India now has indisputably the world's biggest dairy industry—at least in terms of milk production; last year India produced close to 100 million tonnes of milk, 15% more than the US and three times as much as the much-heralded new growth champ, China. Appropriately, India also produces the biggest directory or encyclopaedia of any world dairy industry. The dairy sector in the India has shown remarkable development in the past decade and India has now become one of the largest producers of milk and value-added milk products in the world.
The individual products under this sub-head are as below:
Butter Fresh
Butter MilK
Butter Oil
Fresh Cheese
Milk & Cream in Powder
Milk for Babies
Other Fat
Skimmed milk powder
Other milk power
Whole Milk
Ghee
Areas of Production:
Maharashtra , Himachal Pradesh , Madhya Pradesh , Punjab , Rajasthan , Tamil Nadu are the major production area of Dairy Products in India .
India Facts and Figures :
Concentrated Dairy products such as skimmed milk continues to be the largest item of export, which together accounts for nearly 78% of net milk and milk products exports during the year 2008-09. The exports of Dairy Products reached. 70146.77 MT from 69415.44 MT . India’s export of Dairy products has increased from Rs. 866.56 Crores in 2007-08 to Rs 980.86 Crores in 2008-09 .
Major Export Destinations (2008-09) : Egypt Arab Republic, UAE, Bangladesh, Algeria, Thailand.
