MD_DA811

     Cheese - Foreign Type

     Report 51 - Released on December 19, 2018

     US domestic wholesale foreign type cheese prices have increased by $0.0075, following the
     same price trend as the weekly average CME Group block cheese price. Nevertheless, the price
     for domestic Swiss cheese and import varieties are the same as last week. In the European
     Union and Germany, sliced cheese prices continue to be low and to some extent weak, helping
     them remain competitive in the international market. Export volumes are moving at seasonal
     levels. Cheese is in high demand for the holiday season. Sales are extensive for sliced
     cheese and other cheese types across all sale channels. In addition, price discussions for
     the next quarter are currently underway. Inventories are hardly adequate to satisfy all
     requests. Cheese manufacturing schedules are unchanged from a week ago.



     WHOLESALE SELLING PRICES: FOB DISTRIBUTORS DOCK
     DOLLARS PER POUND (1000 - 5000 POUNDS, MIXED LOTS)
                                     :      NEW YORK
     VARIETY                         :      IMPORTED        :      DOMESTIC
                                     :                      :
     Blue                            :    2.6400-5.2300     :   1.8700-3.3575*
     Gorgonzola                      :    3.6900-5.7400     :   2.3775-3.0950*
     Parmesan                        :         -0-          :   3.2600-5.3500*
     Romano                          :         -0-          :   3.0600-5.2100*
     Sardo Romano (Argentina)        :    2.8500-4.7800     :         -0-
     Reggianito (Argentina)          :    3.2900-4.7800     :         -0-
     Jarlsberg                       :    2.9500-6.4500     :         -0-
     Swiss                           :         -0-          :    3.2750-3.5975
     Swiss (Finland)                 :    2.6700-2.9300     :         -0-
     * = Price change.

     Information for the period December 17 - 21, 2018, issued weekly
     Published by:
     Dairy Market News - Madison, WI
     FLORENCE KONE-GONZALEZ, (608)422-8594
     Email: Florence.KoneGonzalez@ams.usda.gov

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