Eurostat · apro_mk_colm
Market dataEuropean dairy fundamentals
How much milk Europe delivered, and what it was turned into. Eurostat's monthly series, built up from the member states — because Eurostat's own EU total is empty for butter, cheese and powder.
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
- 202512,138 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+7.5%
- 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
May 2026
205kt+5.4%
- December
- 2024166 kt
- 2025187 kt
22 countries reporting. Completeness judged on DE, FR, PL, IE, IT.
Cheese
April 2026
876kt+2.3%
- December
- 2024787 kt
- 2025828 kt
23 countries reporting. Completeness judged on DE, FR, NL, PL, IE, IT.
Skimmed milk powder
April 2026
143kt+5.4%
- December
- 2024114 kt
- 2025131 kt
16 countries reporting. Completeness judged on DE, FR, PL, IE, IT.
Milk and cream powders
May 2026
36kt+0.8%
- December
- 202440 kt
- 202540 kt
17 countries reporting. Completeness judged on DE, FR, IT.