Brazil: Dairy and Products Annual
Post forecasts fluid milk production to increase by 2 percent in 2015, supported by relatively strong domestic demand and mainly by exports of dairy items. Post has revised production and export estimates for dairy products for 2015 and forecasts for 2016 to reflect new estimates made by trade sources. Cheese exports are expected to increase by 2 percent as Brazil is expanding trade to Russia. Although the country is facing economic problems, such as inflation rates, the Brazilian dairy industry is optimistic about the slight growth of production of milk and increase of exports of dairy items.