date:Jan 17, 2013
U.S. dairy exports were on track to crack the $5 billion mark for the first time, according to the U.S. Dairy Export Council. And for the second consecutive year, U.S. export volume represented more than 13 percent of the U.S. milk supply.
Dairy exports show continued progress and growth, with a trend line that keeps heading up, said Alan Levitt, USDEC vice president of communications.
Exports have been increasing for the last eight years, doubling in the last three. Exports in 2005 were $1.7