T.K. Exports, Inc. has successfully completed a wide variety of livestock shipments since 1982, with experience in every aspect of the project - including procurement, health testing, delivery, and financing. The projects described here are a small sample of our international work over the years.

South America and South East Asia (1983-85)
Our humble beginnings came by supplying quality breeding swine to large farms in Venezuela, Singapore, Korea, Taiwan, and Malaysia.

Taiwan (1985)
This was our entry into the export of dairy genetics, selling some 400 animals to two local Dairy Cooperatives in southern Taiwan. We were challenged to find animals which met the specifications of clients.

Morocco, Canary Islands, and Turkey
(1986-88)
Under the USDA’s Export Enhancement Program (EEP) program, we shipped several thousand dairy females to North Africa and the Middle East to reduce the oversupply of dairy products in the USA. This was our first experience in using the USDA-CCC (Commodity Credit Corp.) financing and subsidy programs.

Taiwan, Brazil, Algeria, Spain, Nigeria, and Thailand (1989-94)
We completed many small shipments of dairy animals, swine, horses, sheep, and dairy goats to farmers during this period. We also delivered our first shipment of Canadian animals to clients in Taiwan and Spain. This period also marked our first dairy goat shipments to several cooperatives in South America and Taiwan.

Turkey (1995-96)
Managing one of the largest U.S. livestock export shipments ever,
T.K. Exports delivered over 2700 high-quality pregnant Holsteins and 30 breeding bulls as replacement stock for Turkey's dairy industry. We selected the animals from about 100 different breeders in 16 states and quarantined them through the Pennsylvania Holstein Association prior to shipment. We arranged inland freight to Richmond, Virginia's deep-water port, and then overseas transportation in two shipments by ship. Our veterinarians accompanied the animals during their 6,000-mile,
17-day voyage and assisted in their adaptation.

Lebanon, China (1997-2001)
We began a new project to increase Lebanon's dairy animal population, which had been almost completely destroyed by some 17 years of civil war. Our task was to rebuild the entire system from scratch, quite an undertaking. TKE and our associates, along with the American University of Beirut, USAID, and the Ministry of Agriculture of Lebanon, began a 10-year program to rebuild the dairy system. We delivered the animals and established technical support for the local dairymen and the animal health specialist in the region. We exported about 8,000 animals and provided technical expertise in the areas of animal health, animal nutrition, development of production systems, and development of overall dairy production within Lebanon. This is truly a new partnership for us, as we are a part of the efforts to improve a complete dairy industry for our partners. We have gained much experience from our participation with the development of this dairy industry.

The People’s Republic of China became an important market for US livestock during 2000 as they have begun a long-term program of increase meat and milk production. TKE supplied another exporter 150 females to be shipped to China. This represented the first major shipment of dairy cattle to China in some 10 years.

UAE and China (2002-2003)
T.K. Exports, Inc. continues its quest for new customers and markets. Although several political factors detrimentally influenced the export market, TKE was successful in finding new customers in China. TKE assisted several farms and breeding centers in China with their semen and embryo donors. Additionally, it assisted other producers with the sale of animals to Dubai and became a part of the first shipment of live animals to Cuba in over 30 years.