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Aan 12-01-97 21:36, in bericht <32d9487c.487523@news.mel.aone.net.au>, David 
Clayton <dcstar@acslink.aone.net.au> schreef:

> bmiller@pcug.org.au (Brian Miller) contributed the following:
> 
> >Can someone explain to me why Aussie cheeses (other than mousetrap)
> >are so much more expensive than their imported equivalents.   For
> >example, Australian Gouda is about $15 a kilo while the Dutch variety
> >is about $10.   Similarly with Brie and Camembert.   And anything with
> >"King Island" on the label seems to be priced around the $30+ mark.
> >
> >I could understand it if the Aussie product was that much better but,
> >alas, not so to my taste.   I wonder if we export any of our cheese
> >and if so at what price?
> >
> Gee, I wonder if it has anything to do with the EEC paying their
> farmers subsidies to produce the stuff?
> 
> Regards, David.
> -------------------------------------------------
> David Clayton, e-mail: dcstar@acslink.aone.net.au
> Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
> 
> "Virtual Reality - Give it a rest, Actual Reality has me stressed enough as 
> it is."



The dutch farmers do not get any subsidies anymore. The price we (dutch cheese 
industry) sell Gouda cheese wholesale is  5.80 dutch guilders (we pay 1.78 
guilder for one US dollar). The competition is very severe


regards
martin wijsman the netherlands