IDFA: August data on US dairy exports shows sustained growth to top global markets
Year to date, the United States is on track to break $6 billion in dairy exports this year, IDFA President and CEO Michael Dykes said.
Michael Dykes, D.V.M., president and CEO of the Washington, D.C.-based International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), issued the following statement on October 6 regarding the August 2020 agricultural export data released by the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service's Global Agricultural Trade System:
“U.S. dairy exports are posting positive gains in value and volume to markets around the world and are keeping pace with other animal product exports. U.S. dairy exports are up in eight of our top 10 export markets by both value and volume over the same period in 2019. In August, U.S. dairy exports resumed their strong pace from earlier this year, increasing 14% by value since January over the same period last year. This sustained growth puts U.S. dairy exports this year more than $600 million ahead of the same period last year, with primary gains by value appearing in China, Canada, Vietnam, and Australia.