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Milk Companies

Around 91 per cent of Tasmania’s 662 million litres of milk is used for manufacturing into cheese, milk and whey powders and chocolate products. The remaining nine per cent supplies the local fresh milk market.

Tasmanian Dairy Companies

Tasmanian Milk Companies

Milk Companies	Products	Proportion of Tasmania's milk (%)
Fonterra	Milk powder, cheese, whey powder, butter	62
National Foods including King Island Dairies	Fresh milk, cheese, butter, cream	20
Cadbury	Chocolate products	12
Murray Goulburn	UHT milk	3
Betta Milk	Fresh milk, cream	2
Farm Cheese Operations	Cheese, cream	1
Total		100

Total		100

Tasmanian Dairy Manufacturers - Graph

Fonterra Processing Facility - Devonport

The industry has a strong export focus with around two thirds of all milk going into products bound for overseas markets.

Tasmanian Dairy Markets

This page was last updated on Wednesday 4 November 2009.

This Tasmanian dairy industry project is supported from the Australian Government under its Regional Partnerships Programme.

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