Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) member cooperatives accepted 16 offers of export assistance from CWT that helped them capture sales contracts for 94,799 pounds (43 metric tons) of Cheddar cheese, 41,888 pounds (19 metric tons) of butter, 597,453 pounds (271 metric tons) of cream cheese, 1.157 million pounds (525 metric tons) of anhydrous milkfat, and 1.874 million pounds (850 metric tons) of whole milk powder. The product is going to customers in Asia, Central and South America, the Middle East and Oceania. It will be delivered from August through November 2020.
CWT-assisted member cooperative export sales contracts for 2020 total 22.203 million pounds of American-type cheeses, 6.288 million pounds of butter (82% milkfat), 3.117 million pounds of anhydrous milkfat, 4.382 million pounds of cream cheese and 31.345 million pounds of whole milk powder. The product is going to 28 countries in seven regions. These sales are the equivalent of 694.6 million pounds of milk on a milkfat basis.
Assisting CWT members in moving dairy products overseas through the Export Assistance program is critical during the challenging times U.S. dairy farmers and cooperatives are facing. The Export Assistance program helps in strengthening and maintaining the value of dairy products that directly impact producers’ milk price. The program is helping member cooperatives grow and maintain world market share for U.S dairy products and is a significant factor in maintaining the total demand for U.S. dairy products and the demand for U.S. farm milk.
Dairy product and related milk volume amounts reflect current contracts for delivery, not completed export volumes. CWT pays export assistance to bidders only when export and delivery of the product is verified by required documentation.
