Milk and dairy products in Italy:

general information

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Table LME - Monthly survey on cow's milk and diary products (quantity in thousands of tons) - Year 2012 -

Cow's milk yield and dairy products

January

February

March April May June July Augus

t Septembe

r Octobe

r

Novembe

r

Cows' milk coming from farm 894,52 855,83

887,97

850,03

884,38

834,78

825,85

813,36 801,79 796,30 770,38

Milk fat 3,86 3,82 3,78 3,76 3,72 3,65 3,69 3,72 3,77 3,83 3,89

Protein 3,39 3,37 3,39 3,37 3,31 3,34 3,30 3,33 3,40 3,41 3,39

Raw milk 239,53 217,74 215,7

2

213,10

206,19

202,09

207,00

206,22 209,21 217,21 210,32

Cream 10,26 8,68 12,43 10,95 11,56 9,87 10,19 10,66 9,84 10,33 8,67

Fermented milk 25,51 24,45 33,43 34,88 34,04 35,39 31,34 31,42 33,26 29,29 30,00

Concentrated milk .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

Cream milk powder, whole milk powder

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

Skimmed-milk powder .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

Butter 8,17 8,79 8,18 8,18 7,16 7,83 7,52 7,40 7,39 7,34 7,46

Cow's milk cheeses 84,55 81,71 84,33 85,75 86,26 84,90 83,54 81,35 78,64 78,96 75,24

Table L01 - Number of producer operating in dairy sector, by kind [units]. Data by geographical areas - Year 2011 -

Geographical areas

Dairies and milk factories

Farm factories Agricultural co-operative factories

Collection centres

Total

North 415 45 451 51 962

Center 118 7 14 23 162

South 754 19 49 25 847

ITALY 1287 71 514 99 1971

Table L02 - Milk yielded by dairy industry in farms by type [quintals]. Data by geographical areas - Year 2011 -

Geographical areas Cow's milk Ewe's milk Goat's milk Cow buffalo's milk Total

North 88485419 23370 89602 29999 88628390

Center 6037278 1070525 25560 232382 7365745

South 10273776 3101010 122292 1663016 15160094

ITALY 104796473 4194905 237454 1925397 111154229

Geographical areas Yielded cow's milk

Quantity Milk fat content (%) Milk protein content (%)

North 88485419 3,73 3,37

Center 6037278 3,64 3,28

South 10273776 3,66 3,32

ITALY 104796473 3,72 3,36

Table L03 - Cow's milk yielded by dairy industry in farms and milk fat and protein content (in quintals). Data by geographical areas - Year 2011

Table L04 - Quantity of milk and cream available for dairy industry, by animal species - Year 2011 -

Type of milk available for dairy industry Milk collected by dairy industry

Quantity of fresh products imported Quantity

Fat content

Total

Fat content in percentage

Cows'milk 104796473

3908908

3,73 -

Ewes' milk 4194905 266796 6,36 -

Goats' milk 237454 10709 4,51 -

Buffalo milk 1925397 152684 7,93 -

Total 111154229 4339097

- -

Whole milk - - - 14893478

Semi-skimmed milk - - - 476953

Skimmed milk - - - 5784018

Cream - - - 818460

Table L05 - Fresh and manufactured dairy products, by kind of manufacturing unit - Year 2011 -

Fresh and manufactured dairy products Dairies Farms Agricuktural co-operative Collection centres Total

Collected fresh products

Cows' milk 41151839 548560 38370061 24726013 104796473

Ewes' milk 2844297 78105 1179796 92707 4194905

Goats' milk 194071 3885 38841 657 237454

Buffalo milk 1532399 72718 235259 85021 1925397

Manufactured products: fresh products

Raw milk 23295742 498 3228407 6072 26530719

Whole milk 10229450 498 1671767 6072 11907787

-whole milk pasteurized 7455610 498 1317004 6072 8779184

-whole milk sterilized 332601 - - - 332601

-whole milk uperized 2441239 - 354763 - 2796002

Semi-skimmed milk 12004452 - 1475682 - 13480134

-semi-skimmed milk pasteurized 4264285 - 421937 - 4686222

-semi-skimmed milk sterilized 1276843 - - - 1276843

-semi-skimmed milk uperized 6463324 - 1053745 - 7517069

Skimmed milk 1061840 - 80958 - 1142798

Buttermilk 4388 - 540510 - 544898

Cream 1076615 1412 127073 - 1205100

-cream of fat content by weight not exceeding 29% 571719 1412 51591 - 624722

-cream of fat content by weight over 29% 504896 - 75482 - 580378

Acidified milk 2980707 1056 255317 - 3237080

-acidified milk with additives 2523178 12 188774 - 2711964

-acidified milk without additives 457529 1044 66543 - 525116

Drinks with a milk base 51799 - - - 51799

Other fresh products 69826 - 114 - 69940

Dairy products utilization: manufactured products

Concentrated milk * - - - *

-not sweetened * - - - *

-sweetened * - - - *

Powdered dairy products * - - - *

Cream milk powder * - - - *

Whole milk powder * - - - *

Partly skimmed milk powder - - - - -

Skimmed-milk powder * - - - *

Buttermilk powder - - - - -

Other powder dairy products * - - - *

Table L05 - Fresh and manufactured dairy products, by kind of manufacturing unit - Year 2011 -

