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MD DA811 Cheese - Foreign Type                                   

MADISON, WI.  August 16, 2017 (REPORT 33)                        

FOREIGN TYPE CHEESE     

Milk supplies continue to be limited for cheese makers in the European 
Union (EU). Cheese inventories are shrinking. Prices are stable at a 
higher level. In general, demand for the summer holiday is lower. 
However, cheese exports to the Southern European holiday countries are 
persistently elevated. As the result, not all the demand can be 
fulfilled. Due to the current strong value of the euro and the 
competition from the USA, EU cheese exports to other countries have been 
difficult. In the U.S., wholesale blue, gorgonzola, parmesan Italy, and 
Romano prices decreased $0.0475. All other prices are steady.                                         
                        
WHOLESALE SELLING PRICES: FOB DISTRIBUTORS DOCK                  
DOLLARS PER POUND (1000 - 5000 POUNDS, MIXED LOTS)               
                           :    NEW YORK                  
VARIETY                    :    IMPORTED     :    DOMESTIC       
                           :                 :                   
Blue                       :  2.6400-5.2300  :  2.2025-3.6900*   
Gorgonzola                 :  3.6900-5.7400  :  2.7100-3.4275*   
Parmesan (Italy)           :       -0-       :  3.5925-5.6825*   
Romano (Cows Milk)         :       -0-       :  3.3925-5.5425*   
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-       :  3.2100-3.5325    
Swiss Cuts Finnish         :  2.6700-2.9300  :       -0-         

* = Price change.                                                

1100CT Florence.KoneGonzalez@ams.usda.gov 608-422-8594
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