China imported twice as much skim milk powder in May 2012 as a year ago. New Zealand supplies the majority of China’s skim milk powder with around 43%.However, they continue to loose market shares as countries from the EU-27 have around 28% of this growth market and the United States has a share of around 18%.
Whole milk powder imports to China also increased during May 2012 then during the previous month. The supply of whole milk powder to China continues to be dominated by New Zealand.