MD_DA128                                                         
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MD DA128 Cheddar Cheese - Oceania                                

MADISON, WI.  July 07, 2016 (REPORT 27)                          

OCEANIA                                                          
INFORMATION GATHERED  06/27/2016 - 07/08/2016                    
U.S. DOLLARS PER METRIC TON, FOB PORT                            

CHEDDAR CHEESE:    

Cheddar cheese pricing is unchanged. At GDT Event 167 
on June 15, cheddar prices registered no activity for 
the August contract and -0.5% for all contracts. The 
only contract activity was for October,+0.9%, and 
November, -1.4%. Cheese production in Australia 
January-April 2016 is 0.4% above the same period of 
last year according to Dairy Australia. April 2016 
production is 10.3% above April last year. The variety 
with the highest volume of production, cheddar, for 
January-April this year was 3.2% below the same period 
last year. April production was 21.0% above April last 
year.
                                                                                                              
39% MAXIMUM MOISTURE:                    2,800 - 2,900           


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