36—Lancaster Farming Saturday, Oct 4,1975
Milk import regulations strengthened to prevent
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Germany to
keep importing feed
East
WASHINGTON, - East
Germany will import corn
and soybeans for feed during
the next 5 years to help
satisfy rising meat con
sumption, according to a
report released last month
by the U.S. Department of
Agriculture. The United
States will remain a com
petitive corn supplier and
will be the likely source of
soybean meal.
While growth in East
German livestock produc
tion will more than cover
increased consumption of
meat and milk products,
domestic production of grain
and oilseeds will not match
consumption, and con
centrated feed imports are
expected to increase.
Averaging 2.8 million metric
tons grain equivalent (GE)
in 1966-70, concentrated feed
imports could reach 3.7
million tons by 1980, ignoring
reexports or stockpiling.
Protein meal imports may
well rise from 0.8 million to
nearly 2 million tons GE in
1980. However, the
proportion between oilseed
products and grain imports
will depend on the price ratio
of these commodities.
In the past, the USSR has
been East Germany’s
principal grain supplier
while West Germany has
provided the main share of
oilmeals. East German
grain imports from the
United States averaged
300,000 tons during 1966-70,
but amounted to 700,000 tons
all of it com in fiscal
year 1975. By 1980, East
German grain imports will
mostly be com, and the
United States will remain a
competitive supplier.
Currently, East Germany
buys West German soybean
meal, processed from U.S.
soybeans. But by 1980, East
Germany will likely buy
soybean meal directly from
the United States, if West
Germany’s membership in
die European Community
restricts its ability to grant
special trade preference to
East Germany.
No radical change is ex
pected in East German
agricultural and price
policies. Farms will continue
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further vertical integration
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countries infected with FMD
or rinderpest.
APHIS officials em
phasized, however, that
imports of fresh, chilled or
frozen milk and milk
products traditionally have
not been permitted from
these infected countries.
Effective since Sept. 25,
the new regulations provide
the following with respect to
products originating in or
shipped from such infected
countries;
- Cheese, butter and
butteroil are specifically
exempt from import
restrictions.
• Concentrated liquid milk
or milk products may be
imported if they have been
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processed by heat treatment
in hermetically sealed metal
containers so that they can
be stored without
refrigeration.
- Dry milk or milk
products may be imported
only for transport under
government seal from the
port of entry to approved
warehouses and approved
processing establishments
for use in human food
products.
- Other milk or milk
products may be imported
only with the prior per
mission of APHIS, and only
under conditions that will
create no threat to the health
of U.S. livestock.
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- Small amounta of milk or
milk products may be
brought in with APHIS
permission for testing or
analysis.
Products originating in
and shipped from FMD and
rinderpest-free countries
may be shipped through
infected countries enroute to
the United States only if they
are sealed in the country oil
origin and strict controls are
taken to assure delivery of
uncontaminated products.
Proposed regulations
affecting imports of these
products were first
published in the Sept. 6,1973,
and March 6, 1974, issues of
the Federal Register (USDA
press releases 2754-73 and
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diseases
616-74). After consideration
of the many comments
received on both, a change
was made to delete that part
of the proposal which would
have permitted unrestricted
importation of sterilized
milk, and add this category
of product to the group which
requires special advance
authorization from APHIS
officials. Other proposed
exemptions for consumer
size packages of dry milk
products and for small
quantities for personal
consumption were also
deleted.
The full test of the new
regulations was published in
the Sept. 25, 1975 Federal
Register.
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