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Gouda cheese, Unione Europea

This page contains the wholesale prices for EU Gouda cheese, as recorded weekly by the European Commission (Milk Market Observatory).

The prices recorded over the last ten weeks are listed in the table, while the graph to the side illustrates price trends over the past three years. Furthermore, time series are available for monthly average prices of last years. The second table and the graph below displays the monthly price history.

Download the last XLS file updated (Last Update: 2026-04-09)
Survey Date
€ per Tons ± on prev. price
Sunday 12 Apr 2026
3.917 +0,5%
Sunday 5 Apr 2026
3.896 +1,4%
Sunday 29 Mar 2026
3.843 +0,2%
Sunday 22 Mar 2026
3.835 -0,1%
Sunday 15 Mar 2026
3.840 -3,0%
Sunday 8 Mar 2026
3.960 +1,6%
Sunday 1 Mar 2026
3.900 +0,3%
Sunday 22 Feb 2026
3.888 +0,9%
Sunday 15 Feb 2026
3.852 -4,8%
Sunday 8 Feb 2026
4.045 -3,6%
n.q.: not quoted price
*: As of 1 February 2020, the calculated EU average refers to EU (without UK). For comparison purposes, EU (without UK) averages have also been recalculated for the last 5 years (2016 to 2020). The weighting coefficients and the list of Member States included in the calculation of the EU averages have also been updated.
Source: European Commission (Milk Market Observatory)

euro/ton

2016 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 % on prev. month % on 2025
January 2.493 3.160 3.965 5.196 4.314 4.966 4.166 -2,08% -16,10%
February 2.409 3.176 4.128 4.724 4.288 4.953 3.995 -4,12% -19,34%
March 2.352 3.151 4.153 4.733 4.356 4.914 3.875 -2,99% -21,13%
April 2.285 3.156 4.220 4.552 4.362 4.885 3.906 +0,80% -20,04%
May 2.246 3.228 4.512 4.393 4.360 4.863
June 2.292 3.280 4.813 4.262 4.327 4.916
July 2.399 3.293 4.970 4.177 4.371 4.901
August 2.603 3.309 5.114 4.175 4.405 4.913
September 2.760 3.353 5.199 4.149 4.481 4.883
October 2.927 3.429 5.240 4.120 4.662 4.708
November 3.139 3.603 5.309 4.158 4.780 4.482
December 3.193 3.819 5.288 4.236 4.956 4.255
Jan - Apr 2.391 3.160 4.108 4.809 4.332 4.929 3.989
Change (1) - +32,16% +29,97% +17,08% -9,94% +13,78% -19,06%
Jan - Dec 2.586 3.326 4.737 4.411 4.476 4.803
Change (1) - +28,63% +42,43% -6,88% +1,48% +7,31%
Source: European Commission (Milk Market Observatory)
The monthly, cumulative and annual prices are arithmetic averages calculated on the basis of the weekly prices.
1) change from the same period of previous year , except for year 2021, where the change is from the same period 5 years ago
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