Japan Reduces Milk Product Import Quota
Japan plans to decrease planned imports of non-fat dairy milk by 6,000 metric tons during the 2019 Japanese fiscal year, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service report released Oct. 10. The move lowers Japan’s planned imports…
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from 20,000 metric tons announced in May to 14,000, USDA said. The decrease was caused by “lower than expected consumption of yogurt and other dairy products” in Japan during the summer, the report said, which pushed non-fat dry milk stocks higher.