United States Lactose Exports and Imports
Reported lactose trade for United States through Jul 2026, not live or executable quotes.
Exports · last 12 months
$553M
+24.1%vs. previous 12 months
Imports · last 12 months
$10.8M
-8.7%vs. previous 12 months
Monthly reported values in USD. Missing months are excluded rather than treated as zero.
United States Lactose Trading Partners
Partner values describe lactose shipments reported by United States for Aug 2025–Jul 2026. Destinations show where exports go; origins show where imports come from.
Lactose Export Destinations
New Zealand leads this ranking at $104M.
| Partner | Reported value |
|---|---|
| $104M 19% share | |
China | $98.7M 18% share |
Japan | $54.8M 10% share |
Mexico | $52.8M 9.8% share |
Indonesia | $38.6M 7.2% share |
Thailand | $21.8M 4.0% share |
India | $21.8M 4.0% share |
URY | $21.6M 4.0% share |
South Korea | $17.7M 3.3% share |
Vietnam | $16.9M 3.1% share |
SGP | $15.2M 2.8% share |
Brazil | $13.1M 2.4% share |
Philippines | $11M 2.0% share |
Australia | $7.5M 1.4% share |
| $6.4M 1.2% share | |
S19 | $6.2M 1.1% share |
Canada | $6M 1.1% share |
Pakistan | $5.5M 1.0% share |
South Africa | $4.8M 0.9% share |
Chile | $3.7M 0.7% share |
Malaysia | $3.2M 0.6% share |
Argentina | $2.5M 0.5% share |
ARE | $2M 0.4% share |
Egypt | $1.9M 0.4% share |
Colombia | $1.8M 0.3% share |
Lactose Imports by Country
Germany leads this ranking at $7.4M.
| Partner | Reported value |
|---|---|
| $7.4M 69% share | |
| $2.5M 23% share | |
| $585K 5.4% share | |
| $95.4K 0.9% share | |
Canada | $46.3K 0.4% share |
Israel | $44.7K 0.4% share |
Denmark | $43.9K 0.4% share |
India | $39.7K 0.4% share |
Finland | $13.6K 0.1% share |
Switzerland | $9.8K 0.1% share |
China | $7.8K 0.1% share |
Brazil | $6.8K 0.1% share |
Monthly Trade Values
Recent United States lactose filings are listed newest first, in USD. Unreported values are labelled explicitly and are not zero.
| Month | Exports | Imports |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2026 | $51.8M | $592K |
| Jun 2026 | $54M | $907K |
| May 2026 | $57.9M | $1.1M |
| Apr 2026 | $45.7M | $874K |
| Mar 2026 | $50M | $607K |
| Feb 2026 | $43.5M | $545K |
| Jan 2026 | $41.2M | $926K |
| Dec 2025 | $42M | $802K |
| Nov 2025 | $41.8M | $1.4M |
| Oct 2025 | $40.6M | $872K |
| Sep 2025 | $44.5M | $668K |
| Aug 2025 | $40.3M | $1.5M |
United States Lactose Trade Questions
- Where does United States export lactose?
- New Zealand is the leading destination in the reported partner table, with $104M of lactose exports from United States.
- Where does United States import lactose from?
- Germany is the leading origin in the reported partner table, with $7.4M of lactose imports into United States.
See our methodology for reporting windows and differences between partner reports.