Challenges are many, but the rewards have great potential as U.S. dairy industry players increasingly look outside mature domestic markets to rapidly expanding global dairy consumption for future growth.
The framework for American dairy product exports has painstakingly been established over the last decade by various U.S. dairy processors and trading companies, as well as the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC). At the time USDEC was founded in 1995, stateside dairy interests were roundly criticized as being 30 years behind competitors from European and Oceania countries, reports Tom Suber, USDEC president.