Trade Update
February 26, 2010
Dairy Export Volume Slides in 2009, but Value Plummets
By Rob Blaufuss, IDFA Economic Analyst Following a record-setting dairy export year in 2008, the global economic recession caused world demand for dairy products to decline in 2009. This decline in global demand, coupled with increased world milk production, also caused precipitous declines in dairy product prices in 2009 compared to year-ago leve...
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February 25, 2010
Ex-Im Bank Offers Conference Discount to Members
The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) invites IDFA members to attend its annual conference, "Exports Live," at the discounted rate of $150. The conference will be held March 11-12 at the Omni Shoreham in Washington, D.C. Interested members may contact Katie Sparrow, IDFA manager of international affairs, at ksparrow@idfa.org on o...
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February 19, 2010
Trade News: Brazilians Move Closer to U.S. Retaliation in WTO Cotton Case
Trade News is a biweekly update that provides a concise compilation of current trade happenings and their impact on the dairy industry. This week's column discusses possible Brazilian trade retaliation against U.S. imports and Mexican trucking tariffs.
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February 5, 2010
Trade News: President Points to Export Growth
IDFA's Trade News column is a periodic update that provides a concise compilation of current trade happenings and their impact on the dairy industry. This column examines President Obama's comments in the State of the Union address regarding export growth and the administration's trade policy. It also covers FDA's request for comments regarding U.S...
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January 15, 2010
Trade News: Obama Extends Duty-Free Status
IDFA's Trade News column is a periodic update that provides a concise compilation of current trade happenings and their impact on the dairy industry. This column reviews the administration's extension of two programs that allow duty-free access for developing countries. It also takes a look at what's in store for trade in 2010. Members may login be...
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December 18, 2009
Trade News: U.S. Eyes Trans-Pacific Pact; Congress Okays Trade with Cuba
IDFA's Trade News column is a periodic update that provides a concise compilation of current trade happenings and their impact on the dairy industry. This column reviews the Obama administration's plans regarding the Trans-Pacific Partnership and recent Congressional approval of agricultural trade with Cuba. Member may login to read more below.
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December 4, 2009
Trade News: WTO Revisits Doha; U.S. Senators Call for Trade Reform
IDFA's Trade News column provides a concise compilation of current trade happenings and their impact on the dairy industry. This column reviews this week's World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference in Geneva and the future of Doha round negotiations. It also discusses restrictive trade legislation recently introduced in Congress and U.S. enga...
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November 16, 2009
Brazil Includes Dairy in Dispute; U.S. Sugar Growers Want Changes
Trade News is a periodic member update that provides a concise compilation of current trade happenings and their impact on the dairy industry. This week's column reviews a longstanding trade dispute that could have implications for U.S. dairy exports to Brazil. The column also reviews IDFA's opposition to a proposal from U.S. sugar growers that wou...
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November 9, 2009
New EU-South Korea Trade Pact Could Hinder U.S. Cheese Exports
The European Union and South Korea signed a free trade agreement on October 15 that could hinder U.S. dairy processors from exporting cheese products to customers in South Korea. In response, IDFA filed comments last week with the U.S. Trade Representative, explaining how this new pact, if ratified, would undermine provisions in the trade pact betw...
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October 4, 2009
Trade News: IDFA Opposes House Companion Bill on MPC Imports
A bill introduced in the U.S. House last week by Representative Peter Welch (D-VT) seeks to impose tariff-rate quotas on imported milk protein concentrates (MPC), casein and caseinates. The Milk Import Tariff Equity Act is a companion bill to the one introduced in the Senate this summer by Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY). IDFA opposes the bills and re...
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