AUSTRALIA'S dairy exports value and volume remain down for the first two months of the financial year, compared to last year.
Dairy Australia figures reveal the export volume has dipped 12.7 per cent from 104,641 tonnes to 91,381 tonnes, while the value has dropped 5.7 per cent from about $384 million to about $362 million.
The only dairy products to report rises in volumes exported so far this year were whole milk powder, whey products and mixtures, with increases of 12.2 per cent, 65.6 per cent and 92.5 per cent respectively.
The value of these products also rose. Australia exported 16,244 tonnes of whole milk powder worth about $81 million, a rise of 21 per cent.
So far this year, 9333 tonnes of whey products left the country worth more than $18 million, which was up 14.6 per cent. There was 7896 tonnes of mixtures exported valued at more than $28 million, a rise of 83.7 per cent.
While the year-to-date butter export volume recorded a drop of 18.4 per cent from 5427 tonnes to 4427 tonnes, the export value rose significantly by 19.2 per cent from more than $16 million to $20 million.
The amount of butter oil exported dropped 22.3 per cent to 2408 tonnes, cheddar cheese was 46 per cent down to 8771 tonnes, other cheeses dipped 43.9 per cent to 10,226 tonnes, milk decreased 25.8 per cent to 9301 tonnes and skim milk powder was down 8.8 per cent to 14,649 tonnes.
Butter oil receipts rose 4.7 per cent for July and August to about $10 million.
However, the value of cheddar, other cheeses, milk and skim milk powder took a hit.
Skim milk powder export values had the biggest dive of almost 29 per cent to $50 million, while cheddar values dropped 20.5 per cent to $52 million, other cheeses dipped the same to about $55 million and milk export receipts went down by 16.8 per cent to $12 million.
