Welcome to the March issue of China Dairy News
Global macroeconomics faces dual pressures of stagflation and recession risks. Geopolitical conflicts have elevated energy prices, with imported inflation exacerbating policy divergence across major economies. Rabobank projects the global dairy market will shift from volume-driven growth to tight equilibrium in H2 2026, as production growth slows in key regions—pressures compounded by feed cost volatility and Middle East instability.
China's economy posted a strong Jan.–Feb. 2026 opening: industrial value-added rose 6.3% YoY, with high-tech manufacturing up 13.1%, underpinning industrial upgrading. Consumption recovered modestly, yet dairy players remain squeezed between upstream overcapacity and downstream demand stimulation, amid protracted raw milk price weakness and intensifying competition.
At this year's Two Sessions, "deep-processing breakthroughs" and "consumption expansion" emerged as industry responses to policy signals. Capital markets' reappraisal of regional dairies' differentiated models points to a new M&A cycle. Meanwhile, EU import controls on China-sourced ARA underscore supply chain security imperatives, accelerating domestic upstream players' technology breakthroughs and import substitution.
- 2026 Two Sessions focus on dairy quality upgrade as industry leaders offer solutions
- China-made ARA raw materials for export to Europe subject to mandatory cereulide testing
- Xinjiang releases three specialty milk food safety local standards
- Four dairy-related companies release 2025 annual reports
- New Hope Dairy's strong 2025 performance eyes Hong Kong IPO to advance global strategy
- EI reports of three dairy projects approved
- Two dairy cattle breeding projects in Bayannur City pass environmental acceptance checks
- Nanfang Dairy's IPO filing underscores slow growth and heavy regional reliance
- Milkground Food unveils "13434" ecosystem strategy with Mengniu targeting USD1.44 billion revenue
- Raw milk price keeps stable in March
- Dairy imports in February 2026
- Dairy imports in January 2026
- China Shengmu reports mixed 2025 results as acquisition by Modern Dairy faces hurdles
- Zangdi Jilong expansion upgrade project (Phase II) started
- Shunhe Dairy's dairy farm construction project clears environmental acceptance
- New national standards for cream butter and anhydrous milk fat to take effect 16 March
- Xinjiang's first medicinal-food homology dairy hits market
- Ningxia Liziyuan invests in phase II of 1,000 t/d raw milk deep-processing project
- Xinjiang Tianruixiang's 10,000-head dairy cow project clears acceptance check
- EI report of Fuquan Agriculture dairy-farming project publicised
- EI report of Ma'anshan Mengniu's 25,000 t/a fresh milk project accepted

