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Member Alert - May 12, 2025
Member Services > Member Alerts > Member Alerts > Member Alert May 12 2025
China: Following negotiations held over the weekend, the U.S. and China announced this morning that they had reached an agreement to lower the "reciprocal trade" tariffs and retaliatory tariffs that were imposed on U.S.-China trade as of last month. The lowered rates will apply as of May 14. T
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Global Dairy eBrief Exclusive 07/12/2018
Member Services > Periodicals > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusives Articles > Archives > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusive 07 > 12 > 2018 - by Mark O'Keefe
Lan Sohn and Shinhyung Chung of Sohn’s Market Makers learned to say the English word “cheese” as a way to smile in front of the camera. As the U.S. Dairy Export Council's new representatives in Seoul, the long-time friends are eager to bring smiles to the faces of USDEC members loo
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Global Dairy eBrief Exclusive 08/29/2018
Member Services > Periodicals > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusives Articles > Archives > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusive 08 > 29 > 2018 - by Tom Vilsack
No doubt you have been following the news that the United States and Mexico have agreed to key portions of a new trade agreement that could soon lift tariffs on U.S. cheese and other dairy products. While these developments about our No. 1 export market are encouraging, I found myself on the oppos
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Global Dairy eBrief Exclusive 01/02/2019
Member Services > Periodicals > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusives Articles > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusive 01 > 02 > 2019 - by Tom Vilsack
Dear USDEC Members:The first full year of The Next 5% plan has come to a close. With two months of data to go, U.S. dairy exports were on track to rise from the equivalent of 14.7 percent of U.S. milk solids in 2017 to more than 16 percent—a record high.Your commitment to overseas markets w
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Market Commentary 07-02-20
Research & Data > Market Information > Market Commentary Archives > Market Commentary > Market Commentary 07 02 20 - by USDEC staff
In May, U.S. export volume was the most in more than two years, paced by record sales of nonfat dry milk/skim milk powder (NDM/SMP), improved shipments of cheese, strong exports of lactose and steady volume of whey products. The strong performance was greater than expectations in light of global loc
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Member Alert - July 9, 2024
Member Services > Member Alerts > Member Alerts > Member Alert July 9 2024
On July 5, Colombia's Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism published Resolution 192, which initiated a Subsidies and Countervailing Measures investigation into U.S. exports of powdered milk products. The investigation alleges that - in violation of the Subsidies Agreement of the World Trade Or
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News Release: 03/22/2016
Newsroom > News Releases > News Releases Archives > News Release 03 > 22 > 2016
The Special Act on Imported Food Safety Management (Special Act) was passed in the National Assembly of South Korea last year and went into effect on February 4, 2016. The Special Act requires the mandatory registration of foreign food facilities and livestock establishments (dairy plants
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CIFST's Annual Meeting
Export Marketing > Marketing Events > Event Pages > 2024 Event Pages > Cifsts Annual Meeting
USDEC will participate in a sports nutrition session scheduled on November 3rd during CIFST's Annual Meeting Nov. 2-4 in Chongqing. USDEC will use the occasion to remind the audience of the benefits that U.S. dairy ingredients offer to athletes and those with active lifestyles. Messages include how
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Member Alert - April 1, 2026
Member Services > Member Alerts > Member Alerts > Member Alert April 1 2026
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has issued an update to its European Union (EU) Export Verification Program (EVP) to include new Certificates of Conformance (CoCs) for exports to the EU. The modifications to the EU EVP and CoCs reflect the forthcoming c
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Member Alert - May 9, 2023
Member Services > Member Alerts > Archived Member Alerts > Member Alert May 9 2023
The European Union (EU) has issued legislation to ban the use of certain antimicrobial medical products in livestock in an attempt to address the issue of antimicrobial resistance, and the EU is enforcing this ban on all trading partners. Therefore, animal origin products originating from outside of