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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 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2025 2026 Var % Period
Austria 205.690 214.760 220.730 226.640 233.040 248.750 82.090 93.540 +13,9% Jan - Apr '26
Belgium 103.660 109.230 109.680 123.090 137.570 144.370 59.390 63.710 +7,3% Jan - May '26
Bulgaria 91.330 93.080 88.730 88.250 84.010 84.580 34.850 36.210 +3,9% Jan - May '26
Croatia 31.340 31.890 32.740 32.510 32.460 31.300 9.950 10.170 +2,2% Jan - Apr '26
Cyprus 180 130 140 240 280 210 90 110 - Jan - Apr '26
Czech Republic 147.420 153.430 153.860 163.180 176.960 182.080 75.480 81.340 +7,8% Jan - May '26
Denmark 467.700 454.500 467.700 496.700 518.000 523.300 171.700 176.300 +2,7% Jan - Apr '26
Estonia 46.000 47.400 48.500 51.900 64.800 67.650 22.420 22.420(e) 0,0% Jan - Apr '26
Finland 85.680 83.600 82.130 84.730 82.920 87.300 36.120 38.790 +7,4% Jan - May '26
France 1.671.450 1.717.260 1.729.680 1.739.660 1.767.970 1.789.730 754.190 759.900 +0,8% Jan - May '26
Germany 2.448.640 2.461.334 2.429.802 2.450.590 2.526.817 2.547.404 848.674 879.121(e) +3,6% Jan - Apr '26
Greece 20.760 22.170 25.730 28.030 30.180 34.380 11.510 12.510 +8,7% Jan - Apr '26
Hungary 93.660 95.110 92.280 84.800 92.120 96.400 42.320 43.640 +3,1% Jan - May '26
Ireland 285.600 287.100 282.300 284.800 271.100 271.100 99.100 100.500(e) +1,4% Jan - May '26
Italy 1.181.390 1.197.390 1.201.160 1.204.930 1.215.120 1.219.161 404.000 404.000(e) 0,0% Jan - Apr '26
Latvia 51.890 52.420 50.610 56.510 56.710 56.850 18.360 18.360(e) 0,0% Jan - Apr '26
Lithuania 100.590 99.180 95.360 96.990 103.580 104.110 32.260 33.500 +3,8% Jan - Apr '26
Luxembourg 0 0 0 0 0 (c) (c) 0 - -
Malta 180 0 0 0 0 (c) (c) (c) - Jan - May '26
Netherlands 972.700 946.800 942.100 949.400 935.500 937.100 315.800 324.300 +2,7% Jan - Apr '26
Poland 909.160 941.870 945.020 1.000.650 1.045.740 1.092.310 363.410 383.820 +5,6% Jan - Apr '26
Portugal 62.850 63.850 66.990 62.520 65.060 68.260 29.050 27.240 -6,2% Jan - May '26
Romania 85.270 91.610 94.970 93.980 102.300 106.520 34.520 34.440 -0,2% Jan - Apr '26
Slovakia 38.210 39.200 37.540 37.130 40.760 44.020 18.410 19.160 +4,1% Jan - May '26
Slovenia 15.800 15.730 16.000 15.710 17.140 17.450 5.710 5.710(e) 0,0% Jan - Apr '26
Spain 188.600 201.090 186.040 185.090 185.170 201.150 66.870 68.060 +1,8% Jan - Apr '26
Sweden 83.490 84.190 78.460 79.430 82.200 87.150 29.480 30.690 +4,1% Jan - Apr '26
TOTAL EU-27 9.389.060 9.504.324 9.478.252 9.637.460 9.867.507 10.042.635 3.318.424 3.417.061 (e) +3,0% Jan - Apr '26
y-o-y % +1,2% -0,3% +1,7% +2,4% +1,8%      
(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 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Apr 2026
Production [D7121] (P) 9.160 9.389 9.504 9.478 9.637 9.868 10.043 3.417
Production of Processed Cheese [D7200] (P2) 629(e) 603(e) 604(e) 588(e) 575(e) 591(e) n.d. n.d.
Imports (I) 212 223 196 187 174 187 200 70
Exports (E) 1.348 1.402 1.385 1.326 1.384 1.385 1.421 476
Apparent Domestic Consumption (P + P2 + I - E ) 8.653 8.813 8.919 8.927 9.002 9.260 8.821 3.011
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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