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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: 2023-05-05)
Survey Date
€ per Tons ± on prev. price
Sunday 28 May 2023
4.473 +4,28%
Sunday 21 May 2023
4.289 -1,63%
Sunday 14 May 2023
4.361 -1,95%
Sunday 7 May 2023
4.447 -0,71%
Sunday 30 Apr 2023
4.479 +0,75%
Sunday 23 Apr 2023
4.446 -3,03%
Sunday 16 Apr 2023
4.585 +0,72%
Sunday 9 Apr 2023
4.552 -3,07%
Sunday 2 Apr 2023
4.696 -0,84%
Sunday 26 Mar 2023
4.736 +0,36%
*: 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
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 % on prev. month % on 2022
January 3.105 3.158 3.290 3.160 3.965 5.196 -1,72% +31,05%
February 3.008 3.120 3.292 3.176 4.128 4.724 -9,09% +14,43%
March 2.969 3.106 3.272 3.151 4.153 4.733 +0,18% +13,97%
April 2.997 3.113 3.249 3.156 4.220 4.552 -3,83% +7,85%
May 2.981 3.115 3.102 3.228 4.512 4.393 -3,49% -2,64%
June 3.022 3.108 3.021 3.280 4.813
July 3.068 3.099 3.067 3.293 4.970
August 3.148 3.101 3.111 3.309 5.114
September 3.197 3.133 3.162 3.353 5.199
October 3.231 3.141 3.159 3.429 5.240
November 3.226 3.160 3.194 3.603 5.309
December 3.181 3.222 3.193 3.819 5.288
Jan - May 3.011 3.122 3.236 3.176 4.200 4.734
Change (1) - +3,66% +3,66% -1,86% +32,23% +12,71%
Jan - Dec 3.096 3.132 3.176 3.326 4.737
Change (1) - +1,18% +1,39% +4,74% +42,43%
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
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