Articles Tagged with ''dairy exports''

The United States needs to step up its export game and compete harder to take advantage of continued gains in emerging-market dairy demand.

The demand will grow for dairy exports, but with less strength than the past decade. U.S. dairy processors will face increased international competition, especially from the European Union.

Between cutbacks from China and an embargo by Russia, their imports dropped 16.3 billion pounds. Meanwhile, global milk supplies expanded. The big question is: How will U.S. processors re-balance their stocks of dairy powders?

Domestic consumption of dairy products has been strong throughout 2015 and has helped to offset both increased milk production and declining U.S. exports, reports the National Milk Producers Federation.

The sky isn’t falling but right now it is hard to play Pollyanna’s Glad Game. Be patient. The good news is that, in the long-term, today’s bad news isn’t so bad.

The European Union removes production quotas on April 1. Export volumes from the region are expected to increase across all product categories.

The U.S. Dairy Export Council, an active member of the international Consortium for Common Food Names, in February briefed U.S. and EU negotiators in Brussels on deep-set concerns with the EU’s current approach to protections for geographical indications (GIs).

Continued investment in plants, personnel and products geared specifically for exports are tangible indicators of the dairy industry’s long-term focus on developing and sustaining international markets.

The dairy industry is entering a “protracted” bear market, according to Rabobank’s Food & Agribusiness Research and Advisory group.

The Dairy Index, an annual report by the global packaging and processing equipment supplier Tetra Pak, states that global demand for milk is set to surge by 36% in the next decade, largely due to population growth, rising prosperity and urbanization in Africa, Asia and Latin America.