Ministry resumes investigations to protect milk producer against 'unfair' imports

Anti-dumping investigations into powdered milk imports from Argentina and Uruguay will be resumed by the Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade and Services (MDIC), announced the vice president and head of the ministry, Geraldo Alckmin, this Tuesday (2). Since August of this year, the process had been halted due to a preliminary measure that pointed to technical issues in the origin of the petition, such as the need to differentiate the natural product from the powdered version, but now, at the request of the Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock of Brazil (CNA), the work must continue until June 2026. However, representatives of the entity expect that measures, such as the anticipation of an additional tariff on the imported product, will be put into practice before that period. According to the technical advisor of the entity, Guilherme Sousa Dias, it was found that between 2021 and 2023, which covers the investigated period, Argentina exported powdered milk to Brazil at ...