US dairy exports near 1.5 billion pounds in 2021
Products went to the Caribbean, Asia, Middle East-North Africa and South America
11 January 2022
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Despite not taking bids for two weeks during December breaks, Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) member cooperatives secured 41 contracts in December. The additional contracts added 3.5 million pounds of American-type cheeses, 105,000 pounds of butter, 44,000 pounds of whole milk powder, 767,000 pounds of cream cheese and 300,000 pounds of anhydrous milkfat to CWT-assisted sales in 2021.
The products will go customers in the Caribbean, Asia, Middle East-North Africa and South America, and will be shipped from December 2021 through June 2022, National Milk Producers Federation said in a press release.
CWT-assisted dairy product sales contracts for 2021 total 53.1 million pounds of American-type cheese, 16 million pounds of butter, 6.4 million pounds of anhydrous milkfat, 12.2 million pounds of cream cheese and 45.1 million pounds of whole milk powder. This brings the total milk equivalent for the year to 1.447 billion pounds on a milkfat basis.
