Cooperatives Working Together has accepted seventeen export assistance bids last week for the sale of cheese and butter.
One bid was accepted from Dairy Farmers of America of Kansas City, MO, for the export of 108 metric tons (237,600 pounds) of Monterrey Jack cheese to Japan.
All sixteen other bids accepted were for butter. Seven separate bids were accepted from Darigold of Seattle, WA, for the following exports: 5000 metric tons (11 million lbs.) to Russia; 2600 metric tons (5.72 million lbs.) to Japan; 1450 metric tons (3.19 million lbs.) to Japan; 500 metric tons (1.1 million lbs.) to Mexico; 350 metric tons (770,000 lbs.) to Singapore; 40 metric tons (88,000 lbs.) to Mexico; and 25 metric tons (55,000 lbs.) to Egypt.
The other nine bids were from United Dairymen of Arizona of Tempe, AZ, for the following butter exports: 93.5 metric tons (205,700 lbs.) to Morocco; a second bid for 93.5 metric tons (205,700 lbs.) to Morocco; 93.5 metric tons (205,700 lbs.) to Egypt; a second bid for 93.5 metric tons to Egypt; 70.125 metric tons (154,275 lbs.) to Morocco; 70.125 metric tons (154,275 lbs.) to Egypt; 46.75 metric tons (102,850 lbs.) to Morocco; 46.75 metric tons (102,850 lbs.) to Egypt; and a final bid for 40.25 metric tons (88,550 lbs.) to Egypt.
CWT will pay an export bonus to the bidders, only when delivery of the product is verified by the submission of the required documentation. With these accepted bids, CWT’s total 2008 export obligations are: butter, 13,427 metric tons (29.5 million lbs.); cheese, 741 metric tons (1.6 million lbs.); whole milk powder, 170 metric tons (374,000 lbs.); and anhydrous milkfat, 556 metric tons (1.2 million lbs.).