Agribusiness Handbook: Milk / Dairy Products - FAO

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 5
1. MILK PRODUCTION 7
1.1 Type and composition 7
1.2 Animal numbers and yields 7
1.3 Volume of milk production 9
1.4 Regulatory regimes 9
1.5 Milk quality 10
1.6 Milk collection 11
1.7 Milk prices 13
1.8 Costs and margins of milk production 14
2. MILK PROCESSING 17
2.1 General 17
2.2 Major manufacturing companies 20
2.3 Scale of production and size of plants 21
2.4 Milk processing costs 22
2.5 Dairy product prices 23
3. THE WORLD DAIRY MARKET 25
3.1 Production of dairy products 25
3.2 Consumption of dairy products 27
3.3 Trade in dairy products 28
4. THE WESTERN BALKAN COUNTRIES (WBDs) AND THE EARLY
TRANSITION COUNTRIES (ETCs) 31
4.1 Milk production and processing in the WBCs 31
4.2 Milk production and processing in the ETCs 34
4.3 Consumption and trade in the WBCs 40
4.4 Consumption and trade in the ETCs 43
4.5 Key priorities 46
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