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Global Export to OPEC
 
On this page of consultation and study you can follow the flow of total export of SMP, WMP, butter, cheese, whey powder, liquid milk, condensed milk, yogurt, cream, infant milk formula and FFMP to OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) members.

The chart below shows the total exports to OPEC, broken down by product, for the current year compared with the same period of the previous years.

The table below shows the year-to-date values of:
  • average price of oil;
  • average price of whole milk powder (WMP) in Oceania;
  • average price of exports to OPEC;
  • global volumes exported to OPEC
compared to the same period of previous years.
OPEC countries (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries):

Algeria, Angola, Ecuador, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela

Note: The United Arab Emirates has announced its withdrawal from OPEC and OPEC+ effective 1 May 2026. This information is provided for contextual updating purposes and may be subject to further institutional revisions.
View previous years « Previous years
ℹ️ Notice Exporting countries included in the chart ▼
Liquid milk
Exporters considered:

EU-27= EU-27
AR= Argentina
AU= Australia
BR= Brazil
CA= Canada
CN= China
CO= Colombia
CR= Costa Rica
IN= India
JP= Japan
KR= Korea, South
MY= Malaysia
MX= Mexico
MA= Morocco
NZ= New Zealand
NO= Norway
PH= Philippines
SA= Saudi Arabia
SG= Singapore
ZA= South Africa
LK= Sri Lanka
CH= Switzerland
TW= Taiwan, Province of China
TH= Thailand
TR= Turkey
AE= United Arab Emirates
GB= United Kingdom
US= United States
UY= Uruguay
VN= Vietnam
HK= Hong Kong
RS= Serbia
 Cream
Exporters considered:

EU-27= EU-27
AU= Australia
BR= Brazil
CA= Canada
CN= China
CO= Colombia
IN= India
JP= Japan
KR= Korea, South
MY= Malaysia
MX= Mexico
MA= Morocco
NZ= New Zealand
NO= Norway
PH= Philippines
SA= Saudi Arabia
SG= Singapore
ZA= South Africa
LK= Sri Lanka
CH= Switzerland
TW= Taiwan, Province of China
TH= Thailand
TR= Turkey
AE= United Arab Emirates
GB= United Kingdom
US= United States
UY= Uruguay
VN= Vietnam
HK= Hong Kong
RS= Serbia
 Yogurt
Exporters considered:

EU-27= EU-27
DZ= Algeria
AU= Australia
BR= Brazil
CA= Canada
CL= Chile
CN= China
CO= Colombia
CR= Costa Rica
IN= India
JP= Japan
KR= Korea, South
MY= Malaysia
MX= Mexico
MA= Morocco
NZ= New Zealand
NO= Norway
PH= Philippines
SA= Saudi Arabia
SG= Singapore
ZA= South Africa
LK= Sri Lanka
CH= Switzerland
TW= Taiwan, Province of China
TH= Thailand
TR= Turkey
AE= United Arab Emirates
GB= United Kingdom
US= United States
UY= Uruguay
UZ= Uzbekistan
VN= Vietnam
HK= Hong Kong
RS= Serbia
 Butter
Exporters considered:

EU-27= EU-27
AR= Argentina
AU= Australia
BO= Bolivia
BR= Brazil
CA= Canada
CL= Chile
CN= China
CO= Colombia
CR= Costa Rica
IN= India
JP= Japan
KR= Korea, South
MY= Malaysia
MX= Mexico
MA= Morocco
NZ= New Zealand
NO= Norway
PY= Paraguay
PH= Philippines
SA= Saudi Arabia
SG= Singapore
ZA= South Africa
LK= Sri Lanka
CH= Switzerland
TW= Taiwan, Province of China
TH= Thailand
TR= Turkey
AE= United Arab Emirates
GB= United Kingdom
US= United States
UY= Uruguay
VN= Vietnam
HK= Hong Kong
RS= Serbia
 Cheese
Exporters considered:

EU-27= EU-27
DZ= Algeria
AR= Argentina
AU= Australia
BR= Brazil
CA= Canada
CL= Chile
CN= China
CO= Colombia
CR= Costa Rica
IN= India
JP= Japan
KR= Korea, South
MY= Malaysia
MX= Mexico
MA= Morocco
NZ= New Zealand
NO= Norway
PH= Philippines
SA= Saudi Arabia
SG= Singapore
LK= Sri Lanka
CH= Switzerland
TW= Taiwan, Province of China
TH= Thailand
TR= Turkey
AE= United Arab Emirates
GB= United Kingdom
US= United States
UY= Uruguay
UZ= Uzbekistan
VN= Vietnam
HK= Hong Kong
RS= Serbia
 WMP
Exporters considered:

EU-27= EU-27
AR= Argentina
AU= Australia
BO= Bolivia
BR= Brazil
CA= Canada
CL= Chile
CN= China
CO= Colombia
CR= Costa Rica
IN= India
JP= Japan
KR= Korea, South
MY= Malaysia
MX= Mexico
NP= Nepal
NZ= New Zealand
NO= Norway
PY= Paraguay
PH= Philippines
SA= Saudi Arabia
SG= Singapore
LK= Sri Lanka
CH= Switzerland
TW= Taiwan, Province of China
TH= Thailand
TR= Turkey
AE= United Arab Emirates
GB= United Kingdom
US= United States
UY= Uruguay
UZ= Uzbekistan
VN= Vietnam
HK= Hong Kong
 SMP
Exporters considered:

