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• Jul 23, 2025

  News Release: 7/23/2025

  Newsroom > News Releases > News Releases > News Release 7 > 23 > 2025

  ARLINGTON, VA – The U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC), the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and the Consortium for Common Food Names (CCFN) applauded the announcement late yesterday of a new trade framework between the United States and Indonesia that eliminates tariffs on the vast m

• Apr 13, 2022

  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

• Our Farmer Funders

  About Us > Our Farmer Funders

  Since the U.S. Dairy Export Council’s inception in 1995, dairy farmers have primarily funded our efforts through Dairy Management Inc. and the national checkoff program. Today, milk from 1 in 7 trucks leaving American dairy farms ends up in products and ingredients sold overseas, making export

• Dec 6, 2016

  Market Commentary 12-06-16

  Research & Data > Market Information > Market Commentary Archives > Market Commentary > Market Commentary 12 06 16 - by Alan Levitt

  Improved sales of nonfat dry milk/skim milk powder (NDM/SMP) to Southeast Asia, whey to China, cheese to South Korea and butter to Canada, plus a recovery in world commodity prices, led U.S exports to their highest value in 16 months. Overall export value was $426 million in October, up 5 percent fr

• New Korea Facility Registration Requirement

  Market Access & Regulatory Affairs > Hot Topics Folder > Hot Topics > Hot Topics > New Korea Facility Registration Requirement

  Korea implemented a new Special Act on Imported Food Safety Management (The Act) on February 4, 2016 which includes a foreign facility registration component. For livestock facilities, implementation of this bill is scheduled for August 4, 2016. Similar to the U.S. Food Safety Modernization Act (FS

• Nov 12, 2021

  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

• Feb 6, 2026

  News Release: 2/6/2026

  Newsroom > News Releases > News Releases > News Release 2 > 6 > 2026

  ARLINGTON, VA — The U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC), National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF), and Consortium for Common Food Names (CCFN) celebrated the signing of a U.S.–Argentina Agreement on Reciprocal Trade and Investment late yesterday that includes tariff and nontariff barrie

• Oct 4, 2023

  Member Alert - October 4, 2023

  Member Services > Member Alerts > Archived Member Alerts > Member Alert October 4 2023

  Indonesia's Ministry of Religious Affairs' Halal Products Assurance (BPJPH) is reviewing its Halal certification program, including the approval of foreign halal certifying bodies (HCBs). BPJPH recently visited the U.S. to conduct on-site assessments of U.S. HCBs to accredit them to i

• May 20, 2024

  Member Visit: Korea and Japan

  Export Marketing > Marketing Events > Event Pages > 2024 Event Pages > Member Visit Korea & Japan

  In May, USDEC will be hosting a week-long member delegation visit to Korea and Japan, two high-priority export markets for U.S. dairy proteins with high consumer health consciousness and rapidly aging societies. In May, USDEC is hosting a week-long member delegation visit to Korea and Japan, two hig

• Aug 8, 2023

  Member Alert - August 8, 2023

  Member Services > Member Alerts > Archived Member Alerts > Member Alert August 8 2023

  On Friday, August 4, USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) received an informal notification from South Africa's Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) that called into question whether the U.S. regulatory system meets their requirements and noted that South Africa