Canadian dairy exports grew modestly in 2025

Canada’s dairy exports showed positive momentum year-to-date (YTD) through December 2025, increasing by 2.77% or 24 million kilos LME.Despite the overall growth in export volumes, several product categories recorded declines, including SMP, WMP, modified whey, modified whey (permeate), milk constituents, casein, cheese, and condensed milk. Canada Exports YTD December Products 2024 2025 ∆ ∆% SMP 20,363 14,096 -6,267 -30.78% WMP 1,075 747 -328 -30.51% WPC 22,993 25,856 2,863 12.45% Mod Whey 578 84 -494 -85.47% Whey powder 4,978 10,496 5,518 110.85% Mod Whey ( Permeate) 29,794 27,490 -2,304 -7.73% milk contituents 9,438 5,975 -3,463 -36.69% Lactose 12,711 13,590 879 6.92% Casein 232 158 -74 -31.90% WPI/WPC80 419 519 100 23.87% Butter milk 261 2,584 2,323 890.04% Cheese 10,324 9,847 -477 -4.62% Butter 336 1,645 1,309 389.58% Butteroil 565 1,086 521 92.21% Milk 11,859 13,764 1,905 16.06% Cream 1,044 3,156 2,112 202.30% Yoghurt 25,517 37,595 12,078 47.33% Condensed 760 732 -28 -3.68% As of December, Canadian dairy imports also demonstrated strong growth. YTD import volumes increased by 9.11%, or 85 million kilos LME. This represents a decrease compared with the November figure, which stood at 11.06% or approximately 124 million kilos LME. Nevertheless, the data still indicates a generally favourable trading environment. Declines were recorded in several categories, including whey powder, WPCs, buttermilk, MPC, lactose, WPI, yoghurt, fermented milk, and regular milk. Canada Imports YTD December Products 2024 2025 ∆ ∆% SMP 2,316 2,759 443 19.13% WMP 2,227 2,415 188 8.44% Whey Powder 1,948 1,264 -684 -35.11% Whey protein concentrates 7,853 6,708 -1,145 -14.58% Whey 2,362 4,181 1,819 77.01% Whey modified, nes 20,113 23,833 3,720 18.50% Buttermilk Powder 15 5 -10 -66.67% MPC 20,715 20,490 -225 -1.09% Lactose 6,939 5,961 -978 -14.09% Natural mik contituents ( blends) 4,968 7,128 2,160 43.48% Casein 1,680 2,669 989 58.87% Caseinates 2,019 2,385 366 18.13% WPI/WPC 80 11,902 11,041 -861 -7.23% Cheese 56,372 61,289 4,917 8.72% Butter 31,798 39,364 7,566 23.79% Butter oil 4,579 6,845 2,266 49.49% Yoghurt 535 467 -68 -12.71% Fermented milk 294 190 -104 -35.37% Cream 4,980 5,902 922 18.51% Milk 73,186 65,599 -7,587 -10.37% Condensed 324 357 33 10.19% One factor contributing to the strong import volumes may have been the disappointing milk production earlier in the year. However, by the end of December, the full-year milk production figure had recovered somewhat, with YTD production increasing by 2.08%, or 201 million kilos, compared with 1.97%, or 174 million kilos, recorded YTD in November. Canada YTD December Milk Production 2024 2025 ∆% ∆ YTD December ( x 1,000) 9,645,371 9,846,468 2.08% 201,097