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Introducing VAT in the UAE
الضريبة على القيمة المضافة (VAT) قريباً في الإمارات العربية المتحدة
يُتوقع أن تُستبدل الضرائب الجمركية في الإمارات العربية المتحدة بنظام الضريبة على القيمة المضافة (VAT) في أوائل السنة المقبلة. ومن المتوقّع أيضاً أن يُطبّق هذا النظام في جميع دول الخليج في مرحلة ما. أمّا في دبي، فقد أصبحت الجمارك مستعدة لتطبيق نظام الـ VAT لحظة التصديق عليه، فقد تم العمل على وضع الإستراتيجية الصحيحة لتطبيقه سنة 2006. Read More
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U.S. Ingredients Seminar in Dubai
ندوة حول منتجات مصل (شرش) اللبن الأمريكي في دبي
سيقيم مجلس صادرات الألبان والأجبان الأمريكية في الشرق الأوسط ندوة في دبي حول استعمالات منتجات مصل (شرش) اللبن في قطاع تصنيع اللحوم، وذلك في نصف شهر أكتوبر 2008 في فندق راديسون "Radisson SAS Hotel" بمشاركة السفارة الأمريكية في دبي.
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June 2008
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Editorial
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يعود نمو سوق الألبان والأجبان في منطقة الشرق الأوسط إلى
ارتفاع الكثافة السكانية، زيادة سعر النفط، إقتصاد المنطقة المتنامي (6-8% زيادة في
الناتج المحلي الإجمالي) وتوسّع نطاق الإستهلاك وخدمات
الأغذية.
خلال سنة 2007، تمّ استيراد 6200 طن من الأجبان الأمريكية
إلى أسواق الشرق الأوسط، والتي يقدّر ثمنها بـ21 مليون دولار أي بزيادة 51% في حجم
الواردات بالمقارنة مع سنة 2006. يقتصر الناتج المحلي من الأجبان على أنواع الجبنة
البيضاء مثل "فيتا"، عكاوي، جدل، شلل وحلوم، والتي لا تنافس الأجبان الأمريكية
المستوردة لأنّها تختلف عنها من حيث النوع
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U.S. Dairy Industry News
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U.S. Container Shortage
Dairy suppliers and
customers are faced with a new logistical challenge. Shipping containers used to
export U.S. dairy products are in
short supply. Obtaining dry containers for dairy ingredients may now take four
weeks or more.
Managing Price Risk through CME
Wide swings in
U.S. commodity pricing
present challenges to exporters and customers. Two of the tools currently
available to help manage price risk are ‘futures’ and
‘options’.
2008 IFT Annual Meeting & Expo
The 2008 IFT Annual Meeting & Food Expo will be held from
June
29th to July 1st in
New
Orleans,
Louisiana and over 22,000
attendees are expected.
In the
News…
- USDEC welcomes eight new
members: Bongards’ Creameries, Challenge Dairy, CoBank, Fort Forwarding, MCT
Dairies, Rabobank International, Shamrock Foods Co. and Swiss Valley Farms
Cooperative.
- Arla Foods will invest
$15 million to increase annual production capacity at its cheese plant in
Hollandtown, Wisconsin.
- BelGioioso Cheese
celebrated the opening of its fifth plant in Freedom,
Wisconsin.
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Cheese & Manufactured Products
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Demystifying the Health Benefits of
Cheese
Finding great-tasting, nutrient-rich
foods can be a challenge for consumers trying to follow healthier diets.
However, taste and nutrition need not be mutually exclusive. Consumers need to
look no further than the cheese case in their local supermarket to find
rich-tasting, flavorful options that offer functional benefits and support
healthy eating plans.
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Ingredients
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Formulating Beverages
with Whey Protein Ingredients
New beverage
introductions in the U.S. have continued to increase in recent years with a
total of 3,231 in 2007, the greatest number of new product introductions in any
food category. Some of the product areas with the highest growth were in the sports and
meal replacement categories, which place a greater emphasis on nutrition. More
beverage companies are focusing their attention on adding nutrition to their new
products. The introduction of product labeling, which highlights dietary
guidelines or specific nutrient goals of a company-wide dietary program, means
that these foods are typically lower in sugar, fat and calories. Often companies
are looking to dairy ingredients to add nutritional value to their products and
much of the interest is focused on protein. Beverage companies are turning more
often to whey proteins for their unique functionality and excellent nutritional
properties.
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Nutrition
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Dairy
Products for Infant Nutrition
Newborns and infants
have unique and critical nutritional requirements. In order to meet those
requirements the World Health Organization (WHO) exclusively recommends
breast-feeding as the sole nutrition source for the first six months of life.
Human milk is the perfect food for infants and it’s a well-known and accepted
fact that breast-feeding reduces infant mortality and has benefits extending far
into adulthood. Breast-feeding is recommended for children up to 2 or more years
of age with the addition of complimentary food sources after 6
months.
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Meet USDEC's Members
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Downes-O’Neill, LLC
Downes-O'Neill is a
dairy market brokerage group and risk management consulting firm. They offer
purchasing services for CME futures, options and forward
contracting.
Humboldt Creamery
Humboldt Creamery is
the oldest continuing dairy farm co-op in California. They began exporting
dairy products over 10 years ago and reported nearly $60 million in sales for
2007.
Rice Dairy
Brokerage firm Rice Dairy specializes in dairy commodities
purchases and market guidance. Their services are designed to help dairy buyers
in the “institutional management of price risk”.
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More from USDEC
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USDEC 2007 Annual
Report - Unprecedented: Markets, Demand,
Delivery
“Unprecedented” is the theme of the
U.S. Dairy Export Council 2007 Annual Report, because there has never before
been a year equivalent to last year's export
growth.
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