date:Jan 10, 2019
er that tariffs on processed cheese to Mexico, the U.S. largest cheese importer, have led to the surplus.
Tariffs have dropped year-to-date exports to Mexico around 10 percent from [2017], Cook said.
But while artificial cheeses are out, the overall cheese-making business is still booming in the U.S.
Gould said that the number of U.S. cheese factories has increased 40 percent between 2000 and 2017, but the growth is being driven by small, specialty cheesemakers.