Brazil: CNA requests dumping investigation into powdered milk imports from Argentina

On Thursday (1st), the Brazilian Agriculture and Livestock Confederation (CNA) presented a petition to the Ministry of Development, Industry, Commerce and Services (MDIC) to investigate possible dumping practices involving powdered milk from Argentina. . The CNA argues that this measure is necessary to correct distortions caused by unfair Argentine trade throughout 2023. Guilherme Dias, technical advisor to the National Dairy Farming Commission, highlighted that, despite the predominance of the free market, Argentina, the main supplier responsible for half of the volume of milk imported by Brazil, has applied direct subsidies to production. These subsidies result in artificial prices and create unfair competition with Brazilian milk. "The entry of subsidized milk powder harms national production, reduces livestock farmers' margins, limits the sector's growth and causes the abandonment of the activity", explained Dias. Over the past three years, the total volume of dairy imports ...