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MD DA811 Cheese - Foreign Type                                   

MADISON, WI.  January 25, 2017 (REPORT 4)                        

FOREIGN TYPE CHEESE    

Lower year on year milk production in Europe as 2016 ended has led to 
making choices of what dairy products to manufacture with available 
milk. Cheese often comes out ahead of other options for reasons of 
profitability. Less milk is going into dairy powders to keep desired 
volumes flowing into cheese. In Italy, Parmigiano Reggiano production 
for 2016 was up 5.06% from 2015 according to CLAL. Grana Padano 
production for 2016 was up 1.2% from 2015. However, December 2016 
production was up 17.54% from November and 3.63% above December 2015. 
In the United States, NASS reports that December 31, 2016 stocks of 
Swiss cheese in cold storage are even with one year earlier, but 99% 
of November 30, 2016. In the U.S., wholesale blue, gorgonzola, 
parmesan and Romano prices decreased $.0150. All other varieties 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  :  2.2175-3.7050*   
Gorgonzola                 :  3.6900-5.7400  :  2.7250-3.4425*   
Parmesan (Italy)           :       -0-       :  3.6075-5.6975*   
Romano (Cows Milk)         :       -0-       :  3.4075-5.5575*   
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-       :  3.1325-3.4550    
Swiss Cuts Finnish         :  2.6700-2.9300  :       -0-         

* = Price change.                                                



1100C eric.graf@ams.usda.gov 
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