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Australia: dairy sector


This page contains data regarding key components of the Australian dairy industry over a given time period.


The purpose of this report is two-fold:

  • on the one hand, it describes the products that this industry produces, including commodities and various derivatives (butter, concentrated butter, cheese, milk powder, whey powder, casein, etc.);

  • on the other hand, it shows the overall exports of processed products - due to surplus production in relation to the population.

AUSTRALIA: DAIRY SECTOR
  '000 Ton
RAW MATERIAL AREA 2019 2020 2021 2022 2022 2023 % Period
Dairy cows ('000 head) 1.411
(Dairy Season)1) (2019/20)
Milk production (Million liters) 8.588 8.834 8.803 8.209 1.306 1.249 -4,3% Jan-Feb 2023
± % Over the same period of the previous year +2,9% -0,3% -6,8%
DAIRY PRODUCTION 2019 2020 2021 2022 2022 2023 % Period
Liquid milk 2.477
(Dairy Season)1) (2019/20)
Butter 40 46 42 36
Butteroil 8,4 8,3 12 9,6
Cheese 364 372 393 399
WMP (whole milk powder) 38 47 53 37
SMP (skimmed milk powder) 159 155 147 137
BMP (butter milk powder) 4,3 4,8 5,0 4,1
Whey powder 49 55 56 56
EXPORT 2019 2020 2021 2022 2022 2023 % Period
Bulk and packed milk (HS 040110+040120)
TOP importers
238 253 331 309 39 20 -48,5% Jan 2023
Cream (HS 040130+040140+040150)
TOP importers
7,8 8,9 15 16 0,7 1,2 +65,8% Jan 2023
Butter (HS 0405)
TOP importers
17 16 24 17 2,7 0,8 -69,1% Jan 2023
di cui:
Anhydrous Milk Fat (HS 040590)
TOP importers
5,7 3,8 5,2 5,3 1,3 0,4 -73,8% Jan 2023
Cheese (HS 0406)
TOP importers
160 153 157 145 13 7,6 -42,1% Jan 2023
WMP (whole milk powder - HS 040221+040229)
TOP importers
42 37 51 58 5,2 2,6 -50,0% Jan 2023
Condensed milk (HS 040291+040299)
TOP importers
50 50 52 51 3,2 2,6 -19,8% Jan 2023
SMP (skimmed milk powder - HS 040210)
TOP importers
128 129 156 154 15 11 -22,6% Jan 2023
Whey powder (HS 0404)
TOP importers
30 35 32 26 2,8 3,2 +12,6% Jan 2023
Lactose pharmaceutical (HS 170211)
TOP importers
3,2 7,7 4,8 3,0 0,1 0,3 +117,5% Jan 2023
Infant milk formula (HS 190110)
TOP importers
50 30 23 22 1,5 1,2 -17,0% Jan 2023
Fat-Filled Milk Powder (FFMP) (HS 190190)
TOP importers
71 58 48 35 1,5 1,6 +4,2% Jan 2023
IMPORT 2019 2020 2021 2022 2022 2023 % Period
Cream (HS 040130+040140+040150)
TOP exporters
3,4 2,9 3,2 4,2 0,3 0,4 +15,4% Jan 2023
Butter (HS 0405)
TOP exporters
39 41 36 40 3,3 6,2 +88,0% Jan 2023
Cheese (HS 0406)
TOP exporters
97 98 97 96 7,7 11 +36,8% Jan 2023
WMP (whole milk powder - HS 040221+040229)
TOP exporters
37 43 37 40 3,0 3,8 +25,9% Jan 2023
SMP (skimmed milk powder - HS 040210)
TOP exporters
15 16 14 15 0,5 0,8 +55,0% Jan 2023
Whey powder (HS 0404)
TOP exporters
15 13 11 12 0,9 0,8 -8,5% Jan 2023
Lactose pharmaceutical (HS 170211)
TOP exporters
6,0 8,4 5,3 7,5 0,2 0,9 +425,2% Jan 2023
Lactose edible (HS 170219)
TOP exporters
8,6 6,5 6,5 6,6 0,6 0,8 +28,4% Jan 2023
Infant milk formula (HS 190110)
TOP exporters
36 32 18 21 2,6 1,5 -41,9% Jan 2023
Fat-Filled Milk Powder (FFMP) (HS 190190)
TOP exporters
22 25 29 28 1,8 2,3 +29,1% Jan 2023
DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION (Source: FAS-USDA) 2019 2020 2021 2022 2022 2023(f) % Period
Cheese 297 305 310 320 320 320 0,0% Jan-Dec 2023
Butter 104 106 95 91 91 92 +1,1% Jan-Dec 2023
SMP 45 43 40 28 28 30 +7,1% Jan-Dec 2023
WMP 33 40 40 35 35 35 0,0% Jan-Dec 2023
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTIONS (kg) 2019 2020 2021 2022 2022 2023(f) % Period
Cheese 11,71 11,88 11,96 12,22
Butter 4,10 4,13 3,66 3,48
SMP 1,77 1,68 1,54 1,07
WMP 1,30 1,56 1,54 1,34
% Self-sufficiency 102,8% 102,9% 103,9% 103,9%
SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS 2019 2020 2021 2022 2022 2023(f) % Period
Population ('000) 25.357 25.670 25.921 26.177
GDP per capita (U.S. dollars) 54.255 52.848 (e) 63.529 (e) 67.464 (e)
GDP per capita (€) * 48.462 46.238(e) 53.714(e) 64.066(e)
1) Dairy Season: July 1st - June 30th

(e) estimated
* Per capita GDP in Euro is calculated by using the yearly average exchange rate
(f): forecast
(s): estimated
NOTE:Per capita consumptions are obtained dividing total consumption (Source FAS-USDA ) by the population (Source FAO)

Source Raw material area: ABARES; Dairy Australia
Source Dairy production: ABARES; Australian Bureau of Statistics; Dairy Australia
Source Export: IHS;
Source Import: IHS
Source Consumption: FAS-USDA
GDP per capita: International Monetary Found
Source Population: FAO
Note: Self-sufficiency rate = Milk deliveries/(Domestic use in milk equivalent ME)
Domestic use in milk equivalent (ME) = Milk deliveries + Import in ME - Export in ME

Last update: 2023-03-31
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