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MD DA811 Cheese - Foreign Type                                   

MADISON, WI.  November 30, 2016 (REPORT 48)                      

FOREIGN TYPE CHEESE     

Cut cheese supplies in Western Europe are tight. Holiday demand has been 
lively. Milk availability is the controlling factor in keeping up with 
demand. German milk production week after week is still declining. Cheese 
contract discussions for the first quarter are moving slowly because both 
buyers and sellers are uncertain about milk supplies and thus, cheese 
production potential. In the U.S., wholesale blue, gorgonzola, 
parmesan and Romano prices increased $.0025, while all other 
varieties are unchanged. NASS Cold Storage reports that October 31, 
2016 stocks of Swiss, 24.15 million pounds, are down 7% from 
September but up 13% from one year earlier.
                                         
                                                                 
WHOLESALE SELLING PRICES: FOB DISTRIBUTORS DOCK                  
DOLLARS PER POUND (1000 - 5000 POUNDS, MIXED LOTS)               
                           :           NEW YORK                  
VARIETY                    :    IMPORTED     :    DOMESTIC       
                           :                 :                   
Blue                       :  2.6400-5.2300  :  2.4575-3.9450*   
Gorgonzola                 :  3.6900-5.7400  :  2.9650-3.6825*   
Parmesan (Italy)           :       -0-       :  3.8475-5.9375*   
Romano (Cows Milk)         :       -0-       :  3.6475-5.7975*   
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-       :  3.3650-3.6875    

* = Price change.                                                


1100C eric.graf@ams.usda.gov 
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