By Kurt Shultz, U.S. Grains Council Regional Director for the Americas

Gloria, the largest dairy processor in Peru, recently imported another 7000 metric tons of U.S. distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS). Gloria’s purchases are an outgrowth of DDGS feeding trials conducted jointly in 2011 with the U.S. Grains Council. The trials were conducted on three commercial dairy farms and the results were publicized to the Peruvian dairy industry through a series of workshops and publications co-hosted by the Council and Gloria.

As a result of the Council’s trials, Gloria has imported over 19,000 metric tons of U.S. DDGS since 2011, with a value of over $6 million. An assessment of the Peruvian dairy sector has determined that this area alone could import 60,000 metric tons of DDGS annually, at an annual export value of $16.2 million. The Council is continuing to work on capturing more of this untapped potential in the Peruvian dairy sector.