While the EU trend in the first three months saw an increase in quantity (+2.5% y-o-y) and a decrease in value (-0.9%), the Italian dairy sector recorded a diametrically opposite trend, with a decrease in export in quantity (-5.6%), but a good performance in terms of value, which even grew by 4.9% on a trend basis. Does it mean that Italian dairy products can rely on a brand with higher added value?
Italy Cheese Export
+3.7%in volume
+8.0%in value
Jan-Mar 2018
Of course. Italian cheese exports expanded in the first quarter 2018: +3.7% in volume and +8% in value, with positive performance for Grana Padano and Parmigiano Reggiano (+6.6% in quantity and +6% in value), Gorgonzola (+5.9% in quantity and +8.6% in value), Provolone (+ 25.3% in quantity and + 21.6% in value), Fresh Cheeses such as Mozzarella and Ricotta (+ 4.1% in quantity and +10.7% in value), Grated or powdered cheese (+9.8% in quantity and + 15.4% in value).
If Italian exports of cheese and dairy products grow at an annual rate of 3.7%, even imports are advancing and increasing +5%. These dynamics show, also for the first quarter of 2018, a deficit in the trade balance.
Grana Padano and Parmigiano Reggiano increased the volumes exported in the first three target markets: Germany (+2%), United States (+1%) and France (+7%), while they lost ground in the United Kingdom (-1%).
The growth of Fresh Cheeses, including Mozzarella and Ricotta (+ 4%), was also positive, even if it showed a decline towards France (-9%) and the United Kingdom (-5%). Sales to Germany, on the other hand, increased (+12%).
The positive trend of exports of Grated or Powdered Cheeses continued in the first quarter 2018: +10%, with an acceleration for Germany (+12%) and France (+13%), on a trend basis.
Even the Gorgonzola between January and March 2018 improved the performance: +6% y-o-y.
| ITALIA: dairy products Export year-to-date (March) | ||||||
| QUANTITY (Tons) | VALUE (’000 ) | |||||
| 2017 | 2018 | ± on 2017 | 2017 | 2018 | ± on 2017 | |
| Cheese | 90.799 | 94.183 | +3,7% | 576.015 | 622.279 | +8,0% |
| of which: | ||||||
| - G.Padano and P.Reggiano | 20.055 | 21.374 | +6,6% | 198.628 | 210.529 | +6,0% |
| - Fresh cheeses incl. mozzarella, cheese and ricotta |
29.270 | 30.478 | +4,1% | 118.015 | 130.599 | +10,7% |
| - Grated or powered cheeses | 9.931 | 10.908 | +9,8% | 80.784 | 93.200 | +15,4% |
| - Pecorino and Fiore Sardo | 4.803 | 4.152 | -13,6% | 31.493 | 33.660 | +6,9% |
| - Gorgonzola | 4.840 | 5.127 | +5,9% | 29.081 | 31.585 | +8,6% |
| - Provolone | 1.401 | 1.755 | +25,3% | 8.106 | 9.857 | +21,6% |
| - Asiago, Montasio, Ragusano, Caciocavallo |
469 | 376 | -19,9% | 3.091 | 2.435 | -21,2% |
| Whey | 115.828 | 111.023 | -4,1% | 47.192 | 36.014 | -23,7% |
| Milk and cream | 23.777 | 13.349 | -43,9% | 22.538 | 19.266 | -14,5% |
| of which: | ||||||
| - Bulk milk cream | 7.773 | 4.522 | -41,8% | 11.788 | 11.754 | -0,3% |
| - Packaged milk | 12.603 | 5.722 | -54,6% | 7.803 | 4.141 | -46,9% |
| - Packaged milk cream | 773 | 1.390 | +79,7% | 1.350 | 3.007 | +122,8% |
| - Bulk milk | 2.628 | 1.716 | -34,7% | 1.598 | 365 | -77,2% |
| Butter | 1.873 | 1.894 | +1,1% | 7.962 | 9.877 | +24,0% |
| SMP | 1.435 | 1.554 | +8,3% | 5.019 | 4.743 | -5,5% |
| Lactose Pharm. | 7.160 | 6.159 | -14,0% | 4.366 | 3.441 | -21,2% |
| Other ferm.milks | 639 | 655 | +2,6% | 3.286 | 3.239 | -1,4% |
| WMP | 474 | 510 | +7,6% | 1.765 | 2.772 | +57,1% |
| Yogurt | 1.082 | 811 | -25,0% | 2.012 | 1.731 | -13,9% |
| Cond. milk | 1.323 | 869 | -34,3% | 1.306 | 1.216 | -6,9% |
| Other products* | 827 | 543 | -34,3% | 2.181 | 1.859 | -14,7% |
| TOTAL EXPORT | 245.216 | 231.551 | -5,6% | 673.640 | 706.437 | +4,9% |
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* Other products: Infant milk formula, Casein, Caseinates, Lactose edible Data processed by Clal based on ISTAT source. |
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