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MD DA811 Cheese - Foreign Type                                   

MADISON, WI.  July 09, 2009 (REPORT 27)                          

FOREIGN TYPE CHEESE                                              
                                                                 
Wholesale prices of domestic varieties declined as a result of last week's 
decline in the weekly average of blocks on CME Group cash trading. Prices if 
imported varieties remained unchanged.  NASS reports that domestic Swiss 
production during May 2009 totaled 26.6 million pounds, 3.8% more than April 
2009 but 1.9% less than May 2008.   The USDA initial allocation of cheese for 
the Dairy Export Incentive Program (DEIP) for the 2009/10 marketing year which 
began July 1, is 2,878 MT (6.3 million pounds).

WHOLESALE SELLING PRICES: FOB DISTRIBUTORS DOCK                  
DOLLARS PER POUND (1000 - 5000 POUNDS, MIXED LOTS)               
                           :           NEW YORK                  
VARIETY                    :    IMPORTED     :    DOMESTIC       
                           :                 :                   
Blue                       :  2.6400-4.3100  :  1.5300-3.0175*   
Gorgonzola                 :  3.6900-6.3900  :  2.0325-2.2925*   
Parmesan (Italy)           :       -0-       :  2.9375-3.3575*   
Romano (Italy)             :  2.1000-3.6900  :       -0-         
Provolone (Italy)          :  3.4400-5.9900  :  1.5725-1.7300*   
Romano (Cows Milk)         :       -0-       :  2.7200-4.8625*   
Sardo Romano (Argentine)   :  2.8500-3.6900  :       -0-         
Reggianito (Argentine)     :  2.6900-3.5300  :       -0-         
Jarlsberg-(Brand)          :  2.9500-4.6900  :       -0-         
Swiss Cuts Switzerland     :       -0-       :  2.9775-3.3000    
Swiss Cuts Finnish         :  2.5900-3.5900  :       -0-         

* = Price change.                                                

**Price report supplemented after initial issue time

1100C Eric K. Graf eric.graf@usda.gov