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• Mar 29, 2023

  News Release: 3/29/2023

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  WASHINGTON, D.C. - The United States’ growth as a committed, consistent global dairy supplier delivering a portfolio of products suiting the needs of overseas buyers has driven U.S. dairy exports to three straight record years. The U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) has been there every st

• Jan 2, 2019

  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

• Apr 26, 2019

  News Release: 04/26/2019

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  ARLINGTON, VA - U.S. dairy officials today lauded the U.S. Trade Representative's Office for denouncing Europe's anti-trade agenda against common-name food products and pursuing avenues to preserve U.S. export access rights. The U.S. Special 301 Report, issued yesterday by USTR, categorically reject

• Aug 28, 2017

  News Release: 08/28/2017

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  GUADALAJARA, Mexico - The U.S. and Mexican dairy industries released a unified list of priorities today that includes modernizing the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to solidify their strong dairy market partnership, and addressing concerns about Canadian and European dairy policies. A l

• 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 5, 2018

  News Release: 02/05/2018

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  ARLINGTON, VA - The U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) and the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) today urged the U.S. Senate to swiftly approve Gregg Doud as chief agricultural negotiator in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR). Link Doud's confirmation process was halted last y

• Jun 24, 2020

  Global Dairy eBrief Exclusive 6/24/2020

  Member Services > Periodicals > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusives Articles > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusive 6 > 24 > 2020 - by Alan Levitt and William Loux

  Europe's storage program closes next week. Meanwhile, the lactose rally rages on. When Private Storage Aid was opened in April, it was expected that it would take meaningful quantities of product off the market. But as commercial markets rebounded, PSA became less attractive. Still, about 50,000 to

• Mar 22, 2021

  News Release: 3/22/2021

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  Arlington, VA - The prosperity of America's nearly 32,000 dairy farmers and the jobs of three million Americans tied to the U.S. dairy sector relies on expanded trade opportunities and robust trade-rights enforcement, executives from the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and U.S. Dairy

• Mar 6, 2019

  Market Commentary 03-06-19

  Research & Data > Market Information > Market Commentary Archives > Market Commentary > Market Commentary 03 06 19 - by Alan Levitt

  U.S. dairy exports reached a record-high volume in 2018, increasing 9 percent over the prior year, despite a slowdown in the fourth quarter. Suppliers shipped 2.188 million tons of milk powders, cheese, butterfat, whey products and lactose in 2018, and total dairy exports added up to 1.993 million t

• Aug 8, 2016

  Market Commentary 08-08-16

  Research & Data > Market Information > Market Commentary Archives > Market Commentary > Market Commentary 08 08 16 - by Alan Levitt

  U.S. exporters shipped 161,882 tons of milk powders, cheese, butterfat, whey and lactose in June, up 5 percent from a year ago and the highest figure since May 2015. Gains were led by record shipments of whey protein concentrate (including HS codes 04041005 and 040410085), offsetting declines in all