Baltic Export, Foodstuff, Good for Business, Lithuania, Markets and Companies

11,200 tonnes of the exported amount was raw milk, 2,000 tonnes – powdered milk, 1,500 tonnes – cheeses, 877 tonnes – butter, 507 tonnes – canned milk.

In November 2014, Lithuanian milk products were exported to several new countries: 294 tonnes of various milk products were exported to Saudi Arabia, 9 tonnes of curd and butter to South Korea, 6 tonnes of cheeses to Thailand, 250 tonnes of milk sugar to Philippines, 150 tonnes of milk powder to Yemen, 25 tonnes to Malawi, 375 tonnes to Bangladesh, 250 tonnes to Pakistan.

Minister of Agriculture Virginija Baltraitiene said that it is difficult to shift to other export markets but clearly there are choices available. This provides hope that Lithuania's export sector is recovering and the difficult times for milk producers will not last forever.

According to the data of the VMVT, Lithuanian dairy companies are exporting to the United States, Kazakhstan, Vietnam, Azerbaijan, Singapore, Israel, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, Hong Kong, Kirgizstan, Malaysia, Japan, Egypt, Indonesia, the Bahamas, the South Korea, Thailand, Morocco, Lebanon, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Malawi, the Philippines, Bangladesh and Pakistan.