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Article: CHINA REPORTS MAJOR RISE IN IMPORT OF DAIRY PRODUCTS.
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- February 19, 2004
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HARBIN, Feb 19 Asia Pulse - China imported 288,000 tons of dairy products worth US$318 million in the first 11 months of last year, 22 per cent and 31.8 per cent more from a year ago, respectively.
Out of the total imports, milk powder made up 124,500 tons, a rise of 27 per cent, and imported whey powder was 145,300 tons, an increase of 16.4 per cent, according to Song Kungang, chairman of the council for China Association of Dairy Products Industry on Thursday.
The dairy products sector produced 5.12 million tons of liquid dairy products -- which made up 80 per cent of China's total dairy products output -- from January to November last year, up 58 per ...