Here’s the latest announcement from Cooperatives Working Together:

Cooperatives Working Together announced today that it accepted ten export assistance bids last week for the sale of cheese and anhydrous milkfat.

Four bids are from Dairy Farmers of America of Kansas City, MO: one for the export of 48 metric tons (105,600 pounds) of anhydrous milkfat to Mexico; a second for the export of 19 metric tons (41,800 lbs.) of Cheddar cheese to Panama; a third for the export of 13 metric tons (28,600 lbs.) of Monterey Jack cheese to Japan; and a fourth for the export of 3 metric tons (6,600 lbs.) of Mozzarella cheese to Japan.

The other six bids are from Land O’Lakes of Arden Hills, MN: four for mixed consumer-packaged cheeses to the following destinations: 17 metric tons (37,400 lbs.) to Saudi Arabia; 11 metric tons (24,200 lbs.) to the United Arab Emirates; 3 metric tons (6,600 lbs.) to Bahrain; and 3 metric tons (6,600 lbs.) to Kuwait. The fifth accepted bid from Land O’Lakes is for 40 metric tons (88,000 lbs.) of Mozzarella cheese to Jordan, and the sixth is for 20 metric tons (44,000 lbs.) of Mozzarella cheese to El Salvador.

CWT will pay an export bonus to the bidders, once completion of the cheese and milkfat shipments is verified. This is the first CWT-facilitated export to Bahrain.

These accepted bids increase CWT’s Year to Date export obligations for cheese to 5,330 metric tons (11.7 million lbs.), and its YTD anhydrous milkfat export obligations to 2,087 metric tons (4.59 million lbs.). In addition, CWT’s YTD butter export obligations are 5,884 metric tons (12.9 million lbs.), and its YTD whole milk powder export obligations are 1,738 metric tons (3.8 million lbs.).

Previous shipments facilitated by CWT’s export assistance program have gone to Algeria, Barbados, China, Denmark, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Mexico, Morocco, the Netherlands, Nicaragua, Oman, Qatar, Panama, Philippines, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Trinidad, Tunisia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam.