Turkey’s milk production up 13.1 pct in June

By Jeyhun Aliyev

ANKARA

Turkey's cow milk production grew 13.1 percent in June, compared with the same month last year, the country's statistical authority said on Tuesday.

The amount of collected cow milk reached 848,378 tons in the month, up from 750,297 tons in June 2017, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) said in a statement.

"Drinking milk production by integrated dairies became 118,755 tonnes in June and increased by 4.4 percent when compared to the same month of the previous year," TurkStat said.

The data showed cheese production from cow’s milk also rose 10.7 percent to 60,058 tons, while yogurt production climbed 5.8 percent to 99,862 tons during the same period.

On a monthly basis, seasonal and calendar adjusted amount of collected cow’s milk rose by 0.7 percent in June.

Last year, around 9.1 million tons of cow milk were collected in Turkey while over 1.5 million tons of drinking milk production was recorded.

The country's exports of dairy products and eggs amounted to $711.5 million while imports stood at $126.4 million in 2017.

The next release on milk and milk products will be on Sept. 13.