The charts below give information about the world's top three producers for four different dairy products (milk, cheese, butter, milk powder) in the year of 2012.

The provided chart compares different countries in terms of their dairy

production

in 2012. Products surveyed include

milk

, cheese, butter, and

milk

powder, and the unit of measurement is Metric tons (

MT

).

Overall

, the

EU

emerged as the leading producer of both

milk

and cheese,

while

India and China recorded the highest figures for butter and

milk

powder, respectively. Among the four products,

milk

was by far the most popular item as its

production

far exceeded that of the others by a significant margin. With nearly 143,000

MT

, the

EU

countries led in

milk

production

.

This

was closely followed by India and the US, with respective figures standing at 127,000 and 90,000

MT

. Regarding cheese

production

, the

EU

also

dominated, manufacturing approximately 7,120

MT

, which surpassed the US's figure by 2,000

MT

and was seven times as high as Brazil's

production

. Concerning butter, India manufactured approximately 7,500

MT

, nearly quadruple that of the

EU

. Far below was the US, producing just around 800

MT

. Notably,

milk

powder

production

was considerably lower compared to the other dairy products, with the figures for top producers namely China, New Zealand, and the

EU

just varying slightly in the range from 770

MT

to 1200

MT

.