The EU dairy sector is important to the EU in many respects. Most notably, milk is the number one single product sector in terms of value of agricultural output, and milk is produced in every single EU MS without exception. However, within the EU-27, the size and agricultural importance of the dairy sector varies considerably between MS and across regions. A brief overview on the production structure and performance of EU dairy farming is given in section . Developments in the EU dairy sector have to been seen in the context of the development of EU dairy policies,.
