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Market Commentary 11-04-15
Research & Data > Market Information > Market Commentary Archives > Market Commentary > Market Commentary 11 04 15 - by Alan Levitt
Global markets rallied in August and September, as fears of supply shortages out of New Zealand brought buyers off the sidelines to re-stock their cupboards at bargain-basement prices. After slumping to levels unseen in more than a decade, world benchmark milk powder prices increased 40-60 percent f
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Member Alert - November 4, 2022
Member Services > Member Alerts > Archived Member Alerts > Member Alert November 4 2022
USDEC has learned from the USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) office in India that the Indian government will no longer allow the import of dairy products for nutraceutical use without a health certificate. Although the Indian government has not yet issued an order in writing that reverses th
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Member Alert - April 7, 2016
Member Services > Member Alerts > Archived Member Alerts > Member Alert April 7 2016
In follow up to a news release of March 22, 2016, the revised grandfathered South Korea plant list is now available on the USDEC website.
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Member Alert -April 2, 2020
Member Services > Member Alerts > Archived Member Alerts > Member Alert April 2 2020
This alert provides a further update on the March 30th Member Alert issued regarding the risk of import permit issuance in Mexico.
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Member Alert - October 9, 2019
Member Services > Member Alerts > Archived Member Alerts > Member Alert October 9 2019
In mid-November, the Indonesian Ministry of Agriculture Directorate General of Livestock and Animal Health Services (DGLAHS) will be conducting a desk audit (review) of all dairy plant registration applications for dairy plants that are not currently listed on the Indonesian dairy plant list.
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Member Alert - March 19, 2021
Member Services > Member Alerts > Archived Member Alerts > Member Alert March 19 2021
On February 2, 2021, Indonesia's government passed a new halal implementing regulation, Government Regulation 39 of 2021, which revokes Government Regulation 31 of 2019, an earlier implementing regulation. Government Regulation 39 of 2021 was published in the Official Gazette on February 21 and ente
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Market Commentary 03-23-17
Research & Data > Market Information > Market Commentary Archives > Market Commentary > Market Commentary 03 23 17 - by Alan Levitt
After staging a significant rally in the second half of 2016, the global dairy markets hit a wall in early 2017. Since mid-January, SMP prices are down near $500/ton and cheese prices are down more than $200/ton. WMP from Oceania is off about $700/ton since mid-December. Prices overshot last fall o
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Member Alert - December 2, 2014
Member Services > Member Alerts > Archived Member Alerts > Member Alert December 2 2014
In recent discussions, the Chinese Government informed the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA-FAS) of Chinese concerns regarding the heightened safety concerns of fluid milk and dairy products exported to China.
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Member Alert - July 5, 2023
Member Services > Member Alerts > Archived Member Alerts > Member Alert July 5 2023
On May 27, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) launched a consultation on a proposed amendment to the valuation of imported shipments that specifically aims to modify how customs duties are assessed to non-resident importers (NRIs). Under the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR), a NRI is
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Member Alert - December 18, 2015
Member Services > Member Alerts > Archived Member Alerts > Member Alert December 18 2015
The Trade Promotion Organization of Iran has now published the consumer goods subject to the import ban.