Rokiškio sūris

Rokiškio sūris
Company type	Private
Industry	Dairy
Founded	1992
Headquarters	Pramonės g. 3, Rokiškis, Lithuania
Key people	Dalius Trumpa (CEO)
Products	Milk, yogurt, cheese
Revenue	€359.269 million (2022)[1]
Number of employees	740 (2023)
Website	www.rokiskio.com

Rokiškio sūris is the largest dairy products company in Lithuania.[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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