WORLD DAIRY PRODUCTION

World production

Rank	Country	Production (109kg/y)[30]
1	India	114.4
2	United States	79.3
3	Pakistan	35.2 (needs validation)
4	China	32.5
5	Germany	28.5
6	Russia	28.5
7	Brazil	26.2
8	France	24.2
9	New Zealand	17.3
10	United Kingdom	13.9
11	Ukraine	12.2
12	Poland	12
13	Netherlands	11.5
14	Italy	11.0
15	Turkey	10.6
16	Mexico	10.2
17	Australia	9.6
18	Egypt	8.7
19	Argentina	8.5
20	Canada	8.1

[edit]European Union

The European Union is the largest milk producer in the world, with 143.7 million tonnes in 2003. This data, encompassing the present 25 member countries, can be further broken down into the production of the original 15 member countries, with 122 million tonnes, and the new 10 mainly former Eastern European countries with 21.7 million tonnes.

Dairy production is heavily distorted due to the Common Agricultural Policy—being subsidized in some areas, and subject to production quotas in other.

Rank	Country	Production (109kg/y)[31]
1	Germany	28.5
2	France	24.6
3	United Kingdom	15.0
4	Poland	11.9
5	Netherlands	11.0
6	Italy	10.8
7	Spain	6.6
8	Ireland	5.4
9	Denmark	4.7
10	Sweden	3.2
11	Austria	3.2
12	Belgium	3.1
13	Czech Republic	2.7
14	Finland	2.5
15	Hungary	1.9
16	Portugal	1.9
17	Lithuania	1.8