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Market Commentary 09-02-16
Research & Data > Market Information > Market Commentary Archives > Market Commentary > Market Commentary 09 02 16 - by Alan Levitt
Overall U.S. export performance in July was in line with recent months. Exporters shipped 159,025 tons of milk powders, cheese, butterfat, whey and lactose during the month, up 7 percent from the prior year. Shipments of milk powder and whey proteins made the strongest showing.Official USDA data con
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News Release: 01/23/2017
Newsroom > News Releases > News Releases Archives > News Release 01 > 23 > 2017
ARLINGTON, VA - The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) today urged the Trump Administration not to retreat from pursuing new trade opportunities in the Pacific Rim, and to protect the agricultural trade relationship between the United States and
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Market Commentary 08-30-17
Research & Data > Market Information > Market Commentary Archives > Market Commentary > Market Commentary 08 30 17 - by Alan Levitt
When traders returned to their desks following their summer holiday, they found the global dairy market with the same split personality it's had since February. Butterfat is scarce and making new price highs each week. Skim milk powder (SMP) is abundant and prices have fallen to EU intervention leve
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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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Market Commentary 10-05-18
Research & Data > Market Information > Market Commentary Archives > Market Commentary > Market Commentary 10 05 18 - by Alan Levitt
U.S. exports improved in August, led by a 22-month high in shipments of nonfat dry milk/skim milk powder (NDM/SMP) to Mexico. In the first eight months of the year, exports of NDM/SMP, whey products and lactose all continued to run at a record pace.Suppliers shipped nearly 190,000 tons of milk powde
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News Release: 04/18/2019
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ARLINGTON, VA - The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) released an economic analysis of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) today and dairy industry officials eager to see USMCA's passage welcomed this key step in the trade agreement approval process. Tom Vilsack, president and CEO of th
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News Release: 05/17/2019
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ARLINGTON, VA - U.S. dairy officials today congratulated the governments of the United States, Mexico and Canada for reaching an agreement to roll back metal tariffs that have soured U.S.-Mexico cheese trade and slowed passage of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). The United States a
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Global Dairy eBrief Exclusive 07/25/2019
Member Services > Periodicals > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusives Articles > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusive 07 > 25 > 2019 - by Margaret Speich
GENEVA, Switzerland -- The U.S. Dairy Export Council recently joined more than 600 delegates at a meeting of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) with a mission to protect the scientific basis of Codex and shepherd key dairy provisions to final adoption. At the top of the July 8-12 CAC agenda
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News Release: 08/19/2019
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ARLINGTON, VA - In an effort organized by the National Milk Producers Federation and the U.S. Dairy Export Council, 70 dairy companies, farmer-owned cooperatives, and associations today sent a letter to the United States Trade Representative and the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture asking the U.S. gove
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News Release: 08/29/2019
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ARLINGTON, VA - The U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) today announced a new partnership designed to strengthen collaboration between the U.S. and IICA to promote science-based regulations and policies affecting trade in food and