MD_DA811

     Cheese - Foreign Type

     Report 24 - Released on June 12, 2019

     The German sliced cheese and semi-hard cheese markets are both balanced. However, stocks
     remain low. Milk supplies haven't improved in the past week, so cheese production can hardly
     be augmented. Cheese providers are satisfied with their current order status. Sales within
     Germany are good, but exports to Southern Europe have not reached the anticipated levels.
     However, market players expect a pick-up in demand soon. Sales of cheese to other parts of
     the world are unchanged. With the temperature warming up, mozzarella demand is on the rise.
     Prices for semi-hard cheese declined a bit, giving an extra boost to demand. Nonetheless,
     the June prices for sliced cheese have adjusted higher. Recent U.S. prices for wholesale
     blue, gorgonzola, parmesan Italy, and Romano increased $.0425, while Swiss cheese prices
     moved up $.1300. The prices for other varieties of cheese 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     :   2.2450-3.7325*
     Gorgonzola                      :    3.6900-5.7400     :   2.7525-3.4700*
     Parmesan                        :         -0-          :   3.6325-5.7225*
     Romano                          :         -0-          :   3.4350-5.5900*
     Sardo Romano (Argentina)        :    2.8500-4.7800     :         -0-
     Reggianito (Argentina)          :    3.2900-4.7800     :         -0-
     Jarlsberg                       :    2.9500-6.4500     :         -0-
     Swiss                           :         -0-          :   3.1625-3.4850*
     Swiss (Finland)                 :    2.6700-2.9300     :         -0-
     * = Price change.

     Information for the period June 10 - 14, 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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