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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 200.640 203.260 205.080 205.690 214.760 220.730 167.550 172.710 +3,1% Jan - Sep '23
Belgium 110.820 106.970 104.870 103.660 109.230 109.680 80.150 90.870 +13,4% Jan - Sep '23
Bulgaria 75.780 79.090 82.830 91.330 93.080 88.730 66.790 67.980 +1,8% Jan - Sep '23
Croatia 34.220 34.240 33.410 31.340 31.890 32.740 24.740 24.730 0,0% Jan - Sep '23
Cyprus 460 650 250 180 130 140 90 180 - Jan - Sep '23
Czech Republic 133.320 134.900 134.320 147.420 153.430 153.860 128.910 136.150 +5,6% Jan - Oct '23
Denmark 449.900 451.600 457.400 467.700 454.500 467.700 343.700 373.300 +8,6% Jan - Sep '23
Estonia 44.400 44.800 45.500 46.000 47.400 48.500 40.300 42.900 +6,5% Jan - Oct '23
Finland 85.990 87.200 83.590 85.680 83.600 82.130 68.200 70.340 +3,1% Jan - Oct '23
France 1.723.480 1.704.080 1.695.650 1.671.450 1.717.260 1.730.320 1.290.180 1.285.560 -0,4% Jan - Sep '23
Germany 2.303.670 2.339.376 2.389.288 2.448.640 2.461.334 2.429.802 1.840.782 1.839.863 (e)

 0,0% Jan - Sep '23
Greece 23.800 21.070 21.900 20.760 22.170 25.730 18.880 20.360 +7,8% Jan - Sep '23
Hungary 87.030 83.280 85.740 93.660 95.110 92.280 78.260 72.820 -7,0% Jan - Oct '23
Ireland 196.200 224.100 269.200 285.600 287.100 282.300 229.400 229.400 (e)

 0,0% Jan - Sep '23
Italy 1.129.090 1.141.170 1.123.640 1.181.390 1.197.390 1.201.160 897.370 903.250 (e)

 +0,7% Jan - Sep '23
Latvia 46.350 47.390 50.510 51.890 52.420 50.610 42.210 49.800 +18,0% Jan - Oct '23
Lithuania 99.580 101.050 97.850 100.590 99.180 95.360 79.850 81.460 +2,0% Jan - Oct '23
Luxembourg (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) - Jan - Sep '23
Malta (c) (c) (c) 180(i) (c) (c) (c) (c) - Jan - Oct '23
Netherlands 874.300 878.800 920.800 972.700 946.800 942.100 705.400 708.500 +0,4% Jan - Sep '23
Poland 849.000 865.230 878.950 909.160 941.870 945.020 705.530 740.410 +4,9% Jan - Sep '23
Portugal 61.950 62.730 65.150 62.850 63.850 66.990 50.120 46.950 -6,3% Jan - Sep '23
Romania 77.890 79.710 83.050 85.270 91.610 94.970 71.770 70.610 -1,6% Jan - Sep '23
Slovakia 35.570 37.660 38.350 38.210 39.200 37.540 31.460 30.900 -1,8% Jan - Oct '23
Slovenia 16.930 16.540 16.100 15.800 15.730 16.000 12.140 11.570 -4,7% Jan - Sep '23
Spain 260.790 244.070 196.090 188.600 201.090 186.040 142.120 139.430 -1,9% Jan - Sep '23
Sweden 82.560 81.950 80.440 83.490 84.190 78.460 60.020 58.730 -2,1% Jan - Sep '23
TOTAL EU-27 9.003.720 9.070.916 9.159.958 9.389.060 9.504.324 9.478.892 7.129.302 7.219.943 (e) +1,3% Jan - Sep '23
y-o-y % +0,7% +1,0% +2,5% +1,2% -0,3%      
(e) estimated data
(i) incomplete 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, CSO, ISTAT, BLE, 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 Sep 2023
Production [D7121] (P) 8.861 9.004 9.071 9.160 9.389 9.504 9.479 7.220
Production of Processed Cheese [D7200] (P2) 580(e) 584(e) 624(e) 629(e) 603(e) 604(e) 620(e) n.d.
Imports (I) 195 191 197 212 223 197 188 127
Exports (E) 1.231 1.275 1.279 1.348 1.402 1.386 1.335 1.028
Apparent Domestic Consumption (P + P2 + I - E ) 8.405 8.504 8.612 8.653 8.813 8.919 8.952 6.318
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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