Milch Cockpit, 20.12.2019

(AMI) - Exports of most milk products increased in the first ten months of 2019. Skimmed milk powder recorded the most significant increase in volume and a new export record. From January to October, a total of a quarter more goods were exported to third countries. This was the result of increased demand from Asian importers China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Egypt and Nigeria. Cheese, in second place in terms of volume of EU exports, rose by 5.0% by September 2019. Larger customers consistently bought more goods here, above all the USA and Japan. Deliveries of butter and butter oil from third countries also increased significantly. In contrast to previous years, the EU was again competitive on the world market in 2019. In the course of this, export volumes up to and including October increased by a good quarter compared to the previous year. During this period, higher quantities of condensed milk, casein and caseinates were also exported. Whey powder continued to catch up in October.Here, the quantities in the balance sheet of the first ten months of 2019 were almost at the previous year's level again, after this had been fallen below. For whole milk powder, however, the amounts from the corresponding period of 2018 were significantly undercut by around 16%. In the second half of the year, domestic providers were barely able to assert themselves against their competitors on the world market, as a result of which they lost market share. Up to and including July, exports were significantly larger than in 2018. At the same time, imports of milk products into the EU were almost consistently higher in the period under review than in the previous year. Especially in the case of the more significant products cheese, whey powder and casein / caseinates. Lower imports were only recorded for butter and raw milk in the first ten months of this year.