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• Apr 8, 2025

  News Release: 4/8/2025

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  ARLINGTON, VA – The U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) today announced the winners of its prestigious Excellence in Exports (ExEx) Awards, which honor individuals and member companies driving the U.S. dairy export industry forward. Actus Nutrition was honored with the Excellence in Exports Aw

• Jun 3, 2016

  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

• Aug 18, 2020

  Global Dairy eBrief Exclusive 8/18/2020

  Member Services > Periodicals > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusives Articles > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusive 8 > 18 > 2020 - by Alan Levitt and William Loux

  Global trade posted historic growth in June - up nearly 19% on a solids basis. Demand was robust across all products, especially dairy ingredients, and from most importing markets in the Eastern Hemisphere. What drove the demand? We believe it was importers buying ahead, building cushion stocks. I

• May 19, 2015

  Market Commentary 05-21-15

  Research & Data > Market Information > Market Commentary Archives > Market Commentary > Market Commentary 05 21 15 - by Alan Levitt

  The world dairy markets are rebalancing slowly, leaving prices at or near six-year lows. Without the large imports from China and Russia seen in previous years, it will take a greater, lengthier contraction in production to clear overhanging supply. In the first quarter, milk production from the fiv

• Feb 6, 2018

  Market Commentary 02-06-18

  Research & Data > Market Information > Market Commentary Archives > Market Commentary > Market Commentary 02 06 18 - by Alan Levitt

  U.S. dairy exporters finished the year strong in December, moving 185,205 tons of milk powder, cheese, butterfat, whey and lactose during the month, the most in more than a year and up 14% from the prior December. U.S. exports were valued at $469 million, up 3%. Exports of nonfat dry milk/skim milk

• Jan 7, 2020

  Market Commentary 01-07-20

  Research & Data > Market Information > Market Commentary Archives > Market Commentary > Market Commentary 01 07 20 - by USDEC staff

  U.S. exports continued to improve in November, increasing from prior months and topping year-ago levels for the third straight month. U.S. suppliers shipped 179,113 tons of milk powders, cheese, whey products, lactose and butterfat during the month, the most since March, and up 14% from a year ago.

• Feb 26, 2019

  News Release: 02/26/2019

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  ARLINGTON, VA - A new study commissioned by the U.S. Dairy Export Council and the Consortium for Common Food Names forecasts severe consequences for U.S. cheese exports if the European Union (EU) is successful in further expanding restrictions on the use of generic terms such as parmesan, asiago and

• Jul 26, 2017

  News Release: 07/26/2017

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  U.S. trade deals have delivered benefits across the entire dairy chain WASHINGTON, D.C. -  The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is undisputedly the U.S. dairy industry's most important trade deal, Tom Vilsack, U.S. Dairy Export Council president and CEO, told a House Agriculture Comm

• Oct 4, 2019

  News Release: 10/04/2019

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  Madison, Wis. - Oct. 4, 2019  - Despite a lingering trade war with China, U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) President and CEO Tom Vilsack listed reasons today for dairy farmers to be optimistic about the long-term growth of U.S. dairy exports, especially in high-demand markets in the Middle Eas

• Dec 7, 2015

  News Release: 12/07/2015

  Newsroom > News Releases > News Releases Archives > News Release 12 > 07 > 2015

  ARLINGTON, VA – In response to a World Trade Organization (WTO) decision today announcing that Canada and Mexico are authorized to apply a total of over $1 billion in retaliatory tariffs to U.S. exports, dairy producers and exporters renewed their call for Congress to take swift action to elim