MD_DA811 Cheese - Foreign Type Report 5 - Released on January 30, 2019 Sliced cheese demand continues to be brisk in Germany. In the market for semi-hard cheese, demand is unusually above seasonal norms. Manufacturers are busy fulfilling existing domestic contractual needs as well as orders from other European countries. Stocks of cheese are available to fulfill recent contractual inquiries. However, they are limited for additional spot requests that might come up. Cheese production is generally stable to down, in line with milk output. Cheese sellers are demanding higher premiums for present contract discussions. The U.S. domestic prices for wholesale blue, gorgonzola, parmesan Italy, and Romano declined $.0275, whereas all other prices remain unchanged from the previous week. WHOLESALE SELLING PRICES: FOB DISTRIBUTORS DOCK DOLLARS PER POUND (1000 - 5000 POUNDS, MIXED LOTS) : NEW YORK VARIETY : IMPORTED : DOMESTIC : : Blue : 2.6400-5.2300 : 1.8900-3.3775* Gorgonzola : 3.6900-5.7400 : 2.3975-3.1150* Parmesan : -0- : 3.2800-5.3700* Romano : -0- : 3.0800-5.2300* Sardo Romano (Argentina) : 2.8500-4.7800 : -0- Reggianito (Argentina) : 3.2900-4.7800 : -0- Jarlsberg : 2.9500-6.4500 : -0- Swiss : -0- : 3.2125-3.5350 Swiss (Finland) : 2.6700-2.9300 : -0- * = Price change. Information for the period January 28 - February 1, 2019, issued weekly Published by: Dairy Market News - Madison, WI FLORENCE KONE-GONZALEZ, (608)422-8594 Email: Florence.KoneGonzalez@ams.usda.gov Additional Dairy Market News Information: Dairy Market News (DMN) by Phone: (608)422-8602 DMN Website: http://www.ams.usda.gov/market-news/dairy DMN Database Portal: http://www.marketnews.usda.gov/mnp/da-home