Report 35 – Released on August 27, 2020

WESTERN OVERVIEW:

Mid-August high heat in Germany and France has led to lower resulting milk production. Early reporting observations concluded that production was not only lower than the previous week,but lower than a year ago.

EU milk production during June 2020 was 1.5 percent higher than June 2019, according to Eurostat. January – June 2020 milk production was reported as 1.4 percent higher than January – June 2019.

Looking at some of the primary Western European milk producing countries January – June 2020 compared with January – June 2019, the percentage changes are Germany, +1.0 percent;France, +0.7 percent; Ireland, +3.5 percent; Netherlands, +2.4 percent; and Italy, +3.0 percent according to CLAL data provided to USDA.EU cheese production during June 2020 was 4.3 percent higher than June 2019, according to Eurostat. EU cheese production January – June 2020 was 2.0 percent higher than January -June 2019, according to CLAL data provided to USDA.

In some of the primary Western European cheese producing countries January – June 2020 compared with January – June 2019, the percentage changes are Germany, +3.4 percent;France, -0.5 percent; Netherlands, +2.0 percent; Italy, -0.3 percent; and Ireland, +7.1 percent, according to CLAL data provided to USDA.

January – June 2020 cheese exports from the EU, 650,738 MT, were even with the same period in 2019 according to Eurostat data reported by the European Commission. Top importers,quantity imported, and percent change from the same period in 2019 when reported include United Kingdom, 203,776 MT, -21 percent (DMN percentage calculation); Japan, 63,812 MT, +12 percent; and United States, 52,344 MT, -12 percent.

EASTERN OVERVIEW:

Milk production in Poland during June 2020 was 4.6 percent higher than June 2019, according to Eurostat. January – June 2020 milk production was reported as 2.8 percent higher than January – June 2019 according to CLAL data provided to USDA.Production of some dairy commodities in Poland January – June 2020 compared with January –June 2019, are cheese, +4.7 percent; butter, 10.7 percent; SMP, +3.6 percent; and WMP, -4.2 percent.