A bill that prohibits the public purchase of imported milk by public bodies may advance in the Chamber of Deputies, after receiving a favorable opinion from the Constitution, Justice and Citizenship Committee (CCJC), with a report from the president of the Parliamentary Agricultural Front (FPA), deputy Pedro Lupion.
The project is being processed in a context of pressure from the production sector for measures to reduce imports of the product. The only exception provided for in the proposal occurs only when “there is no availability of a national product”, as described in the text of PL 2,353/2011. If this happens, the public body must justify the purchase of imported milk in advance.
Since last year, when the price of milk paid to producers fell, the FPA has been defending the review of imports as it considers the measure a form of restriction and pressure on the competitiveness of the Brazilian product.
Milk producers claimed that market prices have compressed margins and made the activity unfeasible, especially among small businesses, who end up giving up the activity. According to the Center for Advanced Studies in Applied Economics (Cepea), prices paid to producers fell by more than 25% in 2025, ending the year at R$1.99 per liter.
With complaints from the productive sector, the measure gains strength and should be voted on in the next sessions. Parliamentarians argue that the proposal seeks to balance competition and protect a chain that involves around 1.1 million producers and millions of jobs in the country, highlighted the FPA, in a note. Among the measures under debate are the establishment of anti-dumping measures against powdered milk imported from Argentina and Uruguay.
The investigation was opened in 2024, and the sector’s request is for provisional measures to be adopted while the process remains under analysis. The Ministry of Development, Industry, Commerce and Services () is the body responsible for assessing demand.
