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MD DA811 Cheese - Foreign Type                                   

MADISON, WI.  August 23, 2017 (REPORT 34)                        

FOREIGN TYPE CHEESE    

Cheese production in Europe is focused on meeting current demand, both 
within Europe, and export. European buyers are straining production. Milk 
production volumes are limiting what cheesemakers can produce. January-
June exports of cheese from the EU, 421,515 MT, are 7.6 percent ahead of 
year earlier. Stronger exports this year further strain productive 
capacity. The main destinations for EU cheese exports January-June 
according to Eucolait, are: U.S.A, 15.8 percent; Japan, 11.5 percent; and 
Switzerland, 7.2 percent. In the U.S., wholesale blue, gorgonzola, 
parmesan Italy, and Romano prices increased $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  :  2.2500-3.7375*   
Gorgonzola                 :  3.6900-5.7400  :  2.7575-3.4750*   
Parmesan (Italy)           :       -0-       :  3.6400-5.7300*   
Romano (Cows Milk)         :       -0-       :  3.4400-5.5900*   
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.                                                



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