Overview of Asian Dairy Situation

• By contrast, dairy development in other South Asian countries has lagged, such as in Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka, partly due to the lack of government support for the sector.
• Developments in South Asia stand in sharp contrast to much lower consumption levels in Southeast Asia, where average per capita consumption levels, at 32 kg per capita, are one-third the levels in South Asia.
• India and Pakistan have the highest per capita consumption levels in Asia at 80 kg and 180 kg, respectively.
• Estimates of per capita consumption range from 2–5 kg per capita in Cambodia and Lao People’s Democratic Republic to 11–15 kg per capita in Philippines and Viet Nam and to 40–55 kg per capita in Korea, Malaysia and Thailand.
• Consumption in china has increased from 5 kg per capita in 1984 to estimates of over 22 kg by 2007, growing on average of 9 percent per annum.
• In addition, there have been significant incentives for processors who, while regrouping producers, are driving the next stage of China’s dairy development.