Dairy production increases in 2020 except for cheese and ice cream

Statbel, the Belgian statistical office, publishes today the annual dairy statistics for 2020.
Compared to the previous five years (annual average for the period 2015-2019), Belgian dairy companies show a higher production in 2020 for practically all product categories.  Only cheese production came to a standstill, while ice cream production is falling sharply.

Compared to the previous period, there is in 2020 an increase in production of as much as 45% for condensed milk and 11% for milk powder. Butter and fresh dairy products both increased by 5%. The increase of drinking milk remained limited to 4%. Goat's cheese is also on the rise (+32%), although its production share in Belgium remains, with 10,000 tonnes, rather small.