The World Dairy Situation 2014

摘要

Annual survey including production, consumption, trade and price figures from dairy sector and other sources. Largest dairy companies by turnover and/or milk intake. Comments and prognoses on the situation in different countries and analysis of the whole, covering all major producing and consuming countries. Review of various forecasts of dairy trade.This year broke records, mainly due to weather conditions at the beginning of 2013. As a consequence lagging milk production generated a lower availability of milk for exports and, given the continuous strong global demand, led to exceptionally high average prices. Milk production amounted to 782 million tonnes, an increase of 1.3% in comparison with 2012.World output increased for most dairy commodities in 2013, though in most cases at a slower pace than in the previous year. Most dairy companies experienced an increase in their turnover expressed in USD, on account of the rise of dairy product prices onthe world market. Mergers and acquisitions are stepping up and becoming more and more global.