Diving into Mexico’s milk industry

This is the first podcast episode in our quarterly Understanding Export series. Today’s special guest is Fernando Anaya, Director General at DILAC. DILAC offers powdered dairy products and has a 27-year track record within the Mexican dairy industry. Our Jacoby team includes Ted Jacoby, President; Yara Morales, Sales Director for Mexico and Latin America; and Diego Carvallo, Director of Dry Dairy Ingredient Trading at T.C. Jacoby and Company, Inc.

In today’s episode, we discuss the Mexican consumer market for dairy products. Fernando shares his take on how drought, exchange rates and political waves will affect Mexico’s milk importers in 2024.

1. How has the extreme drought in Mexico impacted domestic milk and cheese production and consumer demand?
2. Inflation has increased dairy prices, but could a strong peso offset this challenge for Mexican importers?
3. The Mexican government, one of the largest Mexican milk powder importers, announced that it will not import any milk powder this year. How will this big player impact the Mexican milk import market?
4. Mexican presidential elections take place this summer. Is this likely to affect milk imports?

All this plus what importers should know about changes in milk import procedures, and Fernando’s opinion on the most crucial factor for milk imports in Mexico. Dive in with us on today’s Milk Check.

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