MD_DA811 Cheese - Foreign Type Report 41 - Released on October 09, 2019 The German sliced cheese spot prices are firmer as stocks are highly committed for the fulfillment of contractual requests. In current contract negotiations, suppliers are demanding higher prices. Compared to recent weeks, there has been a decline in spot offers. The intakes of sliced cheese from the retail food sector and other European countries are satisfying to sellers. The U.S. has lately decided that it will levy a 25 percent import tariff on European Union cheese, starting on October 18. This may negatively impact the EU cheese market as the U.S. is one of the main importers of their cheese. For the moment, compared to the previous week's data, the U.S. domestic prices for blue, gorgonzola, parmesan, and Romano have increased $.0250, and the Swiss cheese prices has moved up by $.1425. All other prices are unchanged. WHOLESALE SELLING PRICES: FOB DISTRIBUTORS DOCK DOLLARS PER POUND (1000 - 5000 POUNDS, MIXED LOTS) : NEW YORK VARIETY : IMPORTED : DOMESTIC : : Blue : 2.6400-5.2300 : 2.5075-3.9950* Gorgonzola : 3.6900-5.7400 : 3.0150-3.7325* Parmesan : -0- : 3.8950-5.9850* Romano : -0- : 3.6975-5.8525* Sardo Romano (Argentina) : 2.8500-4.7800 : -0- Reggianito (Argentina) : 3.2900-4.7800 : -0- Jarlsberg : 2.9500-6.4500 : -0- Swiss : -0- : 3.4450-3.7675* Swiss (Finland) : 2.6700-2.9300 : -0- * = Price change. Information for the period October 7 - 11, 2019, issued weekly Published by: Dairy Market News - Madison, WI FLORENCE KONE-GONZALEZ, (608)422-8594 Email: florence.konegonzalez@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