Report 47 – Released on November 19, 2020

WESTERN EUROPEAN OVERVIEW:

EU milk production January – September 2020 increased 1.7 percent from January – September 2019 according to CLAL data made available to USDA. Current milk production remains near the seasonal low point. Expectations are that milk production volumes will reverse course and begin to gently increase at the end of November. Increased production and sales of UHT milk continues to be a strong COVID-19 related trend.

EU cheese production January – September 2020 increased 2.0 percent from January –September 2019 according to CLAL data made available to USDA.

EU cheese exports January – September 2020, 696,000 MT, increased 7.1 percent from January– September 2019 according to CLAL data made available to USDA. The top destinations for EU cheese exports January – September 2020 YOY are Japan +12.33 percent and the United States,-16.31 percent.

EASTERN EUROPEAN OVERVIEW:

Dairy exports from Belarus remain strong January – September 2020 compared with January –September 2019. Export volumes and percent changes for the period include butter, 65,000 MT, +5.7 percent; cheese, 197,000 MT, +12.2 percent; SMP, 97,000 MT, +3.3 percent; WMP,21,000 MT, 22.5 percent; and dry whey, 104,000, +27.8 percent, according to CLAL data made available to USDA.

  Information for the period November 9 - 20, 2020, issued biweekly

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