MD_DA811 DA MD DA811 Cheese - Foreign Type MADISON, WI. July 20, 2016 (REPORT 29) FOREIGN TYPE CHEESE Cheese production in the EU during May was 2.7% above the volumes one year earlier, according to Eucolait. January-May 2016 production leads the same period of 2015 by 3.8%. Yet EU cheese exports January-April 2016 are 13.9% above the first four months of last year. The leading export destination for EU cheese is the United States, which receives 16.9% of exports. With EU consumption of cheese also higher, this keeps pressure on cheese stocks to fill orders. In the U.S., wholesale domestic blue, gorgonzola, parmesan and Romano cheese prices increased $0.0375 following higher weekly average CME Group block prices. The remaining prices are unchanged. WHOLESALE SELLING PRICES: FOB DISTRIBUTORS DOCK DOLLARS PER POUND (1000 - 5000 POUNDS, MIXED LOTS) : NEW YORK VARIETY : IMPORTED : DOMESTIC : : Blue : 2.6400-5.2300 : 2.2075-3.6950* Gorgonzola : 3.6900-5.7400 : 2.7150-3.4325* Parmesan (Italy) : -0- : 3.5975-5.6875* Romano (Cows Milk) : -0- : 3.3975-5.5475* Sardo Romano (Argentine) : 2.8500-4.7800 : -0- Reggianito (Argentine) : 3.2900-4.7800 : -0- Jarlsberg-(Brand) : 2.9500-6.4500 : -0- Swiss Cuts Switzerland : -0- : 3.0025-3.3250 Swiss Cuts Finnish : 2.6700-2.9300 : -0- * = Price change. 1100C eric.graf@ams.usda.gov & eric.graf@ams.usda.gov 608.557.7005 USDA/AMS/Dairy Market News, Madison, Wisconsin Dairy Market News website: http://www.ams.usda.gov/market-news/dairy Dairy Market News database portal:http://www.marketnews.usda.gov/mnp/da-home