MD_DA811                                                         
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MD DA811 Cheese - Foreign Type                                   

MADISON, WI.  March 04, 2015 (REPORT 9)                          

FOREIGN TYPE CHEESE                                              
                                                                 
Prices for domestic foreign type cheese varieties moved marginally higher 
this week.  Imported cheese varieties and Swiss cheese prices were 
unchanged.  Demand for domestic foreign type cheeses is good.  End user 
inventories were stretched thin in Q4 2014 and have been slow to rebuild.  
Domestic aging programs for cheddar and Italian type cheeses are also 
rebuilding.  European mature cheese stocks are considerably lower with 
much of the stock committed for Easter holiday delivery.   

WHOLESALE SELLING PRICES: FOB DISTRIBUTORS DOCK                  
DOLLARS PER POUND (1000 - 5000 POUNDS, MIXED LOTS)               
                           :           NEW YORK                  
VARIETY                    :    IMPORTED     :    DOMESTIC       
                           :                 :                   
Blue                       :  2.6400-5.3800  :  2.0825-3.5700*   
Gorgonzola                 :  3.6900-6.4900  :  2.5900-3.2875*   
Parmesan (Italy)           :       -0-       :  3.4725-5.5625*   
Provolone (Italy)          :       -0-       :  2.1250-2.3775*   
Romano (Cows Milk)         :       -0-       :  3.2725-5.4225*   
Sardo Romano (Argentine)   :  2.8500-4.4900  :       -0-         
Reggianito (Argentine)     :  3.2900-4.7500  :       -0-         
Jarlsberg-(Brand)          :  2.9500-6.2500  :       -0-         
Swiss Cuts Switzerland     :       -0-       :  3.9900-4.3125    
Swiss Cuts Finnish         :  2.6700-2.9300  :       -0-         
* = Price change.                                                

1100C rick.whipp@ams.usda.gov 608.278.4151
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