Agribusiness Handbook: Milk / Dairy Products - FAO

ecause of the rise in dairy product prices in 2006 and 2007, and then because
of the reduction in world economic growth.
World trade in butter amounts to some 800,000 tons/year. The world’s major
exporters are New Zealand and the EU, and its major markets are the Russian
Federation, the Middle East and Mexico. World trade in cheese is largely among
the developed dairy nations, and amounts to some 1.53 million tons/year. New
Zealand and Australia are important suppliers to the world market, while the
Russian Federation, the United States and Japan are the main markets.
Table 19: World imports of dairy products (thousand tons)
Product/country or region 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Butter/butter oil
World 850 880 840 840 800
EU 115 93 82 85 85
Russian Federation 133 101 83 112 75
Egypt 47 48 30 40 26
Iran 28 27 43 26 40
United States 27 40 40 32 29
Mexico 46 63 71 49 59
Cheese
World 1,350 1,450 1,450 1,480 1,530
EU 175 112 102 105 94
Russian Federation 176 213 260 218 234
Mexico 78 74 78 78 86
United States 216 214 209 206 198
Japan 194 219 212 207 225
Australia a 49 50 50 60 64
Powered skim milk
World 1,080 1,180 1,100 1,150 1,100
Algeria 81 91 84 68 91
China 45 55 43 62 41
Indonesia 72 85 87 86 91
Philippines 110 120 87 95 98
Singapore 37 55 61 60 62
Japan 43 37 34 32 35
Mexico 173 168 155 111 121
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