Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) has announced their updated export bids for the past week.

Seven of the bids accepted were from Dairy Farmers of America of Kansas City, Mo., for the export of the following products: 400 metric tons (881,849 lbs.) of butter to South Africa; 20 metric tons (44,092 lbs.) of butter to Guatemala; 140 metric tons of anhydrous milkfat to Mexico; another 36 metric tons (79,366 lbs.) of AMF to Mexico; 20 metric tons (44,092 lbs.) of AMF to the Dominican Republic; 40 metric tons (88,185 lbs.) of whole milk powder to Mexico; and 20 metric tons (44,092 lbs.) of WMP to Nicaragua.

Finally, one bid was accepted from Humboldt Creamery of Fortuna, Calif., for a whole milk powder export of 20 metric tons (44,092 lbs.) to Jordan.

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, 18,806 metric tons (41 million lbs.); cheese, 1,434 metric tons (3.2 million lbs.); whole milk powder, 1,228 metric tons (2.7 million lbs.); and anhydrous milkfat, 5,799 metric tons (12.8 million lbs.). The milk equivalent total of these products is 1.31 billion pounds.