Infant Formula
11%
Infant Formula
Concentrated
3%
Cheese
10%
Africa: Dairy Imports by Product 2019
These are the three most important import
categories in both value and volume terms,
with infant formula and cheese next most
important (in value).
Development of African
Dairy Imports 2009-2019
The table below summarises the progression
of African dairy imports by
Markets ¦ IDM
product over the period 2009 to 2019.
Total dairy import volumes have grown by
some 3.7% per annum on average over
the decade (6.7% in value terms) slightly
ahead of population growth which was
running at 2.5% – 2.6% p.a. over this
period. But there have been some notable
changes in product demand particularly
for milk powders. Demand growth
for WMP and FFMP combined is running
at some 4.0% per annum on average (in
line with total import growth) but there
has been a substantial shift to FFMP
which has seen imports up from 166k
tonnes in 2009 to 470k tonnes in 2019
(representing average annual growth of
11%). Meanwhile WMP imports have
seen negligible growth at a continent
level as consumers switched from WMP
to FFMP in most countries (see chart).
Algeria, Egypt and Somalia were notable
exceptions as countries recording significant
growth in WMP imports, but in
most sub-Sahara markets WMP imports
declined sharply while imports of FFMP
have grown dramatically.
Imports of liquid milk, SMP and infant
formula also saw good growth while butter
consumption and concentrated milk
imports declined.
Leading Dairy Companies
in Africa
Nineteen of the largest and most influential
companies in the African dairy
Source: BMNA, Global Trade Tracker
FFMP
18%
WMP
29%
SMP
14%
Milk
3%
Whey
4%
Butter
7%
Fermented
1%
Value
FFMP
WMP
SMP
Milk
Whey
Cheese
Concentrated
Infant Formula
Butter
Fermented
Africa: Dairy Imports By Product 2009, 2014, 2019 (Tonnes and € million)
Africa: Dairy Imports By Product 2009, 2014, 2019 (Tonnes and € million)
Product Tonnes € mil.
2009 2014 2019 c.a.g.r 2009 2014
2019 c.a.g.r.
WMP 493,155 537,145 504,230 0.2% 910 1,762 1,401 4.4%
FFMP 166,275 332,628 470,258 11.0% 218 712 837 14.4%
SMP 204,729 367,253 335,931 5.1% 321 1,103 687 7.9%
Infant Formula 56,601 89,082 95,607 5.4% 242 479 520 7.9%
Cheese 92,945 121,074 117,754 2.4% 261 477 454 5.7%
Butter 134,673 119,807 75,302 -5.6% 211 387 315 4.1%
Whey 58,296 79,330 118,582 7.4% 73 171 183 9.6%
Milk 114,002 210,774 246,962 8.0% 67 152 163 9.2%
Concentrated 123,225 186,953 110,934 -1.0% 144 256 147 0.2%
Fermented 22,492 32,364 26,579 1.7% 35 65 51 3.9%
Total 1,466,393 2,076,410 2,102,139 3.7% 2,482 5,564 4,758 6.7%
Source: BMNA, Global Trade Tracker Data
11%
Concentrated
3%
Cheese
Source: BMNA, Global Trade Tracker
FFMP
18%
WMP
29%
SMP
14%
Milk
3%
Whey
4%
Butter
7%
Fermented
1%
Value
FFMP
WMP
SMP
Milk
Whey
Cheese
Concentrated
Infant Formula
Butter
Fermented
Source: BMNA, Global Trade Tracker
Source: BMNA, Global Trade Tracker Data
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