Latest statistics on milk utilisation by dairies
Source: gov.uk (2025-12-04)

Monthly statistics on the volume of milk used by dairies.

This monthly statistics notice includes information on the volume of milk used by dairies in the production of drinking milk and milk products such as cheese, butter and milk powders. Statistics are shown for the United Kingdom and England & Wales. The information provided includes milk availability and disposals and production volumes of milk and milk products.

The supplies of milk products dataset includes information on production, import/export and supply of milk products in the United Kingdom. Monthly and quarterly statistics are provided. Monthly data is available from 2015 whereas quarterly data is available from 2005.

The size distribution of dairy companies dataset provides information on the number of dairy enterprises in the United Kingdom, broken down by size type (annual volumes used/produced).

User Engagement

Data from the milk utilisation by dairies (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/milk-utilisation-by-dairies) statistics is an invaluable evidence base for policy makers, academics and researchers. The data is also heavily relied upon by the dairy industry, in particular the division of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) known as DairyCo (who represent milk producers) and Dairy UK (who represent milk processors). The milk utilisation by dairies (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/milk-utilisation-by-dairies) data is used for providing insight into market characteristics and to monitor where milk is being used for domestic production. It provides insight to how production of products (such as butter, cheese etc.) changes in response to changes in global demand and market conditions.

As part of our ongoing commitment to compliance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics (https://code.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/) we wish to strengthen our engagement with users of milk utilisation by dairies (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/milk-utilisation-by-dairies) data and better understand the use made of them and the types of decisions that they inform. Consequently, we invite users to register as a user (https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=UCQKdycCYkyQx044U38RAvMEgOxhWuZCpr9kfPf834FURDgwVDQ0Sk1KV0VROVQ4WUdQMTY1SFgxVC4u) of the milk utilisation by dairies (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/milk-utilisation-by-dairies) data, so that we can retain your details and inform you of any new releases and provide you with the opportunity to take part in user engagement activities that we may run. If you would like to register as a user of the milk utilisation by dairies (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/milk-utilisation-by-dairies) data, please provide your details in the attached form (https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=UCQKdycCYkyQx044U38RAvMEgOxhWuZCpr9kfPf834FURDgwVDQ0Sk1KV0VROVQ4WUdQMTY1SFgxVC4u).

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