MD_DA811 Cheese - Foreign Type Report 23 - Released on June 09, 2021 The overall situation for Western European cheese is steady to slightly higher demand. There is still plant capacity to make more cheese. Extra milk is generally going into cheese in Western European locations with multiple dairy product manufacturing options. Export demand is strong. Some deliveries have slowed due to shipping factors. United States domestic Swiss prices increased $0.0450. Domestic prices decreased $0.0375 for blue, gorgonzola, parmesan and romano. 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 : 1.9650-3.4525* Gorgonzola : 3.6900-5.7400 : 2.4725-3.1900* Parmesan : -0- : 3.3525-5.4425* Romano : -0- : 3.1550-5.3100* Sardo Romano (Argentina) : 2.8500-4.7800 : -0- Reggianito (Argentina) : 3.2900-4.7800 : -0- Jarlsberg : -0- : -0- Swiss : -0- : 3.3000-3.6250* Swiss (Finland) : 2.6700-2.9300 : -0- * = Price change. Information for the period June 7 - 11, 2021, issued weekly Secondary Sourced Information: Australian cheese exports January – April 2021, 56,000 MT, increased 15.0 percent from January – April 2020 according to CLAL data made available to USDA. Published by: Dairy Market News - Madison, WI Eric Graf, 608.422.8590 Email: Eric.Graf@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