 5.275 5.794
March 4.504 6.000 4.792 3.706 4.719 6.981 5.179 6.275
April 4.819 6.544 4.681 2.650 4.875 7.675 5.231 6.269
May 5.331 7.019 4.681 2.531 5.031 7.594 5.088 6.531
June 6.250 7.163 4.481 2.756 5.131 7.919 5.244 7.081
July 7.063 6.688 4.213 3.808 4.688 7.538 5.144 7.194
August 7.556 6.513 3.954 4.063 4.669 7.419 5.031 7.871
September 8.075 6.406 3.975 4.094 4.800 7.288 4.846 9.069
October 7.050 5.544 3.994 4.075 5.350 6.931 5.063 8.631
November 5.969 5.094 4.031 4.038 6.081 6.550 5.575 8.406
December 5.263 4.963 4.000 4.044 6.219 6.306 6.006 8.094
Average* 5.900 6.015 4.411 3.645 4.996 7.149 5.310 7.271 7.600 7.654 7.453
Change (1) +68,59% +1,95% -26,67% -17,36% +37,06% +43,11% -25,73% +36,93% +25,88% +28,97% +39,64%
* Arithmetic Average
1) change from the same period of previous year
NOTE: Conversion in US$ of monthly average price of German Butter is calculated using the average exchange rate of the reference month.
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