These are the figures I�ve found on the internet today.
Does anyone have other figures.
1 January 2005
Dairy quota categories and access amounts
Non-Fat Dried Milk Powder and Skim Milk Powder 100 t (What a laugh. This is
five minutes production.)
Other Milk Powders 4 000 t
Butter/Butterfat 1 500 t
Out-of-quota TRQ dairy products tariff rates:
United States -> 60-70%
The 2001 Abare study found a 50% cut in volume of product sold with export
subsidies would have raised 1999 world prices by 17-35 percent.
The abare study also found 20-35% rise in world prices for main dairy
products if TRQ access was doubled and in- and out-of-quota tariffs cut by
50%
The subsidies� impact:
Average subsidy applied to US Skim Milk Powder exports amounted to 44% of
the average domestic market price.
The Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement (AUSFTA) came into force on
1 January 2005.
AUSFTA and Dairy
The AUSFTA provides for a significant increase in duty free access into the
US market for Australian dairy products subject to tariff rate quotas. As a
result, in the first year of the agreement, access for Australian dairy
producers will expand by 27,350 tonnes, including products such as certain
cheeses, milk, cream and ice-cream products. Duty-free quotas will continue
to grow at an average of 5 per cent per annum.
The dairy products subject to tariff rate quotas are divided into a number
of categories. The dairy products contained in each category are listed in
the United States� Annex I to the Tariff Schedule of the AUSFTA.
The tariffs previously applicable to dairy products imported as part of the
US quota are now zero. Over-quota tariffs on those products do not change as
a result of the AUSFTA.
Products not subject to quotas
The tariffs applicable to dairy products not subject to quota will be
eliminated over time � most in equal annual instalments over 18 years.
Information on the tariff applying when you want to export is available from
the US international Trade Commission
US Dairy Market Summary
In 2004, food sales in the US topped US$569 billion.
(Dave you can see that Australia is your problem, thanks to Iraq, not New
Zealand.)
The US dairy industry is under pressure to restructure and modernise.
(This is from USA government, not from New Zealand. We Kiwis on graze-l are
only trying to help.)
The demand for fluid milk has fallen in recent years and some suggest this
is due to the industry not keeping pace with consumer preferences for
convenience in packaging and lifestyle links in advertising. The industry
has however benefited from the popularity of fast food, which has fuelled
demand for cheese, butter and cream products.
Cheese consumption in the US continues to grow. American consumers are
focussed on natural cheeses and different types of cheeses. Processed
cheeses have begun to decline in sales. Speciality cheese has grown 5 times
as fast as overall cheese consumption. Around 9 percent of all cheese
consumed is speciality cheese.
On 1/6/06 4:29 PM, "Dave Gneiser" <bonniedave@dotnet.com> wrote:
> You ONLY pay tariffs when you exceed the generous quotas (100 tons of
non-fat
milk powder - see above) you're assigned.
> For the amount prior to exceeding the quota, you pay NOTHING, zip, ZERO,
On pathetic amounts and then 60-70%!!!!!
> Dave G.
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Best wishes,
Vaughan Jones
Hamilton
New Zealand
