South Korea’s craving for American-made cheese products is helping U.S. dairy farmers.

Farmers are selling milk at prices up 17 percent in January from previous years, according to aWall Street Journal article by Isabella Steger. Mexico is still the biggest importer of U.S. cheese products, but South Korea is running a close second.

“But retail prices on American grocery shelves have only gone up a little in the past year,” Rob Archer says on KFIAM640. South Koreans, however, are “suddenly eating more pizza with lots of cheese than ever before," pushing up demand for U.S.-made products.

South Koreans also enjoy their share of string cheese, according to Gwynn Guilford on Quartz.

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Japan is the third biggest importer of American cheese products. PD

—Summarized by PD staff from cited sources