MD_DA811

     Cheese - Foreign Type

     Report 49 - Released on December 04, 2019

     In Germany, cheese prices are rising as many buyers feel constrained to accept higher prices
     to safeguard the supplies they need. Processors are prioritizing the fulfillment of
     contractual orders, and from time to time, they have to delay deliveries due to cheese
     stocks being very low. Retailers and large consumers demands for cheese are increasing ahead
     of the end of year holidays. Sales of cheese within and outside the European Union are on
     the rise as well. Cheese production is close to stable. U.S. domestic prices for blue,
     gorgonzola, parmesan, and Romano have increased $0.0800, 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     :   2.4400-3.9275*
     Gorgonzola                      :    3.6900-5.7400     :   2.9475-3.6650*
     Parmesan                        :         -0-          :   3.8275-5.9175*
     Romano                          :         -0-          :   3.6300-5.7850*
     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 December 2 - 6, 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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