Indian Milk popular in Pakistan
Pakistan has almost doubled its powdered milk imports from India as summer demand has shot up. Since dry milk is used in making ice cream, yoghurt, desserts, lassi and other products, the consumption in the summer season increases substantially. Local importers have also demanded that the government remove import duty from dry milk because it is a basic necessity of consumers all over the country. The prices of Indian dry milk are lower than that of other countries and the transit time is shorter. An importer said that dry milk of an average quality is being imported from India, keeping in view the purchasing power of the people. Pakistan also imports dry milk from Sweden, Britain, Ireland, Holland, Ukraine and Czechoslovakia. However, skimmed milk powder - from which ice cream is prepared - is imported mainly from Poland, Australia, New Zealand and India.