Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) has accepted 17 requests for export assistance from members Dairy Farmers of America, Northwest Dairy Association (Darigold) and Tillamook County Creamery Association that have contracts to sell 3.479 million pounds (1,578 metric tons) of Cheddar cheese to customers in the Asia, the Middle East and North Africa. The product has been contracted for delivery in the period from November 2017 through February 2018.
So far this year, CWT has assisted member cooperatives who have contracts to sell 63.966 million pounds of American-type cheese and 4.750 million pounds of butter (82% milkfat) to 21 countries on five continents. The sales are the equivalent of 697.278 million pounds of milk on a milkfat basis.
Assisting CWT members through the Export Assistance program in the long term helps member cooperatives gain and maintain market share, thus expanding the demand for U.S. dairy products and the U.S. farm milk that produces them. This, in turn, positively affects all U.S. dairy farmers by strengthening and maintaining the value of dairy products that directly impact their milk price.
The amounts of dairy products and related milk volumes reflect current contracts for delivery, not completed export volumes. CWT will pay export assistance to the bidders only when export and delivery of the product is verified by the submission of the required documentation.
