The bar charts illustrate the top three producers in different dairy productions, including milk, cheese, butter and milk powder, in 2012.
Overall, the European Union was the predominant supplier of these four dairy products, ranked first in milk and cheese productions and listed in the top three producers in butter and milk powder supplements.
In terms of milk production, the European Union supplied 142,970 metric tons, followed closely by India with 127,000 MT. United States places third with 90,038 MT products, significantly less than the first two suppliers. In cheese production, a similar pattern is witnessed, with the EU providing 7120 MT and the US supplying 4925 MT. However, Brazil placed itself third with only 700 MT products in 2012.
In the Butter supplement, India is dominant in the ranking, with 7500 MT. The EU and the United States were far behind India, with the amount of 2040 MT and 810 MT, respectively, comprising only a small proportion of India’s production.
China supplied 1200MT milk powder in 2012, and New Zealand followed it closely with 1110 MT production. EU listed itself in third place with 770 MT, approximately two-thirds of the top players’ amounts.