News

Turkey: Milk production rises in March

Cow Milk
Published May 13, 2023

Tridge summary

The amount of cow’s milk collected by dairy companies increased by 6.2 percent in March compared with the same month of last year to 912,000 tons, according to data from the Turkish Statistics Institute (TÜİK).

Original content

Drinking milk output rose nearly 11 percent year-on-year to 139,000 tons, while yogurt production was up 2.9 percent from March 2022 to around 99,000 tons. Some 67,000 tons of cheese were produced from cow’s milk, which pointed to a 3.4 increase from a year ago. Ayran - a local drink made of yogurt - production, however, declined by 2.9 percent to 61,630 tons. Türkiye’s butter production plunged more than 28 percent to a little over 8,000 tons. TÜİK, on May 11, separately unveiled data for poultry production. According to the latest figures, chicken meat production was nearly 200,000 tons in March, marking a 1.5 percent decline on an annual basis. In the first quarter, chicken meat production stood at 568,000 tons, down 2.5 percent from the January-March ...
By clicking “Accept Cookies,” I agree to provide cookies for statistical and personalized preference purposes. To learn more about our cookies, please read our Privacy Policy.