Research Report on China Dairy Industry [2015-2019]

Dec., 11, 2015, Mumbai, India: Market Reports on China presents the report, on “Research Report on China Dairy Industry [2015-2019]”. In recent years, frequent security incidents of domestic dairy products have made consumers especially parents of infants turn to imported ones.

With economic development and lifestyle changes, the demand for dairy products in China keeps rising.

In 2014, the output of dairy products was 26.518 million tons in China, decreasing 1.23% year on year. And such major producers as Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang and Shandong all reported a decline in diary production. "http://www.marketreportsonchina.com/food-beverages-market-research-reports-3747/research-china-dairy.html"

Dairy production fell for the first time in 2014 over the last three decades. Since 2009, annual output of dairy products slowed down its growth which used to be at an average rate of 15-20%. For instance, the average annual growth rate reported 12.7% during the period of 2009-2011, 8.1% in 2012 and 5.2% in 2013. The reasons for this are as follows: weak consumption growth resulted from high price and high cost of production; shock brought about by the large imports of cheap dairy products and frequent disclosure of security incidents which lowered some consumers confidence of domestic dairy products.

Milk production in 2013 declined by 5.7%, i.e. 2.12 million tons compared with 2012 while cow stocks decreased about 10% which led to milk shortage at the turn of the year. Compared with 2013, milk production rose by 5.5% to 37.25 million tons. And the average purchase price of milk rose from CNY 3.62 per kilogram in 2013 to CNY 3.29 per kilogram.

There were about 630 dairy producers in 2014 in China that brought in sales of CNY 329.77 billion with a year-on-year growth of 18.07% and profits of CNY 22.532 billion with a year-on-year growth of 25.63%.

In recent years, frequent security incidents of domestic dairy products have made consumers especially...