At Rs95 per litre, dairy prices in Karachi exceed petrol prices

Dairy farmers have decided to increase prices of milk, previously being sold for Rs84/litre, by as much as Rs11

KARACHI: Despite Pakistan being the third largest milk producer in the world, prices of milk in its biggest city are nearly 30% higher than that of petrol.

Even though the government decreased prices of petroleum for the month of September, the “dairy mafia” has increased the price of fresh milk in Karachi, raising it as high as Rs95 per litre, Roznama Express reported.

While the control rate of fresh milk in the city is Rs70/litre, challenging the government’s writ, dairy farmers have decided to further increase the prices by as much as Rs11. Prior to the recent increase, fresh milk in the city was already being sold for Rs84/litre.

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In some of the areas of the city, prices have gone up by Rs10 taking the price of dairy product to almost Rs94/litre.

According to sources, the decision to increase the price was taken during a meeting of dairy farmers on Sunday.

The meeting decided to increase the farm-rate of Rs2,765 per 10 gallons (37.50 litres) to Rs3,100.

Correction: An earlier version of this article had incorrectly mentioned the price of milk as Rs90 per litre. The error is regretted.