• To ensure long-term success, dairy companies need to balance the 'quick wins' of export against the requirement to continue to grow their domestic markets, says Tetra Pak.
    To ensure long-term success, dairy companies need to balance the 'quick wins' of export against the requirement to continue to grow their domestic markets, says Tetra Pak.
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Global consumption will rise by 36 per cent by 2024, and will overtake the available supply over the next decade, according to Tetra Pak's 7th Dairy Index.

The company also says that producers in both developed and emerging dairy markets need to address the careful balancing act required to ensure sustainable business success.

According to the Index, growing global demand will be driven by population growth, rising prosperity and urbanisation in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

However, milk supply and demand is imbalanced across the world, wich means rising demand in emerging dairy markets is unlikely to be fulfilled by locally produced raw milk.

Moreover, developed dairy markets producing a milk surplus face the challenges of competing for exports and responding to falling domestic consumption.

Dennis Jonsson, President and CEO of Tetra Pak Group said: "The predicted surge in global demand offers a huge opportunity for dairy companies in developed markets to export powder and ambient liquid dairy products to growing economies. However, to ensure long-term success, these producers need to balance the 'quick wins' of export against the requirement to continue to grow their domestic markets.

"Meanwhile, dairy companies in import markets must overcome the challenge of securing a sustainable, high quality milk supply while keeping pace with growing demand. Markets such as China and Saudi Arabia are doing so in multiple ways: increasing investment in domestic dairy farming, partnering with well-established foreign companies, and diversifying their offer with value-added products.

"Fundamentally, these are measures that will help to achieve the vital balancing act of shoring up the future of a sustainable dairy industry."

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