What is the price of milk & cream in South Africa?

As of January 2024, milk & cream in South Africa is US$ 0.71 per kg (13.79 ZAR), sourced from UN Comtrade (unit value).

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Milk & Cream Prices in South Africa

US$ 0.71 / kg

13.79 ZAR / kg

MoM ▼ 2.9% YoY ▼ 2.9%

Checked: Jun 9, 2026

Price as of: January 2024

Source: UN Comtrade (unit value)

Variety	Market level	Price (US$/kg)	Local (ZAR)	MoM	YoY	Source
—	Export (unit value)	0.71	13.79	▼ 2.9%	▼ 2.9%	UN Comtrade (unit value)

As of January 2024, the milk & cream price in South Africa is US$ 0.71 per kg (13.79 ZAR), down 2.9% year-on-year.

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We don’t yet have a dedicated milk & cream price series for South Africa. The trend line shown is the closest commodity benchmark, for reference only — we’re collecting milk & cream prices monthly to build a dedicated history.

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Production, Exports, Imports & HS Codes — milk & cream in South Africa

Exports UN Comtrade · 2024

In 2024, South Africa exported $70.2M (98.9 kt) of milk & cream▲ 5.6% YoY. That ranks #26 worldwide (0.6% of global exports).

$70.2M

Export value

98.9 kt

Export volume

#26 / 113

World rank

0.6%

Global share

$0.71

Avg export price / kg

Export value by year (US$)

Export volume by year

Top milk & cream exporters worldwide UN Comtrade · 2024

#1 Germany $1.67B · 13.5%
#2 Netherlands $1.43B · 11.6%
#3 Belgium $1.21B · 9.8%
#4 France $939.8M · 7.6%
#5 New Zealand $938.7M · 7.6%

Annual export data South Africa · UN Comtrade

Year	Export value (US$)	Volume	Avg price/kg
2024	$70.2M	98.9 kt	$0.71
2023	$66.4M	90.9 kt	$0.73
2022	$61.5M	88.2 kt	$0.7
2021	$66.6M	94.9 kt	$0.7
2020	$51.5M	87.9 kt	$0.59

HS Code

milk & cream is traded under Harmonized System code 0401. Trade figures above are compiled for this HS heading.

Sources: trade & HS — UN Comtrade. Values are official reported figures.

South Africa milk & cream - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes

In 2019 South Africa exported 8,181,477 tonnes of milk & cream. In 2019 alone, the demand for South Africa milk & cream (processed category) has increased, recording a change of 3.605 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, milk & cream's exports reduced by -0.37% bringing the nation US$115.55m for the year 2019. South Africa's milk & cream exports are categorised as:

Milk and cream of a fat content by weight of > 6%, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (HS code 040130)
Milk and cream of a fat content by weight of > 10%, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (HS code 040150)
Milk and cream of a fat content by weight of > 6% but <= 10%, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (HS code 040140)
Milk and cream of a fat content by weight of > 1% but <= 6%, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (HS code 040120)
Products consisting of natural milk constituents, whether or not sweetened, n.e.s. (HS code 040490)
Milk and cream of a fat content by weight of <= 1%, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (HS code 040110)
Milk and cream in solid forms, of a fat content by weight of > 1,5%, unsweetened (HS code 040221)
Milk and cream, concentrated and sweetened (excluding in solid forms) (HS code 040299)
Milk and cream in solid forms, of a fat content by weight of <= 1,5% (HS code 040210)
Milk and cream in solid forms, of a fat content by weight of > 1,5%, sweetened (HS code 040229)
Milk and cream, concentrated but unsweetened (excluding in solid forms) (HS code 040291)

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South Africa milk & cream export values

In 2019, South Africa sold milk & cream costing 115.55m USD, a drop of -7.11% from 2018's total milk & cream export of 124.395m USD. The yearly change in value of South Africa milk & cream between 2017 to 2018 was -8.211 percent.

The annual change in the volume of South Africa's milk & cream exports between 2017 and 2019 was -0.37% in comparison to a variation of 3.605% in the period between 2018 and 2019.

Export markets for South Africa milk & cream ( in '000$ )

South Africa's top export markets for milk & cream are Mozambique, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland (Eswatini).

South Africa bought 37,538 tonnes of milk & cream in 2019.

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