Just in 2018, China's imported dairy products continued to grow, equivalent to 16 million tons of raw milk, close to 1/2 of the domestic raw milk production, an increase of 8.8% year-on-year, a decrease of 7 percentage points from 2017, which is the past 10 years. The lowest growth year except 2014 and 2015. From the perspective of imported products, the category of products other than yoghurt grew across the board. Among them, the imports of the three largest categories of products, big package powder, whey powder and infant formula powder, increased by 11.6%, 5.2%, and 9.6%, respectively. Butter cream imports The volume growth rate is the fastest, reaching 23.7%.
According to statistics from the General Administration of Customs, China imported a total of 2.64 million tons of various dairy products in 2018, an increase of 6.7% year-on-year, and the import value was 10.1 billion US dollars, accounting for about 20% of domestic dairy product sales revenue, an increase of 14.3% year-on-year. Dairy products were 1.93 million tons, an increase of 9.2% year-on-year, and the import value was US $ 9.1 billion, an increase of 15.7% year-on-year. Imported liquid milk was 700,000 tons, an increase of 0.3% year-on-year, and the import value was US $ 1 billion, an increase of 2.9% year-on-year.
If dry milk products are 1: 8, liquid milk is 1: 1 equivalent to raw milk, a total of 16 million tons, an increase of 8.8% year-on-year, the National Bureau of Statistics of 2017 announced 31.486 million milk production, preliminary calculation of imported dairy products equivalent to raw milk It has accounted for 1/2 of the total domestic fresh milk production, which means that the self-sufficiency rate of raw milk in China has been less than 70% (the goal of the National Dairy Development Plan (2016-2020) '' is 70% of the self-sufficiency rate in 2020 %the above).
(Information data are all from Holstein's "China Dairy Trade Monthly Report")
Big bag of powder
In 2018, 800,000 tons of bulk powder was imported, only lower than the highest years in 2013 and 2014, an increase of 11.6% year-on-year, the import value was 2.4 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 12%, and the price was 3030 U.S. dollars / ton, an increase of 0.4% year-on-year, mainly New Zealand accounted for 73.3%, the EU accounted for 12.6%
Baby powder
In 2018, 320,000 tons of infant formula milk powder was imported, an increase of 9.6% year-on-year. The import value was US $ 4.8 billion, an increase of 19.8% year-on-year. The price was US $ 14,699 per ton, an increase of 9.3% year-on-year.
Milk
In 2018, the import of whey and its products was 560,000 tons, an increase of 5.2% year-on-year, the import value was US $ 600 million, a year-on-year decrease of 4.9%, and the price was US $ 1137 / ton, a year-on-year decrease of 9.6%, mainly from the United States accounting for 47% and the European Union accounting for 38.2% .
Milk
In 2018, 110,000 tons of cheese were imported, an increase of 0.3% year-on-year. The import value was US $ 500 million, an increase of 3.1% year-on-year. The price was US $ 4739 / ton, an increase of 2.9% year-on-year.
Packed milk
In 2018, imported packaged milk was 670,000 tons, an increase of 0.9% year-on-year, the import value was 900 million US dollars, an increase of 3.8% year-on-year, and the price was 1,355 US dollars / ton, an increase of 2.9% year-on-year, mainly from the European Union accounted for 51.1%, New Zealand accounted for 34.6%, Australia accounted for 12%.
