Milk Trade Group Asks That Formula Tariff Waiver Expire on Schedule
The National Milk Producers Federation told the chairmen and ranking Republicans on the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance committees that they do not support an extension of tariff waivers on either imported baby formula or the inputs to make formula.
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"Due to the carefully tailored and time-limited nature of those bills, the National Milk Producers Federation was pleased to be able to support the Formula Act and did not oppose passage of the subsequent Bulk Infant Formula to Retail Shelves Act. Both pieces of legislation rightfully expire at the end of this year, in recognition of the fact that the height of the temporary infant formula production crisis would have passed by December 31, 2022. Congress’s judgement on this timeline was entirely appropriate. Reports indicate that the facility that experienced production disruption earlier this year has resumed operations and that supplies have largely been restored," the trade group wrote Nov. 17. "[W]e urge Congress to ensure that the unique, unilateral tariff benefits granted to our trading partners under the Formula Act and the Bulk Infant Formula to Retail Shelves Act end as scheduled at the close of this year."