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EU-27: Butter production

This page contains the European Butter production data, both in tables and charts.

The table offers as well the possibility to:

consult the monthly volumes and changes, by clicking on the years in the column headers,
access to the DairySheets by clicking on the names of the Member States of the EU.

The charts display:

a breakdown of the Butter production by Member States
the monthly and average daily Butter production,
the year-over-year changes of Butter production in the major EU Players,
the yearly Butter production of the last seven years,
the Butter production with rolling year

The balance sheet of Butter completes the information.

From the Eurostat Handbook: definition of "Butter"

A product with a milk fat content of not less than 80 % and less than 90 %, a maximum water content of 16 % and a maximum dry non-fat milk-material content of 2 %. Includes also butter which contains small amounts of herbs, spices, aromatic substances, etc. on the condition that the product retains the characteristics of butter.

UE-27: Production of Butter (Tons)
COUNTRY	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2025	2026	Var %	Period
Austria	38.110	36.670	34.380	33.460	31.180	35.080	15.860	16.320	+2,9%	Jan - May '26
Belgium	122.590	109.650	107.830	119.810	127.790	119.390	51.520	52.500	+1,9%	Jan - May '26
Bulgaria	1.030	1.040	1.190	1.060	960	1.040	460	440	-4,3%	Jan - May '26
Croatia	5.040	4.520	4.750	3.730	3.920	3.980	1.720	1.650	-4,1%	Jan - May '26
Cyprus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	Jan - May '26
Czech Republic	26.950	25.780	25.330	24.470	25.960	26.970	10.720	12.310	+14,8%	Jan - May '26
Denmark	72.700	81.500	85.100	95.900	87.600	103.200	47.100	43.700	-7,2%	Jan - May '26
Estonia	5.000	3.900	4.400	4.600	3.600	3.810	1.440	1.440^(e)	0,0%	Jan - May '26
Finland	62.690	58.750	57.040	57.880	57.320	57.700	24.950	26.580	+6,5%	Jan - May '26
France	413.100	407.620	408.630	403.580	397.890	421.850	183.540	195.950	+6,8%	Jan - May '26
Germany	506.436	471.057	472.574	480.466	480.979	524.775	227.900	241.333^(e)	+5,9%	Jan - May '26
Greece	1.450	1.660	2.160	2.360	2.150	2.250	930	1.050^(e)	+12,9%	Jan - May '26
Hungary	9.200	9.230	9.280	8.450	12.130	13.300	6.000	4.550	-24,2%	Jan - May '26
Ireland	264.720	275.600	269.190	273.150	267.590	286.330	103.640	115.970	+11,9%	Jan - May '26
Italy	94.010	98.470	100.510	98.510	104.180	112.000	47.000	47.000^(e)	0,0%	Jan - May '26
Latvia	3.370	3.100	2.580	3.200	3.140	3.430	1.440	1.440^(e)	0,0%	Jan - May '26
Lithuania	15.050	10.750	11.110	13.990	12.210	15.570	5.220	10.260	+96,6%	Jan - May '26
Luxembourg	0	0	0	0	0	^(c)	^(c)	0	-	-
Malta	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	Jan - Jun '26
Netherlands	133.500	137.700	138.300	125.500	^(c)	^(c)	^(c)	^(c)	-	Jan - Apr '26
Poland	243.300	231.410	243.070	264.450	257.580	280.050	114.480	140.220	+22,5%	Jan - May '26
Portugal	31.820	30.730	27.450	31.520	32.020	30.960	13.900	15.080	+8,5%	Jan - May '26
Romania	12.170	11.190	10.480	10.970	11.950	14.130	5.800	6.150	+6,0%	Jan - May '26
Slovakia	11.050	10.610	10.330	9.180	9.560	10.650	4.370	4.760	+8,9%	Jan - May '26
Slovenia	2.620	2.470	2.260	2.250	2.290	2.360	910	910^(e)	0,0%	Jan - May '26
Spain	43.500	34.070	25.470	19.850	15.980	22.120	11.040	11.480	+4,0%	Jan - May '26
Sweden	17.510	17.950	20.060	22.480	20.680	26.200	11.400	15.170	+33,1%	Jan - May '26
TOTAL EU-27	2.136.916	2.075.427	2.073.474	2.110.816	1.968.659	2.117.145	695.869	765.232^(e)	+10,0%	Jan - Apr '26
y-o-y %		-2,9%	-0,1%	+1,8%	-6,7%	+7,5%
^(e) estimated data ^(c) confidential data NOTE:The countries highlighted in yellow indicate the presence of some confidential data which are not considered in the total calculation of productions. Source: Eurostat, BLE, ISTAT, Stimato CLAL

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.

UE-27 Balance Sheet: Butter

'000 tons

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

Mar 2026

Production [D6000] (P)

2.085

2.137

2.075

2.073

2.111

1.969

2.117

562

Production of other fat dairy products [D6900] (P2)

n.d.

Imports (I)

Exports (E)

297

312

262

252

287

272

271

Apparent Domestic Consumption (P + P2 + I - E )

1.861

1.873

1.860

1.890

1.878

1.733

1.918

503

NOTE: Other Yellow Fat Dairy Products [D6900] production data of some Member States are confidential and are NOT included in this table.
(e): estimated; n.a.: not available
Sources: Production, Import/Export: Eurostat; Apparent Domestic Consumption: Processed by CLAL

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In calo	US: Butter �stock	-0,96%
In aumento	US: Cheese stock	+1,14%
In calo	US: Cheese 40# Blocks price	-1,23%
In calo	US: Butter, Grade AA price	-5,19%
In aumento	Australia: Milk delivery	+4,08%
In aumento	US: Acid Casein price	+12,24%
In aumento	US: Whey Protein Concentrate (34%) price	+2,50%
In calo	US: Nonfat Dry Milk Price	-6,02%

In calo	Poland: Butter price (82%)	-0,12%
In calo	Austria: Farm gate milk price	-1,74%
In aumento	Netherlands: Whole Milk Powder (WMP) price	+3,83%
In aumento	Netherlands: Skim Milk Powder (Adpi-SMP) price	+1,81%
In aumento	France: Butter price (82%)	+5,96%
In aumento	France: SMP price (Poudre 0%)	+3,19%
In calo	Romania: Farm gate milk price	-3,65%
In calo	Western Europe: Whey Powder Sweet price	-3,13%

In aumento	IT, Mantua: Grana Padano PDO (10 months) price	+2,06%
In aumento	IT, Mantua: Grana Padano PDO (14-16 months) price	+1,81%
In aumento	IT,Reggio Emilia: Parmig. Regg. (24 months) price	+0,58%
In calo	IT, Verona: foreign Whole Spot Milk price	-2,04%
In aumento	IT, Milan: Grana Padano PDO (60-90 day) price	+0,65%
In aumento	IT, Milan: Grana Padano PDO (9 months) price	+0,52%
In aumento	IT, Milan: Grana Padano RISERVA PDO (20 months) price	+0,42%
In aumento	IT, Lombardy: Farm gate milk price	+1,06%

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