CONTENTS
Ⅰ. Introduction
Ⅱ. Changes in the Dairy
Sector since 1990
1. Supply and Demand for Dairy
Products
2. Change in the Number of Dairy Farms and
Cows
3. Change in Location of Major Milk
Production
4. Prices of Dairy Cattle by Cattle Categories:
1990-2001
5. Change in Raw Milk Collection with Revision of the
Dairy Industry Promotion Law
6. Pricing of Raw
Milk
7. Changes in the Dairy Policy in 2002
Ⅲ. Directions for
Improvement
ABSTRACT
The process of expansion of Korean dairy sector is reviewed in terms of
the value of raw milk produced, supply and demand for dairy products, number of
dairy farms and cows, herd sizes, ongoing change in the location of dairy
farming, etc. Relevant government policies regarding pricing for raw milk and
institutional changes are presented. With the market liberalization for dairy
products in 1996, the sector faces a challenge. The strategy for 'a stable
growth of the industry' with strengthened quality competitiveness of drinking
milk by the government faces a problem of balancing the supply and demand of raw
milk, due to oversupply of raw milk in recent years and a continued declining
demand for drinking milk. As a way of resolving the current oversupply problem
of raw milk, some basic policy guidelines to follow are
drawn.
