Items Tagged with 'dairy export market'

Tom Vilsack, president and CEO of the U.S. Dairy Export Council, will speak on Aug. 25 to hundreds of Chinese dairy leaders attending the China Dairy Industry Association meeting.

The U.S. industry produces large volumes of UHT milk annually, yet we have played only a minor role in serving booming Chinese consumption to date. Our research suggests that can and should change, particularly given that Chinese buyers have expressed growing interest in U.S. supply to meet spiraling demand.

Rabobank forecasts a reduction in the exportable surplus available from what it calls the “Big Seven” export regions (the EU, U.S., Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay) in the closing months of 2012 and first half of 2013. That would be the first such reductions in more than four years.