Increases were primarily for South Korea (6,500 MT, including decreases of 400 MT), China (4,600 MT, including decreases of 100 MT), Taiwan (1,800 MT, including decreases of 100 MT), Mexico (1,100 MT, including decreases of 100 MT), and Japan (800 MT, including decreases of 1,800 MT). The destinations were primarily to South Korea (4,400 MT), Japan (3,200 MT), China (2,800 MT), Mexico (1,400 MT), and Canada (800 MT). Increases primarily for Mexico (17,000 MT, including decreases of 7,400 MT), China (8,800 MT, including decreases of 200 MT), Australia (4,700 MT, including decreases of 100 MT), South Korea (3,200 MT, including decreases of 4,900 MT), and Canada (1,300 MT, including decreases of 1,200 MT), were offset by reductions primarily for Japan (6,900 MT), Malaysia (2,300 MT), Colombia (1,800 MT), the Dominican Republic (1,600 MT), and Hong Kong (700 MT). With lower milk production in 2025, factory use consumption is also forecast to minimally decrease by 0.2 percent in 2025. In 2024, EU27 butter production is estimated to decrease by 1.4 percent due to an increase of cheese production.