China is the market of dairy largest in the world. Its population of 1,400 million inhabitants consumes approximately 45,000 million liters in dairy products a year. 75% of that volume is produced by dairy farmers local, as the country is home to about 2.3 million dairy farms. Half of the milk in china is produced on farms with less than 10 cows.
Due to the growing demand of dairy products of its population caused by urbanization, changing demographics, rising incomes, the westernization of the diet, and the use of the majority of the infant formula milk rather than breast milk -China has one of the lowest rates of breastfeeding, the country has become the main importer of milk in the world. The new generations of children to oriental reared with milk are reducing the proportion of the population is intolerant to lactose, strengthening the demand for future...are 18 million births a year.
Despite having a high price for their raw materials (currently 46 euro cents/lt), and the support of the government to promote the consumption of milk and the development of the activity, favoring the proliferation of gigatambos; the scarcity of fertile land and fresh water are combined with the high costs of production (doubled the costs arp) conspiring against the longed-for self-sufficiency.
In the following table we can observe some indicators of the potential to produce milk of the leading exporters and China is the main importer. It follows that China, with limited availability of arable land just produce what you consume, you will need to continue with the importation of milk.
