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Member Alert - April 3, 2025
Member Services > Member Alerts > Member Alerts > Member Alert April 3 2025
President Trump announced yesterday a new reciprocal tariff scheme that will apply additional tariffs to virtually all trading partners. Details are also addressed in this White House Fact Sheet. According to the White House, the new reciprocal tariffs are intended to help the U.S. address the highe
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Global Dairy eBrief Exclusive 09/05/2019
Member Services > Periodicals > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusives Articles > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusive 09 > 05 > 2019
U.S. Dairy is facing strong headwinds in China. Between the U.S.-China trade war and the African Swine Fever (ASF) epidemic that has decimated the nation’s pig herd (and demand for feed), U.S. dairy shipments to China have plummeted over the past 13 months.The following new USDEC analysis by
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Market Commentary 08-04-17
Research & Data > Market Information > Market Commentary Archives > Market Commentary > Market Commentary 08 04 17 - by Alan Levitt
U.S. dairy exports in the first half of the year were the most in three years, led by record sales of nonfat dry milk/skim milk powder (NDM/SMP) and whey products, and a 24-percent year-over-year gain in cheese exports. Suppliers shipped 950,291 tons of milk powder, cheese, butterfat, whey and lacto
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Global Dairy eBrief Exclusive 12/19/2019
Member Services > Periodicals > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusives Articles > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusive 12 > 19 > 2019 - by Tom Vilsack
Dear USDEC Members, As we head into the final days of 2019, we see many reasons for optimism for U.S. dairy exports. The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) is well positioned for a congressional vote. The Phase 1 U.S-Japan trade agreement is scheduled for implementation on Jan. 1, 2020. An uptick
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Global Dairy eBrief Exclusive 05/10/2018
Member Services > Periodicals > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusives Articles > Archives > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusive 05 > 10 > 2018 - by Luke Waring
Eighteen U.S. Dairy Export Council members—a record number—attended the Gulfood food expo this past February in Dubai. Why such strong interest in a market that saw aggregate powder, butter, whey and milkfat imports decline for three straight years? The simple answer is that the underl
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Member Alert - April 11, 2025
Member Services > Member Alerts > Member Alerts > Member Alert April 11 2025
China Developments: Earlier today, April 11, China announced that it will impose a total reciprocal tariffs retaliatory rate of 125% on all imports from the U.S. starting on April 12. This action was taken following President Trump's increase of the reciprocal tariff assessed on imports from China
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Market Commentary 06-03-16
Research & Data > Market Information > Market Commentary Archives > Market Commentary > Market Commentary 06 03 16 - by Alan Levitt
U.S. exports remain well below the volumes shipped during most of 2013 and 2014 and the first five months of 2015. But the bright spot in the April numbers was improved shipments of milk powder and whey protein concentrate (WPC), which led overall volume to its highest total in 10 months. U.S. expor
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Global Dairy eBrief Exclusive 10/21/2019
Member Services > Periodicals > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusives Articles > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusive 10 > 21 > 2019 - by Tom Vilsack
Dear USDEC Members, Last year, the United States exported more cheese than any single country in the world. This year, we made the world's best cheese. That's not my opinion but that of the World Cheese Awards held in Bergamo, Italy. On Friday, judges named a cheese from the U.S. "Best Cheese in the
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Global Dairy eBrief Exclusive 08/01/2018
Member Services > Periodicals > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusives Articles > Archives > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusive 08 > 01 > 2018 - by Vikki Nicholson-West
He conceptualized and implemented a new dine-in menu and approved suppliers for Papa John's restaurants in China, Malaysia and South Korea as the company's regional R&D/QA director. He held multiple roles for Yum! Brands in Singapore, leading the R&D/QA and supply chain teams. He developed
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News Release: 12/4/2014
Newsroom > News Releases > News Releases Archives > News Release 12 > 4 > 2014
CONTACTS: Chris Galen, NMPFPHONE: (703) 243-6111FAX: 703-841-9328cgalen@nmpf.org Alan Levitt, USDEC(703) 528-4801alevitt@usdec.org Peggy Armstrong, IDFAPHONE: 202-220-3508FAX: 202-331-7820parmstrong@idfa.org The U.S. dairy industry advised top U.S. government agricultural trade negotiat