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Home » IDFA calls for elimination of barriers to US dairy exports
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IDFA calls for elimination of barriers to US dairy exports

Calls for elimination of longstanding barriers to US dairy exports by Canada, EU & other nations

PUBLISHED ON November 2, 2020

Each year, USTR publishes the NTE Report to highlight barriers to U.S. exports of goods and services, U.S. foreign direct investment, and the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights. (Courtesy Photo)

WASHINGTON — The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) submitted a robust set of comments to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) regarding the National Trade Estimate (NTE) Report on Foreign Trade Barriers to U.S. Exports for 2021. Each year, USTR publishes the NTE Report to highlight barriers to U.S. exports of goods and services, U.S. foreign direct investment, and the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights.

IDFA’s Vice President for Trade Policy and International Affairs Becky Rasdall offered this statement about IDFA’s submission:

“In recent years, more and more countries have erected obstacles and barriers to U.S. dairy exports, hurting dairy processors and thousands of other businesses that rely on U.S. dairy exports for jobs and wages. For example, IDFA remains disappointed in a variety of Canadian trade barriers that may violate the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), including policies that prevent building branded U.S. businesses in Canada, limiting TRQ fill rates to very low quantities, and—most egregiously—creating a new milk class to replace Class 7 (Class 4(a)), which effectively recreates the trade-distorting effects of Class 7 that were central to the USMCA negotiation. In addition, IDFA is deeply concerned with the European Union’s efforts to protect their dairy industry with a flawed public intervention stocks programs that buys up European milk powder, holds it in government warehouses, and releases it onto the global market, depressing prices and limiting competition for U.S. dairy exports. IDFA offered a variety of comments and detailed examples on other trade distorting practices by Mexico, Russia, India, and Kenya, among others, and appeals to USTR and the U.S. federal government for assistance in resolving these longstanding barriers that have limited U.S. dairy’s growth and potential.”


The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), Washington, D.C., represents the nation’s dairy manufacturing and marketing industry, which supports more than 3 million jobs that generate $159 billion in wages and $620 billion in overall economic impact. IDFA’s diverse membership ranges from multinational organizations to single-plant companies, from dairy companies and cooperatives to food retailers and suppliers, all on the cutting edge of innovation and sustainable business practices. Together, they represent 90 percent of the milk, cheese, ice cream, yogurt and cultured products, and dairy ingredients produced and marketed in the United States and sold throughout the world. Delicious, safe and nutritious, dairy foods offer unparalleled health and consumer benefits to people of all ages.

–International Dairy Foods Association

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