India may import dairy products amid stagnant milk production
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게시됨 2023년 4월 14일
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India may consider importing dairy products if necessary as there is a supply constraint for these items due to stagnant milk production in the last fiscal year, a senior government official said on Wednesday. The government will intervene to import dairy products such as butter and ghee if needed after assessing the position of milk stocks in southern states where the peak production season has now started, he added. Milk production in the country was 221 million tonnes in 2021-22, up 6.25% from 208 million tonnes the previous year, as per official data. At a news conference, Livestock and Dairy Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh said that the country's milk production remained stagnant in the 2022-23 fiscal year due to a skin disease in the cattle, while domestic demand grew from 8 to 10% in the same period due to the resumption of post-pandemic demand.
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"There is no restriction on the supply of milk per se in the country. There is an adequate stock of skimmed milk powder. But in the case of dairy products, mainly fats, butter and ghee etc, stocks are smaller than in the previous year", he said. Singh, however, noted that imports may not be beneficial at this time, as international prices in recent months are firm. "If world prices are high, there is no point in importing. We are going to evaluate the high season in the rest of the country and then we will decide," he said. Shortages will be least in northern India, where the off-season has been postponed as temperatures drop due to premature rains over the past 20 days, he added. According to the secretary, the country's milk production has remained stagnant due to the impact of the granular skin disease that killed 189,000 cows last year and the post-pandemic recovery in milk demand. "The impact of granular skin disease in cattle can be felt by noting that total milk production ...