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EU-27: Cheese from cow's milk production

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This page contains the European Cheese from cows' milk production data, both in tables and charts.

The table offers as well the possibility to:

  • consult the monthly volumes and changes, by clicking on the years in the column headers,
  • access to the DairySheets by clicking on the names of the Member States of the EU.

The charts display:

  • a breakdown of the Cheese from cows' milk production by Member States
  • the monthly and average daily Cheese from cows' milk production,
  • the year-over-year changes of Cheese from cows' milk production in the major EU Players,
  • the yearly Cheese from cows' milk production of the last seven years,
  • the Cheese from cows' milk production with rolling year

The balance sheet of Cheese from cows' milk completes the information.

UE-27: Production of Cheese from cows' milk (Tons)
COUNTRY 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2022 2023 Var % Period
Austria 200.640 203.260 205.080 205.690 214.760 220.730 18.370 19.180 +4,4% Jan '23
Belgium 110.820 106.970 104.870 103.660 109.230 108.560 9.280 9.860 +6,3% Jan '23
Bulgaria 75.780 79.090 82.830 91.330 93.080 88.730 6.930 7.360 +6,2% Jan '23
Croatia 34.220 34.240 33.410 31.340 31.890 32.740 2.640 2.570 -2,7% Jan '23
Cyprus 460 650 250 180 130 140 10 20 - Jan '23
Czech Republic 133.320 134.900 134.320 147.420 153.430 153.860 24.110 25.080 +4,0% Jan - Feb '23
Denmark 449.900 451.600 457.400 467.700 454.500 467.700 38.100 40.000 +5,0% Jan '23
Estonia 44.400 44.800 45.500 46.000 47.400 48.500 8.200 8.600 +4,9% Jan - Feb '23
Finland 85.990 87.200 83.590 85.680 83.600 82.130 13.450 13.440 -0,1% Jan - Feb '23
France 1.723.480 1.704.080 1.695.650 1.671.450 1.716.970 1.723.960 144.770 146.290 +1,0% Jan '23
Germany 2.303.670 2.339.376 2.389.288 2.448.640 2.461.334 2.429.802 205.015 202.590 (e)

 -1,2% Jan '23
Greece 23.800 21.070 21.900 20.760 22.170 25.730 2.230 2.470 +10,8% Jan '23
Hungary 87.030 83.280 85.740 93.660 95.110 93.870 15.930 14.620 -8,2% Jan - Feb '23
Ireland 196.200 224.100 269.200 285.600 287.100 287.100 2.500 2.500 (e)

 0,0% Jan '23
Italy 1.129.090 1.141.170 1.123.640 1.181.390 1.197.390 1.201.160 99.340 100.110 +0,8% Jan '23
Latvia 46.350 47.390 50.510 51.890 52.420 52.170 8.060 8.980 +11,4% Jan - Feb '23
Lithuania 99.580 101.050 97.850 100.590 99.180 95.380 15.190 14.910 -1,8% Jan - Feb '23
Luxembourg (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) - Jan - Feb '23
Malta (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) - Jan '23
Netherlands 874.300 878.800 920.800 972.700 946.800 942.500 78.900 81.000 +2,7% Jan '23
Poland 849.000 865.230 878.950 909.160 941.870 945.020 75.170 78.230 +4,1% Jan '23
Portugal 61.950 62.730 65.150 62.850 63.850 66.990 5.380 5.130 -4,6% Jan '23
Romania 77.890 79.710 83.050 85.270 91.610 94.970 7.030 7.280 +3,6% Jan '23
Slovakia 35.570 37.660 38.350 38.210 39.200 37.540 6.260 5.730 -8,5% Jan - Feb '23
Slovenia 16.930 16.540 16.100 15.800 15.730 16.000 2.490 2.340 -6,0% Jan - Feb '23
Spain 260.790 244.070 196.090 188.600 201.090 186.040 16.600 15.390 -7,3% Jan '23
Sweden 82.560 81.950 80.440 83.490 84.190 78.460 6.870 6.370 -7,3% Jan '23
TOTAL EU-27 9.003.720 9.070.916 9.159.958 9.389.060 9.504.034 9.479.782 767.815 774.670 (e) +0,9% Jan '23
y-o-y % +0,7% +1,0% +2,5% +1,2% -0,3%      
(e) estimated data
(c) confidential data
NOTE:The countries highlighted in yellow indicate the presence of some confidential data which are not considered in the total calculation of productions.
Source: Eurostat, BLE, CSO, ISTAT, Stimato CLAL

Rolling year: for each month the chart visualizes the production in that month plus the production of the previous 11 months. With this method is always considered the total production in a time window of 12 months, so it is possible to identify the trend without the effect of seasonality.

UE-27 Balance Sheet: Cheese
'000 tons 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Jan 2023
Production [D7121] (P) 8.861 9.004 9.071 9.160 9.389 9.504 9.480 775
Production of Processed Cheese [D7200] (P2) 580(e) 584(e) 624(e) 629(e) 603(e) 604(e) n.d. n.d.
Imports (I) 195 191 197 212 223 197 188 13
Exports (E) 1.231 1.275 1.279 1.348 1.402 1.386 1.342 95
Apparent Domestic Consumption (P + P2 + I - E ) 8.405 8.504 8.612 8.653 8.813 8.919 8.325 692
NOTE: Proceesed Cheese [D7200] production data of some Member States are confidential and are NOT included in this table.
(e): estimated; n.a.: not available
Sources: Production, Import/Export: Eurostat; Apparent Domestic Consumption: Processed by CLAL
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