Japan announces incentives to boost domestically produced dairy products

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Published Dec 14, 2023

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Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is implementing incentives to increase domestic cheese production and improve the efficiency of raw milk usage. With a budget of about JPY2.2bn, the plan is to subsidize dairy producer groups and manufacturers to expand the sales and production of domestic cheese. Japan is a major opportunity market for cheese, with the majority of cheese currently being imported, and MAFF is also providing subsidies and compensation for dairy farmers who upgrade to providing processed milk for various dairy products.

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The country hopes this will slash waste and improve the sustainability of the domestic dairy industry. According to the Japan Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), these incentives will be offered at the dairy industry producer and product manufacturer levels. “The aim of this project is to improve the competitiveness of local cheese and support the expansion of domestic cheese production,” the ministry said via a formal statement. “At present, we have a supply and demand situation that is not ideal when it comes to locally-produced raw milk and much of the surplus raw milk is usually converted into powdered skim milk – this has a very long storage life, but domestic demand for this is very sluggish. “Local demand for locally-produced cheese was found to be about 403,000 tons in FY2019 – we aim to increase this to between 490,000 tons and 550,000 tons in FY2024 in order to improve the [efficiency of usage] of this surplus raw milk.” With a total budget of about ...

Source: Food Navigator Asia - Japan