Welcome to the April issue of China Dairy News
The Trump administration's "reciprocal tariffs" policy, formally implemented on 9 Sept., 2025, imposed 104% tariffs on Chinese goods while establishing a 10% minimum benchmark tariff on global trading partners.
In this context, China's dairy industry has continued to make efforts at the policy end, focusing on the construction of industrial chain toughness and livelihood protection. MARA has made efforts to promote dairy farming out of the predicament, stabilise the supply of milk. SAMR has strengthened the management of raw and auxiliary products for infant formula, Yili launched a maternity subsidy programme to provide childcare support to eligible families, resonating with the national policy of encouraging childbirth. Meanwhile, the dairy industry in the two Districts has been selected as a key cultivation list of the MIIT, highlighting the country's determination to support the dairy industry as a strategic industry, and injecting a strong impetus for industrial upgrading.

