THE National Dairy Authority (NDA) has reported that milk production from January to June rose 15 percent to 16,020 metric tons (MT) from 13,940 MT in the same period last year.
This comprises around 21 percent of total liquid milk supply, or one glass out of every five consumed in the country, the NDA said.
The local milk production sector is supported by a dairy animal inventory of 151,059 heads, which includes 34,754 dairy cattle, 80,805 dairy carabao, and 35,500 dairy goats.
Net supply of dairy, meanwhile, reached 1.64 million MT or 12.7-percent higher than the 1.46 million MT dairy output in 2023.
Milk and dairy product imports, meanwhile, grew by 12.9 percent to 1.65 million MT compared to the previous 1.46 million MT. The value of these imports, however, decreased by 9.2 percent from $40,781.55 million to $37,011.72 million.
Skim milk powder logged the highest import share at around 40 percent, followed by other milk powders and ready-to-drink milk at 17 and 4 percent, respectively.
The NDA said New Zealand led import sources with 31 percent of total dairy import value, followed by the United States, 23 percent, and Indonesia, 5 percent.
On the other hand, Philippine dairy exports jumped 27.5 percent to 26,500 MT from 21,030 MT the previous year.
Top export commodities included cream milk at 17 percent, cheese (16 percent), whole milk powder (7 percent), and skim milk powder (6 percent).
Singapore and the United Arab Emirates were the leading destinations for Philippine dairy exports, accounting for 19 percent and 13 percent of the total export value, respectively. Canada followed with 12 percent and the US, 11 percent.
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