DAIRY DEVELOPMENT: Nestlé’s investments in China over the last two decades include a state-of-the-art milk processing plant in Inner Mongolia.

Nestlé buys fresh milk from some 25 000 Chinese dairy farmers and provides them with an overall income of around CHF 500 000 per day. These farmers serve three Nestlé factories in the country.

Our milk factory in Hulunbeir, inaugurated in July 2007, is situated in an area of high-quality natural grasslands, on which 5600 farmers graze their cows. The factory provides a reliable market for locally produced fresh milk, which is used to meet the rising local demand for milk powder and other dry, condensed and evaporated dairy products.

Nestlé also provides 54 collection centres in the milk district, 12 of which have chilling facilities, and aims to transfer milk from each chilling centre to the factory within two hours. Technical assistance is also offered to help the farmers to increase the quality, quantity and efficiency of their production.

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