Cheese - Foreign Type
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     Cheese - Foreign Type

     Report 47 - Released on November 18, 2020


     German and other Western European cheese markets are described as balanced, with lower than
     desired stocks. Manufacturers are grappling with COVID-19 generated high demand from the
     grocery sector in contrast with lower demand from the food service sector. It takes some
     time and effort to shift cheese manufacturing between the two sectors. For now, cheese for
     retail is tighter than cheese for food service. Export commitments are mostly being met on
     time.

     In the United States domestic prices decreased $0.5000 for blue, gorgonzola, parmesan and
     romano, and 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     :   2.6075-4.0950*
     Gorgonzola                      :    3.6900-5.7400     :   3.1150-3.8325*
     Parmesan                        :         -0-          :   3.9950-6.0850*
     Romano                          :         -0-          :   3.7975-5.9525*
     Sardo Romano (Argentina)        :    2.8500-4.7800     :         -0-
     Reggianito (Argentina)          :    3.2900-4.7800     :         -0-
     Jarlsberg                       :    2.9500-6.4500     :         -0-
     Swiss                           :         -0-          :    3.7050-4.0275
     Swiss (Finland)                 :    2.6700-2.9300     :         -0-
     * = Price change.

     Information for the period November 16 - 20, 2020, issued weekly

     Secondary Sourced Information:


     EU cheese exports January � September 2020, 256,000 MT, increased 7.1 percent from January
     � September 2019 according to CLAL data made available to USDA. The top destinations for EU
     cheese exports January � September 2020 YOY are Japan +12.33 percent and the United States,
     -16.31 percent.

     Cheddar exports from Australia July - September 2020, 7,741 MT, decreased 16.4 percent from
     July - September 2019 according to Dairy Australia. Other cheese exports from Australia July
     - September 2020, 25,629 MT, decreased 2.5 percent from July - September 2019 according to
     Dairy Australia.

     Published by:
     Dairy Market News - Madison, WI
     Eric Graf, 608.422.8590
     Email: Eric.Graf@usda.gov

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