July 3, 2012 5:56 PM

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Pawar voices to increase milk powder export to avoid damage<br/>

Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Tuesday made a strong case for expediting export of Skimmed Milk Power, SMP. Talking to reporters in New Delhi, Mr Pawar said that natural milk availability in the country is good.He said the country have SMP stock of one year. The country needs to clear the surplus stock of SMP as soon as possible as there are chances of it getting damaged. AIR correspondent reports, milk production in India, the world&apos;s biggest producer, is estimated at over 120 million tonnes in 2011.The dairy industry feels exports will help improve their financial situation as they were not making profit through sale of skimmed milk powder due to steep fall in domestic prices following large supplies. Domestic prices of SMP have declined to 150 rupees per kilogramme now against 190 to 200 rupees per kilogramme in the same period last year.

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