EU-27= EU-27
DZ= Algeria
AR= Argentina
AU= Australia
BR= Brazil
CA= Canada
CL= Chile
CN= China
CO= Colombia
CR= Costa Rica
IN= India
JP= Japan
KR= Korea, South
MY= Malaysia
MX= Mexico
MA= Morocco
NP= Nepal
NZ= New Zealand
NO= Norway
PH= Philippines
SG= Singapore
ZA= South Africa
LK= Sri Lanka
CH= Switzerland
TH= Thailand
TR= Turkey
AE= United Arab Emirates
GB= United Kingdom
US= United States
UY= Uruguay
UZ= Uzbekistan
VN= Vietnam
HK= Hong Kong
RS= Serbia
 Whey powder
Exporters considered:

EU-27= EU-27
AR= Argentina
AU= Australia
BR= Brazil
CA= Canada
CL= Chile
CN= China
CO= Colombia
CR= Costa Rica
IN= India
JP= Japan
KR= Korea, South
MY= Malaysia
MX= Mexico
MA= Morocco
NZ= New Zealand
NO= Norway
SG= Singapore
ZA= South Africa
LK= Sri Lanka
CH= Switzerland
TW= Taiwan, Province of China
TH= Thailand
TR= Turkey
AE= United Arab Emirates
GB= United Kingdom
US= United States
UY= Uruguay
VN= Vietnam
HK= Hong Kong
RS= Serbia
 Condensed Milk
Exporters considered:

EU-27= EU-27
AU= Australia
BR= Brazil
CA= Canada
CL= Chile
CN= China
CO= Colombia
CR= Costa Rica
IN= India
JP= Japan
KR= Korea, South
MY= Malaysia
MX= Mexico
NZ= New Zealand
PH= Philippines
SA= Saudi Arabia
SG= Singapore
ZA= South Africa
LK= Sri Lanka
CH= Switzerland
TW= Taiwan, Province of China
TH= Thailand
TR= Turkey
AE= United Arab Emirates
GB= United Kingdom
US= United States
VN= Vietnam
HK= Hong Kong
RS= Serbia
 FFMP
Exporters considered:

EU-27= EU-27
AR= Argentina
AU= Australia
BR= Brazil
CA= Canada
CL= Chile
CN= China
CO= Colombia
CR= Costa Rica
IN= India
JP= Japan
KR= Korea, South
MY= Malaysia
MX= Mexico
MA= Morocco
NZ= New Zealand
NO= Norway
PY= Paraguay
PH= Philippines
SG= Singapore
ZA= South Africa
LK= Sri Lanka
CH= Switzerland
TW= Taiwan, Province of China
TH= Thailand
TR= Turkey
GB= United Kingdom
US= United States
UY= Uruguay
VN= Vietnam
HK= Hong Kong
RS= Serbia
 
 
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  Jan-Feb
2016		 Jan-Feb
2017		 Jan-Feb
2018		 Jan-Feb
2019		 Jan-Feb
2020		 Jan-Feb
2021		 Jan-Feb
2022		 Jan-Feb
2023		 Jan-Feb
2024		 Jan-Feb
2025		 Jan-Feb
2026
Average Oil Price (USD / bbl) 31,93 54,77 67,31 60,89 60,40 57,66 91,40 82,42 81,40 77,27 68,12
% change* - +71,5% +22,9% -9,5% -0,8% -4,5% +58,5% -9,8% -1,2% -5,1% -11,8%
Average WMP Price in Oceania (USD / Ton) 2.067 3.222 3.019 2.828 3.105 3.416 4.144 3.228 3.316 3.968 3.413
% Change* - +55,9% -6,3% -6,3% +9,8% +10,0% +21,3% -22,1% +2,7% +19,7% -14,0%
Average Dairy Export Price (ME) to OPEC Countries (USD / Ton) 2.594 2.763 2.955 2.736 2.925 2.998 3.521 3.520 3.280 3.639 3.526
% Change* - +6,5% +6,9% -7,4% +6,9% +2,5% +17,4% 0,0% -6,8% +10,9% -3,1%
Average Dairy Export Price (ME) to OPEC Countries (USD / Ton) 512 550 537 571 603 641 721 706 569 707 692
% change* - +7,5% -2,5% +6,3% +5,7% +6,2% +12,6% -2,1% -19,5% +24,3% -2,1%
Total Dairy Exports to OPEC Countries ('000 Tons) 309 327 365 368 360 313 290 297 365 313 315
% Change* - +5,8% +11,6% +0,9% -2,2% -13,0% -7,5% +2,4% +23,1% -14,2% +0,6%
Total Exports in ME to OPEC Countries ('000 Tons) 1.566 1.641 2.008 1.765 1.746 1.466 1.415 1.479 2.106 1.612 1.605
% Change* - +4,8% +22,3% -12,1% -1,1% -16,0% -3,5% +4,5% +42,4% -23,5% -0,5%
* Change calculated compared to the same period of the previous year.

Source Oil Price: U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration
           Whole Milk Powder (WMP) Price in Oceania: USDA
           Export: IHS
 
DAIRY PRODUCT EXPORT vs OPEC ('000 Ton)
Period: January-February
Product 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Var. %
Butter 33 21 26 32 17 16 20 15 19 22 21 -3,1%
FFMP 53 60 60 74 86 71 66 66 65 66 73 +11,7%
Whey powder 6 6 6 4 7 7 7 8 11 14 12 -15,4%
Cheese 36 35 35 39 39 37 36 34 36 37 33 -11,9%
WMP 89 96 122 100 98 92 85 83 130 92 88 -4,2%
SMP 47 48 64 51 53 34 37 44 68 49 55 +12,4%
Drinking milk 13 22 14 16 23 17 13 12 6 5 6 +15,6%
Cond. milk. 29 32 32 44 28 31 23 30 23 24 21 -11,8%
Cream 5 7 7 8 8 9 5 4 6 5 6 +22,8%
Total 309 327 365 368 360 313 290 297 365 313 315 +0,6%
Source Export: IHS
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