Eurostat · apro_mk_colm
Market dataEuropean dairy fundamentals
Track how much milk Europe produces—and what it becomes. Built from official monthly Eurostat submissions by each member state, with EU-wide totals calculated where Eurostat does not provide consolidated data for butter, cheese and milk powders.
Milk delivered to dairies
13,364kt
April 2026
+2.7%
against the same month last year
Matched on the 26 countries that reported in both months
The season, three years over each other
European milk peaks in spring and troughs in autumn, so a flat timeline shows a wave and tells you nothing. Laid on top of each other, the years answer the only question worth asking: are we running ahead of last year, and where in the flush are we?
- December
- 202411,374 kt
- 202512,143 kt
Where the milk comes from
Deliveries by member state for April 2026, largest first, each against its own month a year earlier.
- DEGermany2,914+6.0%
- FRFrance2,173+1.1%
- NLNetherlands1,222+4.0%
- PLPoland1,213+3.7%
- ITItaly1,179+3.3%
- IEIreland1,068−3.4%
- ESSpain647+0.5%
- DKDenmark495+2.8%
- BEBelgium410+5.5%
- ATAustria331+7.2%
- CZCzechia300+3.4%
- SESweden257+5.0%
What it was turned into
Butter, cheese and powder run a month or two behind milk, and not all at the same speed — each carries its own latest month.
Butter
June 2026
192kt+7.1%
- December
- 2024166 kt
- 2025187 kt
25 countries reporting. Completeness judged on DE, FR, PL, IE, IT.
Cheese
June 2026
870kt+4.7%
- December
- 2024787 kt
- 2025828 kt
25 countries reporting. Completeness judged on DE, FR, NL, PL, IE, IT.
Skimmed milk powder
June 2026
135kt+5.4%
- December
- 2024114 kt
- 2025131 kt
18 countries reporting. Completeness judged on DE, FR, PL, IE, IT.
Milk and cream powders
June 2026
34kt+6.5%
- December
- 202440 kt
- 202540 kt
20 countries reporting. Completeness judged on DE, FR, IT.