Milk is an important food for over 6 billion human beings of all ages, majority of them in developing countries.
Over 750 million people live within dairy farming households. World's dairy farms produced over 710 million tons of milk in 2010.
India is the world's largest producer and consumer of milk, yet neither exports nor imports milk. New Zealand, EU-15 and Australia are the world's three largest exporters of milk and milk products.
China, Mexico and Japan are the world's largest importers of milk and milk products.