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Rokiškio sūris

Rokiškio sūris
Company typePrivate
IndustryDairy
Founded1992
HeadquartersPramonės g. 3, Rokiškis, Lithuania
Key people
Dalius Trumpa (CEO)
ProductsMilk, yogurt, cheese
RevenueDecrease€304.254 million (2023)[1]
Number of employees
740 (2023)
Websitewww.rokiskio.com

Rokiškio sūris is one of the largest dairy products company in Lithuania and the largest cheese producer in the Baltic states.[2]

Rokiškio sūris is listed in the NASDAQ OMX Vilnius under the ticker symbol RSU1L.

In 2014, due to sanctions on Russia, the company stopped its exports to Kaliningrad.[3]

Since 2015, the company has started exporting its products to Chile.[4]

Since 2017, Rokiškio has been exporting mozzarella cheese to China.[5]

In 2017, New Zealand's dairy company Fonterra bought 10% of Rokiškio sūris shares.[6]

Since 2021, Rokiškio sūris has been exporting its products to China via Poland due to decreased relations with China.[7]

In Canada and the United States, some of the company's products were spotted for sale under Russian names.[8][9][10][11]

History

In 1957, first data on the production of dairy products in the old Rokiškis manor dairy have been recorded.[12]

In 1961, the Council of Ministers of Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic adopted a resolution on the construction of a cheese factory in Rokiškis.[12]

In 1991, company was privatized.[12]

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