Fresh and manufactured dairy products Dairies Farms Agricuktural co-operative Collection centres Total

Butter 682224 4715 287144 50079 1024162

-traditional butter 519765 4715 273799 50079 848358

-other butter (whey butter included) 162459 - 13345 - 175804

Cheeses 8511394 77198 3119999 1832 11710423

Hard Cheeses 1848377 43338 2342479 1070 4235264

-parmigiano reggiano 276591 31288 813031 - 1120910

-grana padano 674221 1368 1106475 - 1782064

-other types of grana 265177 30 6204 900 272311

-pecorino (all types) 161317 8633 127764 - 297714

-other types of hard cheeses (asiago, montasio, ecc.) 471071 2019 289005 170 762265

Medium-hard cheeses 753510 7395 269932 196 1031033

-provolone and other similar cheeses 317825 304 83058 196 401383

-caciocavallo 81411 1225 3686 - 86322

-fontina 23649 772 15752 - 40173

-other types of medium-hard cheeses (emmental, sbrinz, gruyère, ecc.) 330625 5094 167436 - 503155

Soft cheeses 1462781 2713 83777 - 1549271

-italico 45144 - 667 - 45811

-taleggio 57218 35 9214 - 66467

-gorgonzola and other similar cheeses 569444 - 10684 - 580128

-crescenza e stracchino 469265 50 2836 - 472151

-other soft cheeses (all types of caciotta) 321710 2628 60376 - 384714

Fresh cheeses 4446726 23752 423811 566 4894855

Mozzarella di bufala campana 176565 6605 28779 - 211949

Mozzarella di bufala 173160 9419 10339 - 192918

Other fresh cheeses (robiola, mascarpone, scamorza, ecc.) 4097001 7728 384693 566 4489988

Processed cheeses 386414 23132 511 - 410057

Whey

Whey delivered for making ricotta 6574882 141023 743257 - 7459162

Whey delivered in the liquid state for livestock feeding 14156320 186245 8428069 - 22770634

Whey delivered in the concentrated state 1459691 - 917661 - 2377352

Whey in powder or block - - 1068540 - 1068540

Lactose * - - - *

Lactalbumin - - - - -

Table L06 - Industrial production of drinking milk, butter and cheese (in quintals). Data by geographical areas - Year 2011 -

Geographical areas

Drinking milk hygienically treated Butter

Cheeses

Whole milk

Semi-skimmed milk

Skimmed milk

Total Hard cheese

Medium-hard cheeses

Soft chesses

Fresh cheeses

Total

North 7755743 9639560 1032835 18428138 938086 3543051 758308 1454947 2797909 8554215

Center 1803404 1705500 31400 3540304 16542 207471 29122 29852 549364 815809

South 2398640 2085074 78563 4562277 69534 484742 243603 64472 1547582 2340399

ITALY 11907787 13480134 1142798 26530719 1024162 4235264 1031033 1549271 4894855 11710423

Table L07 - Dairy manufacturing units and cows' milk collected, by amplitude classes and type - Year 2011 -

Size classes Manufacturing units Collected quantity

Dairies

Up to 1.000 554 185611

1.001-5.000 457 1165173

5.001-10.000 144 1039698

10.001-20.000 107 1561997

20.001-30.000 32 794384

30.001-50.000 26 1020529

Over 50.000 20 2239655

Total for dairies 1340 8007046

Collected centres Up to 100 3 144

101-500 5 1181

501-1.000 11 8082

1.001-2.000 13 21268

2.001-5.000 11 36403

Over 5.000 49 2405523

Total for collected centres 92 2472601

Table L08 - Dairy manufacturing units and production, by kind of product and amplitude classes (tons/year) - Year 2011 -

Amplitude classes Dairy manufacturing Production Fresh products Up to 300 95 3492

301-750 9 4341

751-1.000 8 7177

1.001-3.500 14 29112

3.501-7.000 13 68492

7.001-10.000 6 49086

10.001-15.000 6 71604

15.001-20.000 8 140260

20.001-30.000 11 261907

Over 30.000 27 2532155

Total for fresh products 197 3167626

Butter Up to 5 167 390

6-10 43 346

11-50 180 4814

From 51 to 100 72 5106

From 101 to 200 47 6797

From 201 to 500 18 5761

Over 500 24 79204

Total for butter 551 102416

Cheeses Up to 10 136 743

11-25 132 2315

26-50 173 6285

51-100 231 17332

101-200 301 43572

201-500 325 103035

501-1.000 175 120435

1.001-2.000 123 171797

Over 2.000 119 705528

Total for cheeses 1715 1171042

Why is cheese is important for China?

It is part of 小康, wellness factor that may contribute to the improvement of living standard of Chinese people.

The western and northern regions in China, characterized by lower levels of industrialization, are the core areas for livestock and animal production (including milk production). Often, the production systems used are low-efficient. However, those regions may receive special government support for business development.

Italy has long history of cheese production and has great interest in exporting «made-in-Italy» cheese.

There are still some question that remain open: - How can the cheese taste be introduced to Chinese people? - How can Italian companies achieve success in China? - What is the ideal model of collaboration? - What kind of government support may be provided? Some slides of our commercial platform confirm the interest of Chinese people in cheese!

Thank you for your attention!

Italy China Chamber of Commerce Via Clerici 5

20121 Milano