# September 12, 2019: Dairy Week in Review | Center for Dairy Excellence

> China exempted 16 US products from its additional tariffs, lowering duties to the rate applied to other countries. Whey permeate intended for feed was on the list, but whey powder was not. China is the largest buyer of US whey permeate.

- Date: 2019-09-12 · published 2019-09-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/57232-september-12-2019-dairy-week-in-review-center-for-dairy-excellence
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Removing the extra duty on feed whey permeate restores US export competitiveness in China and supports whey and dairy-byproduct demand. The effect is limited because whey powder was excluded.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2026-02-28 | [Record dairy exports in December - Dairy Star](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4600-record-dairy-exports-in-december-dairy-star.md) | +9.6% | +8.1% |
| MILK | 2020-09-18 | [This Week in Dairy 09-18-2020 - Total Farm Marketing by Stewart-Peterson](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12150-this-week-in-dairy-09-18-2020-total-farm-marketing-by-stewart-peterson.md) | +0.4% | +31.2% |
| MILK | 2025-11-26 | [State of the Dairy Industry: Cheese, butter “rockin’ out” with record exports \| Dairy Foods](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21957-state-of-the-dairy-industry-cheese-butter-rockin-out-with-record-exports-dairy.md) | -8.1% | -8.3% |
| MILK | 2025-01-01 | [US dairy exports are approaching record levels due to consumer demand for dairy products in Mexico](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6085-us-dairy-exports-are-approaching-record-levels-due-to-consumer-demand-for-dairy.md) | +8.9% | +8.8% |
| MILK | 2017-03-06 | [Dairy exports finish 2016 on high note](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72006-dairy-exports-finish-2016-on-high-note.md) | -1.3% | -0.7% |

## Sources

- centerfordairyexcellence.org: https://www.centerfordairyexcellence.org/markets-management/dairy-week-in-review/september-12-2019-dairy-week-in-review/

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