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Market Commentary 04-17-19
Research & Data > Market Information > Market Commentary Archives > Market Commentary > Market Commentary 04 17 19 - by USDEC staff
Improved cheese shipments highlighted U.S. export performance in February.Cheese exports totaled 32,515 tons, up 16% from the prior year. On a daily-average basis, this is the second-highest total ever, falling just short of the record achieved in March 2014. Sales of cheese to South Korea w
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Market Commentary 04-05-16
Research & Data > Market Information > Market Commentary Archives > Market Commentary > Market Commentary 04 05 16 - by Alan Levitt
U.S. dairy export performance in February showed few surprises, continuing trends seen since last year. Exports of nonfat dry milk/skim milk powder (NDM/SMP) held up; cheese and dry whey remain in a lower gear; lactose keeps moving; fluid milk is steady; and sales of butterfat, whole milk powder (WM
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News Release: 1/30/2026
Newsroom > News Releases > News Releases > News Release 1 > 30 > 2026 X23080
ARLINGTON, VA – The U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) praised the passage of a bipartisan Senate resolution to commemorate 2026 as the International Year of the Woman Farmer. Statement from Krysta Harden, President and CEO of USDEC: “Women have been leaders, innovators and probl
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News Release: 05/18/2017
Newsroom > News Releases > News Releases Archives > News Release 05 > 18 > 2017
Maintain Trade with Mexico and Improve Market Access to Canada, Leaders Say WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. dairy industry commended Robert Lighthizer, the newly confirmed U.S. Trade Representative, for taking swift action under the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act (TPA)
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Member Alert - May 12, 2025
Member Services > Member Alerts > Member Alerts > Member Alert May 12 2025
China: Following negotiations held over the weekend, the U.S. and China announced this morning that they had reached an agreement to lower the "reciprocal trade" tariffs and retaliatory tariffs that were imposed on U.S.-China trade as of last month. The lowered rates will apply as of May 14. T
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Global Dairy eBrief Exclusive 01/09/2018
Member Services > Periodicals > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusives Articles > Archives > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusive 01 > 09 > 2018 - by Margaret Speich
These are now provided monthly by Edelman Shanghai as part of the news monitoring we do for issues and crisis management in Asia. We are pleased to extend this information to our wider USDEC membership to serve as a quick and informative compilation of regional headlines and potential trends in As
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Market Commentary 08-04-17
Research & Data > Market Information > Market Commentary Archives > Market Commentary > Market Commentary 08 04 17 - by Alan Levitt
U.S. dairy exports in the first half of the year were the most in three years, led by record sales of nonfat dry milk/skim milk powder (NDM/SMP) and whey products, and a 24-percent year-over-year gain in cheese exports. Suppliers shipped 950,291 tons of milk powder, cheese, butterfat, whey and lacto
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Market Commentary 11-05-19
Research & Data > Market Information > Market Commentary Archives > Market Commentary > Market Commentary 11 05 19 - by USDEC staff
A surge in nonfat dry milk/skim milk powder (NDM/SMP) exports to Mexico and Southeast Asia, plus increased cheese shipments to Mexico and United Arab Emirates (UAE) propelled total U.S. dairy exports above year-ago levels for the first time since October 2018.U.S. suppliers shipped 170,731 tons of m
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Market Commentary 01-06-17
Research & Data > Market Information > Market Commentary Archives > Market Commentary > Market Commentary 01 06 17 - by Alan Levitt
The steady resurgence in U.S. dairy exports continued in November, with suppliers posting an 18-month high in export volume (on a 30-day-month basis) and a 17-month high in export value. In the second half of the year through November, total U.S. export volume was up 15 percent.Volumes during the la
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News Release: 07/26/2017
Newsroom > News Releases > News Releases Archives > News Release 07 > 26 > 2017
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