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UK Monthly and Annual Milk Deliveries

Published 12 August 10

Monthly Milk Deliveries

• Provisional UK milk deliveries for July totalled 1,141m litres, 40m litres higher compared with the previous year, equivalent to a 3.6% increase.
• Over the same period, GB deliveries provisionally increased by 3.0% (29m litres) to 967m litres in July.
• Deliveries in NI provisionally totalled 174m litres in July, which was 6.8% up on the same time last year.

According to the latest provisional figures, UK milk deliveries in July totalled 1,141m litres, a decrease of 38m litres compared to June representing a drop of 3.3%.  Annual comparisons show that deliveries in July 10 were 3.6% (40m litres) higher than in July 09, when deliveries totalled 1,101m litres.   UK provisional figures for July 2010 indicate that production levels are the highest since July 2006/7.

Separating GB and NI shows that in July, milk deliveries in GB decreased by 3.6% (30m litres) to a total of 967m litres.  In contrast, deliveries were 29m litres, or 3.0%, up on the 938m litres delivered in July 09.

In NI, milk deliveries in July fell by 4.3% (8m litres) to a total of 174m litres.  Annual comparisons show that deliveries have increased by 11m litres, or 6.8% from 163m litres in July 09.  

UK milk deliveries have fallen for the past six years and the 2009/10 saw a new low.

In 2009, DairyCo published two in-depth analytical reports which provide useful contextual information on factors affecting milk production trends over the last 20 years.   Click here to download a copy of 'Factors affecting milk supply' (published January 2009) and Click here to download a copy of 'Ensuring a sustainable dairy supply chain' (published March 2009).

Wholesale Milk Deliveries to Dairies (not butterfat adjusted)
Source:Defra/RPA

*The actual figure is 13,182 as the cumulative figure has to be adjusted because of the leap year

 Provisional

CUMULATIVE MILK SUPPLY (not butterfat adjusted)
Source: Defra/RPA

*The actual figure is 13,182 as the cumulative figure has to be adjusted because of the leap year

Provisional

Regional Split

**Note: Figures are rounded up or down.
Provisional