After plunging in 2015, Chinese dairy import demand appears resurgent this year, with imports for the first half of 2016 up more than 30% year-on-year in volume terms. The latest figures from China show total dairy imports from January to June 2016 at 1.2m tonnes, a sharp increase from the previous year when imports for the first half of 2015 were below 930,000t.At these sort of levels, it’s conceivable that the volume of dairy imported by China by the end of the year could reach the lofty heights we saw in 2013 and 2014. However, a note of caution is warranted.