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Member Alert - April 13, 2022
Member Services > Member Alerts > Archived Member Alerts > Member Alert April 13 2022
On April 7, Peru published new regulations concerning the use of milk powder in certain dairy products. Of significant concern is the new mandate that prevents Peruvian dairy processors from labeling evaporated milk manufactured with milk powder as such. All fluid products previously using the word
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News Release: 04/25/2018
Newsroom > News Releases > News Releases Archives > News Release 04 > 25 > 2018
Washington, D.C. - Mexico appears poised to enact new restrictions on the use of common cheese names such as "parmesan," "munster" and "feta" for products sold in Mexico, a development that runs counter to existing trade agreements with the United States, according to preliminary reports on the Euro
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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 - July 6, 2023
Member Services > Member Alerts > Archived Member Alerts > Member Alert July 6 2023
Reports from FAS and exporters indicate that India's government has delayed the implementation date of its new model health certificate until December 31, 2023. The new certificate was scheduled to be enforced on May 30, 2023, which is the date the 60-day grace period established in the Department o
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News Release: 08/22/2018
Newsroom > News Releases > News Releases Archives > News Release 08 > 22 > 2018
ARLINGTON, VA - Leaders from America's dairy industry travel this week to China to promote trade cooperation with official agencies in Beijing and Chinese dairy buyers in Xi'an. In Beijing, a delegation will discuss the flow of Sino/U.S. dairy business amid months of trade tension that has led to ta
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News Release: 05/28/2020
Newsroom > News Releases > News Releases Archives > News Release 05 > 28 > 2020
ARLINGTON, VA. - Vietnam has signed a decree unilaterally lowering tariffs on key dairy products and ingredients, including skim milk powder, whole milk powder, cheese, milk albumin and protein isolate. The decree goes into effect on July 10. Most tariffs on dairy products and ingredi
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Global Dairy eBrief Exclusive 5/28/2020
Member Services > Periodicals > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusives Articles > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusive 5 > 28 > 2020 - by Tom Vilsack
Dear USDEC Members, For more than a year, USDEC has worked in pursuit of measures that would reduce the competitive disadvantage that free trade agreements between Vietnam and our competitors have created. When the Trans-Pacific Partnership failed to be passed by Congress, USDEC's Trade Policy team,
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News Release: 03/5/2021
Newsroom > News Releases > News Releases Archives > News Release 03 > 5 > 2021
ARLINGTON, VA - The U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC), National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) today issued joint comments on Canada's Phase II Consultations on its Comprehensive Review of the Allocation and Administration of Tariff Rate Quotas
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News Release: 9/29/2021
Newsroom > News Releases > News Releases Archives > News Release 9 > 29 > 2021
The U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) commends the Biden administration and USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack for taking key steps on Wednesday to help U.S. dairy suppliers meet rising global demand for dairy while charting a long-term, climate-smart course that advances the robust environmental commitment
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News Release: 11/12/2021
Newsroom > News Releases > News Releases Archives > News Release 11 > 12 > 2021
ARLINGTON, VA - National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) Executive Vice President for Policy, Jaime Castaneda, joined members of the Biden-Harris Administration's Supply Chain Disruptions Task Force to discuss the challenges facing the export industry rega