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MD DA811 Cheese - Foreign Type                                   

MADISON, WI.  March 01, 2017 (REPORT 9)                          

FOREIGN TYPE CHEESE  


Export demand for cheese produced in Europe is increasing. Cheese 
manufacturers expect export sales to continue to strengthen. European 
domestic customers are taking contract deliveries on schedule. 
Current cheese making is adequate to supply contracts and spot sales, 
which leaves inventories steady. Negotiations for second quarter 2017 
cheese contracts have been slow, due to uncertainty as to milk 
supplies and hence, cheese production volumes. In the U.S., wholesale 
blue, gorgonzola, parmesan Italy and Romano prices decreased $.0550 
and 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  :  2.0550-3.5425*   
Gorgonzola                 :  3.6900-5.7400  :  2.5625-3.2800*   
Parmesan (Italy)           :       -0-       :  3.4450-5.5350*   
Romano (Cows Milk)         :       -0-       :  3.2450-5.3950*   
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-       :  3.3475-3.6700    
Swiss Cuts Finnish         :  2.6700-2.9300  :       -0-         

* = Price change.                                                


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