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German "Länder": Monthly Milk Deliveries

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On this page, you will find:
  • a table listing the monthly deliveries of cow's milk in the 16 German states (German Länder);
  • a table listing the monthly deliveries of cow's organic milk in the German Länder over a given period;
  • a summary table, which records the sum of conventional, organic and "Extra" Germany (processed in Germany, but coming from other EU Members States) deliveries of cow's milk over a given period;
  • two charts showing the monthly figures of conventional and organic milk deliveries in Germany;
  • a chart showing the share of the milk deliveried in the German Länder.
German Länder deliveries can be viewed from 2016 and changes in Germany's milk deliveries.

Farm-gate milk prices in Germany » Organic milk prices in Germany »

2022
Milk deliveries in 2023 with breakdown by German Länder ('000 tons)
German Länder Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total 2023 ± on 2022 *
Schleswig-Holstein / Hamburg 251                       251 +0,9%
Niedersachsen / Bremen 613                       613 +4,0%
Nordrhein-Westfalen 281                       281 +2,9%
Hessen / Rheinland-Pfalz / Saarland 149                       149 +3,2%
Baden-Württemberg 178                       178 +2,9%
Bayern 596                       596 +3,1%
Bundesgebiet West 2.068                       2.068 +3,1%
Berlin / Brandenburg 98                       98 +1,2%
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 118                       118 +3,3%
Sachsen 135                       135 +2,2%
Sachsen-Anhalt 83                       83 +1,7%
Thüringen 67                       67 +1,4%
Bundesgebiet Ost 500                       500 +2,1%
Organic Milk deliveries in 2023 with breakdown by German Länder ('000 tons)
German Länder Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total 2023 ± on 2022 *
Schleswig-Holstein / Hamburg 4,41                       4,41 +22,0%
Niedersachsen / Bremen 10,24                       10,24 +17,9%
Nordrhein-Westfalen 8,25                       8,25 +2,1%
Hessen / Rheinland-Pfalz / Saarland 8,61                       8,61 +1,1%
Baden-Württemberg 15,75                       15,75 +6,7%
Bayern 57,16                       57,16 +7,6%
Bundesgebiet West 104,43                       104,43 +7,9%
Berlin / Brandenburg 3,51                       3,51 -2,6%
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 2,41                       2,41 +2,6%
Sachsen/Sachsen-Anhalt 5,53                       5,53 +21,9%
Thüringen 0,90                       0,90 +46,4%
Bundesgebiet Ost 12,35                       12,35 +11,2%
Germany Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total 2023 ± on 2022 *
Conventional milk 2.568 2.568 +2,9%
change * +2,9%
Organic milk 117 117 +8,2%
change * +8,2%
Extra Germany 87 87 +23,2%
change * +23,2%
Total Germany 2023 2.772 2.772
% change on 2022 +3,6% +3,6%
Total Germany 2022 2.675 2.484 2.778 2.685 2.826 2.704 2.748 2.681 2.551 2.611 2.543 2.662 31.947
Last update: 01-04-2023
* % change from same period of previous year.
Source: BLE

Rolling year: for each month the chart visualizes the production in that month plus the production of the previous 11 months. With this method is always considered the total production in a time window of 12 months, so it is possible to identify the trend without the effect of seasonality.

MILK PRODUCTION / COW - Quintals
German Länder May
2020
Nov
2020
May
2021
Nov
2021
± on
2022
Schleswig-Holstein / Hamburg 7,16 6,39 7,33 6,44 0,0%
Niedersachsen / Bremen 7,66 6,80 7,83 6,79 0,0%
Nordrhein-Westfalen 7,49 6,71 7,69 6,63 0,0%
Hessen / Rheinland-Pfalz / Saarland 6,73 6,10 7,05 5,90 0,0%
Baden-Württemberg 6,32 5,63 6,52 5,44 0,0%
Bayern 6,18 5,34 6,26 5,27 0,0%
Berlin / Brandenburg 7,90 7,11 8,07 7,14 0,0%
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 8,01 7,11 7,94 7,16 0,0%
Sachsen/Sachsen-Anhalt 8,05 7,37 8,19 7,34 0,0%
Thüringen 8,02 7,39 8,19 7,17 0,0%
Total Germany 7,07 6,28 7,22 6,22 0,0%
Former Federal territory 7,78 6,89 7,96 6,81 0,0%
New Federal states 11,32 10,30 11,51 10,30 0,0%
(e) estimated by CLAL
Last update: 01-04-2023
Processed by CLAL
Number of Dairy Cows
German Länder May
2019
Nov
2019
May
2020
Nov
2020
May
2021
Nov
2021
May
2022
Nov
2022
± on
2021
Baden-Württemberg 331.148 327.931 325.288 320.852 319.540 315.337 314.473 314.796 -0,2%
Bayern 1.146.164 1.128.174 1.119.195 1.104.468 1.102.479 1.086.209 1.082.827 1.078.276 -0,7%
Berlin 108 104 107 108 112 108 115 111 +2,8%
Brandenburg 146.955 142.554 140.083 137.068 134.545 132.351 131.182 128.947 -2,6%
Bremen 3.460 3.326 3.323 3.295 3.306 3.147 3.074 3.162 +0,5%
Hamburg 1.035 1.117 1.143 1.190 1.152 1.136 1.120 1.184 +4,2%
Hessen 132.684 131.083 130.005 128.033 127.481 124.857 124.436 122.606 -1,8%
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 164.741 161.895 160.419 159.115 156.850 153.153 152.361 151.354 -1,2%
Niedersachsen 843.756 831.813 822.178 814.114 809.498 798.278 801.349 804.170 +0,7%
Nordrhein-Westfalen 405.511 401.403 397.824 393.221 387.862 384.215 381.574 383.400 -0,2%
Rheinland-Pfalz 107.063 105.618 104.111 101.872 100.023 98.537 97.389 97.178 -1,4%
Saarland 13.406 13.286 12.980 12.676 12.499 12.500 12.415 12.363 -1,1%
Sachsen 177.769 176.379 176.116 174.958 174.491 171.898 170.055 169.138 -1,6%
Sachsen-Anhalt 114.395 113.048 110.499 108.103 106.476 103.628 102.225 101.164 -2,4%
Schleswig-Holstein 378.209 376.902 370.787 370.888 364.856 360.245 357.034 357.574 -0,7%
Thüringen 100.618 97.041 95.219 91.449 90.339 87.117 85.692 84.294 -3,2%
Total Germany 4.067.022 4.011.674 3.969.277 3.921.410 3.891.509 3.832.716 3.817.321 3.809.717 -0,6%
Former Federal territory 3.362.544 3.320.757 3.286.941 3.250.717 3.228.808 3.184.569 3.175.806 3.174.820 -0,3%
New Federal states 704.478 690.917 682.336 670.693 662.701 648.147 641.515 634.897 -2,0%
(e) estimated by CLAL
Last update: 21-12-2022
Source: Statistisches Bundesamt
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