Cheese produces from the Italian provinces of Parma, Reggio Emilia, Modena, Bologna and Mantova have called for a meeting with agriculture minister Giovanni Alemanno to the market for Parmigiano Reggiano cheese, the ANSA news agency reported.

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Parmigiano Reggiano cheese producers have been suffering from falling consumption and prices registered in 2004. The five provinces want a plan for supporting the Parmigiano Reggiano makers to be examined.


Producer prices fell by 20% during the period November 2003 to January 2005, to €7.80 ($9.40) per kg from €9.80 per kg, while consumer prices fell, during the same period, by 3.7%.

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