The impressive growth of dairy trade between the United States and ASEAN

According to US export trade data, ASEAN has overtaken Mexico the become the largest US dairy export destination by volume as of August 2020 and is likely to retain this top position if current shipment trends continue. “Skim milk powder exports have led this growth, climbing 76% year-to-date through August to 232,000 MT, already exceeding the 12-month volume of 227,000MT last year,”​ USDEC Southeast Asia Regional Director Dalilah Ghazalay told FoodNavigator-Asia​. “US lactose exports to South East Asia are also up 14% to 67,200 MT year-to-date, and whey exports to South East Asia are also 5% higher through August reaching 81,700 MT year-to-date. ​ “[These are significant numbers because even in 2019], e​xports of major U.S. dairy products to South East Asia had already reached a new record volume of 450,000 MT, up 2% over the prior year, with the Philippines, Indonesia and Vietnam accounting for nearly 75% of this export volume.”​ USDEC believes that one of the reasons for this ...