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As of April 19, 2010, bids for exports of Cheddar, Gouda, Monterey Jack, and Colby cheeses are being accepted.
CWT member cooperatives submit requests for financial help in making sales to specified markets of dairy products that the CWT Committee has determined are eligible for assistance. Those products include cheese, butterfat, and whole milk powder. Nonfat dry milk powder and whey powders are not eligible to receive assistance.
The CWT member requesting assistance submits an export assistance application. The information required on the form includes the product to be exported, the buyer and the country the product is being exported to, the quantity of the product to be sold, the delivery schedule, and the amount of export assistance being requested.
CWT then reviews the bid carefully with analysts familiar with international markets and prices. Only if the amount of assistance is economically justified is the export assistance granted.
The CWT member must deliver the product within six months of the acceptance of the request for assistance by CWT. Only when documents proving that the product has been shipped and delivered is the export assistance paid to the CWT member.