Output of dairy products for sale gone up by 9.6 % in 2025

Central Statistical Bureau provisional data show that in 2025 output of dairy products for sale1 increased by 14.4 thousand tonnes (9.6 %) compared with the year earlier.

Compared with 2024, increased output was recorded in the production of all dairy products: output of butter increased by 15.7 %, of acidified milk by 13.8 %, of cheese by 12.9 %, of drinking milk by 5.2 %, and of cream by 0.5 %. 

Compared with 2023, output of cheese rose by 13.3 %, of butter by 12.1 %, of acidified milk (yogurt, kefir, curdled milk, etc.) by 9.4 %, of cream by 0.5 %, and of drinking milk by 0.3 %.

Refer to the OSP database: LAL060m and LAL060

Average purchase price of raw milk rose by 17.4 %

In 2025, milk procurement and processing companies collected 839.5 thousand tonnes of raw milk, 5.8 thousand tonnes (0.7 %) more than in 2024. 

The average purchase price of raw milk reached 477.03 euro per tonne, representing an increase of 70.77 euro per tonne (17.4 %) compared with 2024 and of 121.98 euro per tonne (34.4 %) compared with 2023.

The highest milk price was recorded in February, when it stood at 490.15 euro per tonne.

Refer to the OSP database: LAL050, LAL020m and LAC020

Additional statistics for this domain is available in the official statistics portal section Agriculture. 

From now on, press releases on the output of dairy products for sale will present only annual statistics. Semi-annual data will remain available in the official statistics portal database.

Methodological information

¹ The products used by a company to produce other products, the products sold to other local food industry companies, and products used for animal feed are excluded.

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