MD_DA811

     Cheese - Foreign Type

     Report 47 - Released on November 20, 2019

     In Germany, retailers and other industry players are still ordering large volumes of sliced
     cheese ahead of the upcoming holidays. Right now, only contractual requests are being
     fulfilled as cheese continues to be limited for spot buying. Processors report getting more
     inquiries from non-habitual customers in quest of additional cheese to meet their needs.
     Sliced cheese sales within and outside the European Union are very good. The market remains
     a seller's market as cheese providers can enforce higher prices, which buyers are obligated
     to accept. U.S. domestic prices for blue, gorgonzola, parmesan, and Romano have declined by
     $0.1800, but all the other prices in the table below are stable.
     WHOLESALE SELLING PRICES: FOB DISTRIBUTORS DOCK
     DOLLARS PER POUND (1000 - 5000 POUNDS, MIXED LOTS)
                                     :      NEW YORK
     VARIETY                         :      IMPORTED        :      DOMESTIC
                                     :                      :
     Blue                            :    2.6400-5.2300     :   2.4450-3.9325*
     Gorgonzola                      :    3.6900-5.7400     :   2.9525-3.6700*
     Parmesan                        :         -0-          :   3.8325-5.9225*
     Romano                          :         -0-          :   3.6350-5.7900*
     Sardo Romano (Argentina)        :    2.8500-4.7800     :         -0-
     Reggianito (Argentina)          :    3.2900-4.7800     :         -0-
     Jarlsberg                       :    2.9500-6.4500     :         -0-
     Swiss                           :         -0-          :    3.4500-3.7725
     Swiss (Finland)                 :    2.6700-2.9300     :         -0-
     * = Price change.

     Information for the period November 18 - 22, 2019, issued weekly
     Published by:
     Dairy Market News - Madison, WI
     FLORENCE KONE-GONZALEZ, (608)422-8594
     Email: florence.konegonzalez@usda.gov

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