Amul maker against allowing free skimmed milk powder import


PTI | New Delhi | Updated: 20-01-2020 22:31 IST | Created: 20-01-2020 22:24 IST
Amul maker against allowing free skimmed milk powder import
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Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), which sells dairy products under the Amul brand, has written to the food processing ministry opposing industry body CII's demand to import skimmed milk powder at zero duty. "It is surprising to note that CII is proposing to import SMP (skimmed milk powder) at Zero duty and that too huge quantity of 50,000 tonnes," Amul MD RS Sodhi said in a letter to food processing secretary Pusha Subrahmanyam.

According to him, the import of any quantity of SMP would be detrimental to domestic milk producers in the short and long run. "We very strongly object the views and the fear expressed by private players and ice cream manufacturers of a shortage of milk in the country as it is purely motivated for their own benefits as they want cheap raw material and is not in the interest of farmers or consumers," Sodhi said in the letter.

SMP prices are currently in the range of Rs 280-300 per kg, almost the same as in the year 2014. Amul has recommended that the government should not surrender to the demands of industry bodies.

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