+34.1% China dairy import,
in volume,
September 2017
From January to September 2017, Chinese imports of dairy products increased in volume by 11.9% on a trend basis and by 34.1% in September, after the +28.7% recorded last August.
In September 2017, the dairy products which recorded higher growth compared to the same month of 2016 are:
- Cream (+93.5%)
- SMP (+78.6%)
- WMP (+242%)
- Yogurt (+205%)
- Infant milk formula (+55.1%)
Noteworthy is the recovery in imports of packaged Milk, that began in August 2017 (+7.4% in August and +32.6% in September). Germany (36% share) and New Zealand (26% share) increased their exports of packaged Milk to China by 32% and 38% respectively in the last two months, compared to the same period of 2016.
Growth of milk Cream continues, showing an increase by 54.7% in the first nine months of 2017. China’s main supplier of Cream were New Zealand (32% share) and France (21% share), whose exports to China expanded by 85.5% and 28.6%, respectively.
Will the recent agreement signed by Centrale del Latte d’Italia S.p.A. and Alibaba Group, for the sale of 100% Italian long-life (UHT) whole milk on the Chinese market, further increase the current trend?
| CHINA: dairy products Import year-to-date (September) | ||||||
| QUANTITY (Tons) | VALUE (’000 USD) | |||||
| 2016 | 2017 | ± on 2016 | 2016 | 2017 | ± on 2016 | |
| Infant milk formula | 155.129 | 206.365 | +33,0% | 2.114.367 | 2.808.024 | +32,8% |
| WMP | 344.689 | 398.092 | +15,5% | 869.997 | 1.298.377 | +49,2% |
| Milk and cream | 473.166 | 468.174 | -1,1% | 478.498 | 600.117 | +25,4% |
| of which: | ||||||
| - Liquid milk | 408.072 | 367.446 | -10,0% | 303.375 | 294.939 | -2,8% |
| - Cream | 65.095 | 100.728 | +54,7% | 175.123 | 305.178 | +74,3% |
| Whey Powder | 374.625 | 397.396 | +6,1% | 330.626 | 514.046 | +55,5% |
| SMP | 152.054 | 201.043 | +32,2% | 325.110 | 488.777 | +50,3% |
| Butter | 64.643 | 74.646 | +15,5% | 236.518 | 390.021 | +64,9% |
| Cheese | 70.401 | 84.787 | +20,4% | 302.002 | 384.171 | +27,2% |
| Other products* | 107.516 | 119.828 | +11,5% | 189.947 | 234.622 | +23,5% |
| TOTAL IMPORT | 1.742.223 | 1.950.331 | +11,9% | 4.847.065 | 6.718.157 | +38,6% |
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* Other products: Caseinates, Lactose Pharmaceutical, Yogurt and buttermilk, Condensed Milk, Lactose edible Data processed by Clal based on GTIS source. |
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