Cumulative cheddar exports increased by 8.8% in volume terms and 5% in value terms, while other cheese exported increased by 17.5% to 25,334t and increased in value terms by 16.9% making it the highest dairy export earner for the period with a cumulative value of AU$126,612,734.
Butter, butter oil and whey products showed large falls in cumulative exports in both volume terms and value terms. The respective falls on a tonnage basis were -27%, -33.5%, and -39.8% and on a value basis were -22.3%, -22.7%, and -17.7%.
Milk exports had the highest cumulative volume with 40,870t, up 3.8% from the same period last year. The value also increased, by 11.5% but ranks as 6th highest dairy export earner over the period.
