Chinese imports of dairy products grow: positive results for France and Italy (for cheese)

In the first four months of 2017 Chinese dairy imports in milk equivalent (ME) grew 1.04% on a trend basis. That confirms a positive scenario for the market in terms of volume and value.
EU-28 and USA have the best export performance to China. Oceania slows down.

Focusing the EU-28, we see that WMP, SMP, cheeses and cream exports are positive.

In the Community context, interesting performance for France in WMP (+ 682%), SMP (+ 21%), whey powder (+ 18%); however cheese exports decrease (-27%), where Italy has the greatest advantage in this area (+35%).

Chinese milk production going up (+29.1%), while packaged milk imports slow down (-18.9%).

At the same time, milk cream imports is making a boom. Maybe dairy consumption changes: are Chinese people turning to an Occidental way of eat dairy? Perhaps. Check spotted coffee and cappuccino consumption, for example.

Cheese imports also grow by 18.3% between January and April 2017 on a trend basis, confirming that new food trends are emerging.

CHINA: dairy products Import year-to-date (April)
  QUANTITY (Tons) VALUE (’000 USD)
2016 2017 ± on 2016 2016 2017 ± on 2016
Infant milk formula 61.305 75.176 +22,6% 849.104 1.014.255 +19,5%
WMP 234.056 226.922 -3,0% 580.862 703.224 +21,1%
SMP 85.693 92.200 +7,6% 181.434 225.865 +24,5%
Whey Powder 144.261 164.112 +13,8% 133.927 197.192 +47,2%
Milk and cream 193.285 168.216 -13,0% 195.487 196.598 +0,6%
of which:
- Bulk and pack. milk 165.982 134.609 -18,9% 123.504 102.915 -16,7%
- Cream 27.304 33.607 +23,1% 71.983 93.682 +30,1%
Cheese 30.590 36.199 +18,3% 131.055 158.222 +20,7%
Butter 33.137 30.505 -7,9% 116.925 140.786 +20,4%
Caseinates 5.446 3.375 -38,0% 36.680 26.698 -27,2%
Lactose Pharmaceutical 25.094 28.893 +15,1% 15.903 26.698 +67,9%
Yogurt and buttermilk 6.692 7.668 +14,6% 14.373 14.897 +3,6%
Condensed Milk 6.121 7.052 +15,2% 11.963 12.577 +5,1%
Lactose edible 2.659 3.672 +38,1% 4.104 6.122 +49,2%
TOTAL IMPORT 828.339 843.991 +1,9% 2.271.816 2.723.132 +19,9%
Data processed by Clal based on GTIS source.

China: CREAM IMPORT
Main EXPORTERS of 2017
Period: January-April
Ton Share
2017
2015 2016 2017 % on
2016
TOTAL   13.684 27.304 33.607 +23%
New Zealand 54% 6.484 11.882 18.105 +52%
France 32% 4.629 9.789 10.674 +9%
United Kingdom 7% 735 1.781 2.422 +36%
Germany 3% 1.450 2.368 904 -62%
Australia 2% 269 1.081 770 -29%
Spain 1% 16 106 353 +235%

China: CHEESE IMPORT
Main EXPORTERS of 2017
Period: January-April
Ton Share
2017
2015 2016 2017 % on
2016
TOTAL   24.059 30.590 36.199 +18%
New Zealand 54% 12.755 17.379 19.547 +12%
Australia 22% 3.868 5.571 7.823 +40%
United States 9% 3.675 2.458 3.231 +31%
Denmark 3% 760 1.110 1.145 +3%
Italy 3% 689 787 1.059 +35%
France 2% 517 1.210 883 -27%

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