51.9 million litres of pasteurised and UHT milk were produced in May 2019. The major part of it (30.1 million litres, or 58%) was semi-skimmed milk. Whole milk accounted for 36% of the total production (18.5 million litres) and skimmed milk for 6% (3.4 million litres). Besides, 7.5 million litres of chocolate milk were produced, as well as 23 million litres of cream, 20.5 million litres of fermented milk, 4.3 million litres of yoghurt, 9,073 tonnes of cheese and 8,498 tonnes of butter (farm butter and blended butter).

The production of fresh dairy products increases by 10 %

According to the latest figures on Belgian dairy production in 2018 from Statbel, the Belgian statistical office, our country produced 10 % more fresh dairy products than in 2017. The most significant increases were recorded for fermented milk (22 %), desserts (8 %) and consumer cream (5 %). The production of yoghurt has decreased by almost 11 %.

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