In 2002 the purchase of national milk was strongly promoted, after more than 15 years of not buying any nationally produced milk.

Due to this effort, the commercialization of national milk acquired a higher level of certitude, and Liconsa achieved the gradual and partial reduction of the need of buying powder milk, because the insufficient national offer made the company draw on the international market to ensure the supply of its main raw material.

In this way, Liconsa has been able to acquire increasing volumes of national milk, which is incorporated to the Social Supply Program of Subsidized Milk, through which more than 6 million people of the population count are increasingly consuming this nationally produced milk.

Liconsa buys fresh milk from the national market, based on the volume and financial resources authorized by the Income Law and The Federal Expenses Budget.

In 2002, the first year of this Program, the company acquired 96 million liters. Since then, the volume has increased; in 2007 Liconsa bought 387 million liters of national milk to 12 thousand small and medium milk producers in 17 different states, at a cost of more than 1,500 million pesos. In  2008 Liconsa bought 609.5 million liters with a profit of 2,895 million pesos.

Our plateau for 2009 is to adquire 600 million liters of nationally produced milk. Up to the month of may, we have reached an amount of 263.5 million liters, wich is 43.9% of our annual objetive.