RI lowest milk consumer in ASEAN

RI lowest milk consumer in ASEAN

GARUT, West Java: The consumption rate of dairy milk for Indonesians amounts to only six liters per capita per month, making them the poorest milk consumers in ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations), an official said on Thursday.

"Ideally, we should drink 120 liters per capita monthly," Tri Satya Putri N.H., director for livestock development at the Ministry of Agriculture, said on the sidelines of a workshop on livestock development ventures here.

She said that 70 percent of the milk demand in the country was fulfilled by imported products.

Tri said that even in the next 10 years, Indonesia would be unlikely to export dairy milk, because its production was limited and was only suitable for domestic consumption.

"However, demand for milk here will increase," she said. -- Antara