MD_DA811                                                         
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MD DA811 Cheese - Foreign Type                                   

MADISON, WI.  September 21, 2016 (REPORT 38)                     

FOREIGN TYPE CHEESE   


European cheese manufacturers continue to struggle to keep up 
with demand for cheese. Manufacturing volumes remain below 
desired levels, mostly due to lower milk supplies available for 
cheese making. This has resulted in aging stocks being below 
levels needed to meet projected future demand for aged cheese 
because cheese is being taken from aging to meet current demand. 
Customers seeking to obtain new orders of cheese in the near 
term are usually disappointed. In the U.S., wholesale domestic 
blue, gorgonzola, parmesan and Romano cheese prices decreased 
$0.0475 following lower 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  :  2.2250-3.7125*   
Gorgonzola                 :  3.6900-5.7400  :  2.7325-3.4500*   
Parmesan (Italy)           :       -0-       :  3.6150-5.7050*   
Romano (Cows Milk)         :       -0-       :  3.4150-5.5650*   
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-       :  2.9550-3.2775    
Swiss Cuts Finnish         :  2.6700-2.9300  :       -0-         

* = Price change.                                                


1100C eric.graf@ams.usda.gov & eric.graf@ams.usda.gov
USDA/AMS/Dairy Market News, Madison, Wisconsin
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