date:Mar 11, 2019
(+18 percent), Japan (+27 percent) and the Middle-East/North Africa region (+31 percent).
Lactose exports totalled 27,448 tonne in December, down 23 percent. Suppliers saw double-digit declines to South-East Asia, China and Mexico. On a total milk solids basis, US exports were equivalent to 12.8 percent of the US milk production in December, bringing the full-year percentage to 15.8 percent.