Dairy Importers Face Lottery for 2025 License Shake-Up
Published Date: 8/15/2025
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Summary
Starting in 2025, some dairy import licenses are moving from the old, history-based group to the new lottery-based group. This change affects dairy importers who’ll now enter a lottery instead of relying on past licenses. It’s a fresh shake-up that could impact who gets to bring in certain dairy products and when.
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Dairy import licenses moved to lottery
Starting in 2025, amounts for certain dairy articles are moved from the historical license category (Appendix 1) into the lottery (nonhistorical) license category (Appendix 2). If you are a dairy importer, you will enter a lottery for those licenses for the 2025 quota year instead of relying on past (historical) licenses.
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