Taiwan: Dairy and Products Annual
As a result of breeding improvements throughout Taiwan’s dairy cattle industry, domestic milk production is forecast to steadily increase to 380,000 metric tons (MT) in 2016, up from 374,000 MT in 2015. For the second year in a row, the 2015 Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) of 21,949 MT for fluid milk was fully allocated and reflects the increasing demand for imported milk. Meanwhile, the United States surpassed Australia as the largest foreign supplier of milk to Taiwan during the first half of 2015, due in part to the growing popularity of U.S. milk at various retail outlets. For 2016, Taiwan’s imports of fluid milk are projected to increase to 27,500 MT, up 10% from 2015. The demand for other dairy products, such as whey and whole milk powder (WMP), is also expected to significantly increase in 2016.
