date:Mar 06, 2014
ion to $89 billion by 2017.
Despite the breakneck growth, per capita consumption of liquid milk-equivalent is 26 liters per year in China, compared with 78 liters in Japan and 209 liters in the North America Free Trade Agreement region.
China imported 1.52 million tons of dairy products from January to November 2013, up 35.7 percent, according to data from the General Administration of Customs. New Zealand made up the lion's share, at 86 percent, of all imports.
The over-reliance on exports h