U.S. Dairy Products Exports in 2024

Total Export Value
$8.22 Billion
Total Volume (Millions)
2.65 Metric Tons
3-Year Average
$8.59 Billion
Compound Average Growth
4.6% (2015-2024)
Market Total Value (USD)
Mexico $2.47 Billion
Canada $1.14 Billion
China $584 Million
Japan $394.61 Million
South Korea $385.66 Million
Philippines $364.98 Million
Indonesia $244.83 Million
Australia $173.87 Million
European Union $167.14 Million
Dominican Republic $134.7 Million
Dairy Products Export Markets 2015 - 2024
Annual Dairy Products Exports 2015 - 2024

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Data and Analysis

On March 27, 2025, The People’s Republic of China (China’s) National Health Commission (NHC) and the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) jointly released the National Food Safety Standard for Cream, Butter, and Anhydrous Milk Fat (GB 19646-2025).
On March 5, 2025, Colombia's National Institute for the Surveillance of Food and Medicines (INVIMA) confirmed that starch is approved by the Colombian government as an additive for use as a thickener and stabilizer agent in fresh cheese.
Monthly Import Reports

Dairy Monthly Imports

This monthly report includes information on U.S. and global imports of dairy products, including maximum quantities that can be imported under tariff-rate quota licensing.

News and Features

SIAL Paris is a biennial international food trade show and is one of the largest food innovation exhibitions in the world. SIAL Paris serves as a platform where producers, distributors, restaurateurs, and importers-exporters can explore the latest trends, products, and innovations in the food sector; sample the latest products; engage in discussions; and make new connections.
Sometimes, even the most successful and experienced entrepreneurs need a little extra help navigating ways to diversify and expand their business model. For dairy products and ingredients company, Tedford/Tellico, Inc. in Knoxville, Tennessee, that was the case in 2022, when its Global Sales Director Matthew Tedford attended his first-ever USDA-sponsored agribusiness trade mission more than 8,500 miles away in the Philippines.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service is accepting applications from U.S. exporters for a trade mission to Santiago, Chile.

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