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Member Alert - April 18, 2025
Member Services > Member Alerts > Member Alerts > Member Alert April 18 2025
Late yesterday the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced new fees on Chinese-owned, -operated, and -built ships in response to a Section 301 investigation aimed at addressing China's shipbuilding and maritime dominance. Key Fee Structures (Effective Dates and Rates): Fees on Chine
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Member Alert - June 17, 2021
Member Services > Member Alerts > Archived Member Alerts > Member Alert June 17 2021
USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) has advised that Chile's Ministry of Agriculture (SAG) will start cracking down on imports of dairy products that do not have consistent plant identification between the Chile plant list, the AMS sanitary certificate, and the product label. Exporters must en
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Member Alert - February 25, 2022
Member Services > Member Alerts > Member Alerts > Member Alert February 25 2022
On January 1, 2022, China's General Administration of Customs (GACC) implemented new facility registration requirements in which all food facilities must be registered in the GACC Single Window System, also known as the China Import Food Enterprise Registration (CIFER) system. Yesterday, G
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Member Alert - October 28, 2022
Member Services > Member Alerts > Member Alerts > Member Alert October 28 2022
The South African government is now demanding that all health certificates be issued for shipments within 10 days prior to export. The U.S. government (USG) is currently in the process of clarifying South Africa's requirements and official policy related to the certificate date with South African au
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Member Alert - March 31, 2016
Member Services > Member Alerts > Archived Member Alerts > Member Alert March 31 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.
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Nina Bakht Halal
Member Services > International Representatives > International Representatives > Nina Bakht Halal X9007
How I Help USDEC Members Our office is your go-to source for dairy business in the Middle East. We routinely: Address market access issues. Recommend and provide assistance to build and maintain strong business relationships with key trading partners. Provide information on competitor activity. Pro
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Member Alert - April 4, 2025
Member Services > Member Alerts > Member Alerts > Member Alert April 4 2025
Earlier today, April 4, China announced that it would be imposing additional 34% retaliatory tariffs on all imports from the U.S. starting on April 10th. It is USDEC's understanding that this new 34% charge will be imposed in addition to the other retaliatory tariffs announced to date, including the
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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 - July 5, 2023
Member Services > Member Alerts > 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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News Release: 07/24/2015
Newsroom > News Releases > News Releases Archives > News Release 07 > 24 > 2015
CONTACTS: Chris Galen, NMPFPHONE: (703) 243-6111FAX: 703-841-9328cgalen@nmpf.org Alan Levitt, USDECPHONE: (703) 528-4801FAX: 703-528-3705alevitt@usdec.org The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) today praised the Senate Finance Committee’s bi