Cheese - Foreign Type USDA - Wed Oct 28, 3:55PM UTC MD_DA811
Cheese - Foreign Type
Report 43 - Released on October 21, 2020
The market for foreign cheese is quite stable. Manufacturers in Western Europe feel there is
good balance in the export market to the United States. Export demand is strong. Customers
continue to pursue contracts. Coupled with robust internal European demand, this somewhat
strains European cheese production capacity.
Cheese manufacturing profitability in Western Europe is among the highest for dairy products
so most extra milk in Western Europe goes to cheese plants. With many European countries
recently imposing a second round of COVID-19 related stay at/near home orders, there is less
demand for fluid milk for schools and more milk going to cheese for now. Not much is
expected to change in the near future.
In the United States domestic prices increased $0.0675 for blue, gorgonzola, parmesan and
romano. 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 : 3.2225-4.7100*
Gorgonzola : 3.6900-5.7400 : 3.7300-4.4475*
Parmesan : -0- : 4.6100-6.7000*
Romano : -0- : 4.4125-6.5675*
Sardo Romano (Argentina) : 2.8500-4.7800 : -0-
Reggianito (Argentina) : 3.2900-4.7800 : -0-
Jarlsberg : 2.9500-6.4500 : -0-
Swiss : -0- : 4.2350-4.5575
Swiss (Finland) : 2.6700-2.9300 : -0-
* = Price change.
Information for the period October 19 - 23, 2020, issued weekly
Secondary Sourced Information:
EU cheese exports increased 8.0 percent from January � August 2020 compared with January �
August 2019 according to CLAL data made available to USDA. The United States was the second
highest destination for EU cheese, importing 77,830 MT, a 15.9 percent decrease from January
� August 2019.
Published by:
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Eric Graf, 608.422.8590
Email: Eric.Graf@usda.gov
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