Australian Dairy Industry In Focus 2009 - Dairying For Tomorrow

outlets account for only a small percentage
of domestic sales, with local usage being
mainly as a food ingredient.
Exported milk powder is often recombined
into liquid milk products, particularly
in tropical climates where fresh milk
supplies are not available. It is also
used in bakery products (improving the
volume and binding capacity of bread,
and ensuring crisper pastry and biscuits),
confectionery and milk chocolates,
processed meats, ready-to-cook meals,
baby foods, ice-cream, yogurt, health foods
and reduced-fat milks. Industrial-grade
powder is used for animal fodder.
The major export markets for Australian
milk powders are concentrated in Asia,
with 79% of SMP export volumes and 65%
of WMP destined for the region in 2008/09.
See Appendix 5 for more
details on powder exports.
The Philippines was the largest single
export market for Australian SMP,
followed by China, Singapore, Malaysia
and Indonesia.
China was the largest single export
market for Australian WMP, followed
by Singapore, Indonesia, United Arab
Emirates and Bangladesh.
Table 17
Australian production of milk powders (tonnes)
2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 (p)
Skim milk powder 182,056 189,113 205,495 191,475 164,315 212,030
Wholemilk powder* 186,860 189,220 158,250 135,364 141,974 147,544
* includes infant powders Source: Dairy manufacturers
Table 18
Australian exports of skim milk powder by region (tonnes)
2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 (r) 2008/09 (p)
Asia 121,962 112,848 147,507 126,793 92,590 127,699
Middle East 10,401 9,136 19,042 19,878 22,010 20,906
Africa 4,847 6,352 3,704 6,023 2,353 6,180
Pacific 315 725 1,032 1,258 509 514
Americas 8,298 4,069 4,067 5,266 1,983 6,257
Europe 354 98 235 1,111 313 525
Others 0 0 17 0 0 0
TOTAL 146,177 133,228 175,604 160,329 119,758 162,081
Source: Dairy Australia and ABS
Table 19
Australian exports of wholemilk powder by region (tonnes)
2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 (r) 2008/09 (p)
Asia 127,188 114,566 123,039 99,837 90,208 102,024
Middle East 21,354 24,232 10,420 18,499 12,151 30,889
Africa 12,738 7,732 12,404 10,069 9,504 13,221
Pacific 6,970 6,803 5,879 3,474 2,759 2,330
Americas 3,452 6,713 13,068 11,111 10,327 9,548
Europe 1,700 411 26 450 198 20
Others 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 173,402 160,457 164,836 143,440 125,147 158,032
*Includes infant powders Source: Dairy Australia and ABS
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