MD_DA811

     Cheese - Foreign Type

     Report 48 - Released on November 26, 2019

     The German cheese market continues to firm up in light of the upcoming holiday. Year-end
     holiday orders have started to come in and are giving an extra boost to market activities.
     Extensive buying interests both nationally and internationally are contributing to further
     declines in previously low stocks. Right now, mostly contractual orders are being satisfied.
     Whenever a spot load becomes available, it is sold at a higher price point compared to the
     past weeks. Some buyers have started to put in their requests for January 2020 needs to
     guarantee coverages. U.S. domestic prices for blue, gorgonzola, parmesan, and Romano have
     declined by $0.0850, but all the other prices in the table below 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     :   2.3600-3.8475*
     Gorgonzola                      :    3.6900-5.7400     :   2.8675-3.5850*
     Parmesan                        :         -0-          :   3.7475-5.8375*
     Romano                          :         -0-          :   3.5500-5.7050*
     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 25 - 29, 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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