MD_DA811 Cheese - Foreign Type Report 13 - Released on March 27, 2019 The semi-hard cheese market has been consistently stable in Germany. Although stocks are currently low, supplies and contractual demand are in good equilibrium. Orders from Southern European countries and from the domestic market are unchanged from the previous week. Nonetheless, industry participants expect an increase in cheese deliveries for the upcoming holiday. In January 2019, the EU exports of cheese increased by 8 percent compared to last year at the same period. The semi-hard cheese market prices are steady in Germany. In the U.S., the prices for wholesale blue, gorgonzola, parmesan Italy, and Romano increased $.0375. 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 : 2.0850-3.5725* Gorgonzola : 3.6900-5.7400 : 2.5925-3.3100* Parmesan : -0- : 3.4750-5.5650* Romano : -0- : 3.2750-5.4300* Sardo Romano (Argentina) : 2.8500-4.7800 : -0- Reggianito (Argentina) : 3.2900-4.7800 : -0- Jarlsberg : 2.9875-6.4875* : -0- Swiss : -0- : 3.0200-3.3425 Swiss (Finland) : 2.6700-2.9300 : -0- * = Price change. Information for the period March 25 - 29, 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: https://www.ams.usda.gov/market-news/dairy DMN MARS (My Market News): https://mymarketnews.ams.usda.gov/