No milk price hike by Amul after record procurement

Record milk procurement would help consumers breathe easy in the near future. Liquid milk prices increased by 3-4% in In 2012-13, but record milk procurements by the Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) that owns dairy brand Amul could put breaks on the rise for now.


“Milk price hike is not in the radar currently,” said GCMMF’s GM (Planning & Marketing) Jayen Mehta. GCMMF is expected to procure record milk for the second consecutive
month of 2013. After collecting 145 lakh litres of milk per day from Gujarat in January, the co-operative that has 17 member unions under its fold, expects to collect as much milk in February, he said.


Gujarat has seen a rise in milk procurement by 52 lakh litres over last 24 months. “Milk procurement that stood at 112 lakh litres during this period, touched the peak (collection) at 134 lakh litres in February 2012,” he said.

GCMMF milk processing capacities would stand at 200 lakh litres per day by the year end, he said. Amul expects to improve its global ranking in International Farm Comparison Network (IFCN) list from 18^th to 14^th in 2012. Fonterra (New Zealand), Dairy Farmers of America (US), Nestle (Switzerland), Dean Foods (US), Royal FrieslandCampina (The Netherlands), Lactalis (France), Arla Foods (Denmark), Danone (France), California Dairies Inc. (US), Kraft Foods (US) were the top 10 in International Farm Comparison Network (IFCN) 2011 list.