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EU-27: Cheese from cow's milk production

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	104.500	118.940	+13,8%	Jan - May '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	82.520	33.510	36.210	+8,1%	Jan - May '26
Croatia	31.340	31.890	32.740	32.510	32.460	31.300	12.280	13.070	+6,4%	Jan - May '26
Cyprus	180	130	140	240	280	210	100	140	-	Jan - May '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	218.600	221.900	+1,5%	Jan - May '26
Estonia	46.000	47.400	48.500	51.900	64.800	67.650	28.370	28.370^(e)	0,0%	Jan - May '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	1.069.637	1.100.084^(e)	+2,8%	Jan - May '26
Greece	20.760	22.170	25.730	28.030	30.180	34.380	14.160	15.160^(e)	+7,1%	Jan - May '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	99.100^(e)	0,0%	Jan - May '26
Italy	1.181.390	1.197.390	1.201.160	1.204.930	1.215.120	1.219.161	506.000	506.000^(e)	0,0%	Jan - May '26
Latvia	51.890	52.420	50.610	56.510	56.710	56.850	22.980	22.980^(e)	0,0%	Jan - May '26
Lithuania	100.590	99.180	95.360	96.990	103.580	104.110	41.670	42.670	+2,4%	Jan - May '26
Luxembourg	0	0	0	0	0	^(c)	^(c)	0	-	-
Malta	180	0	0	0	0	^(c)	^(c)	^(c)	-	Jan - Jun '26
Netherlands	972.700	946.800	942.100	949.400	935.500	937.100	393.200	401.700^(e)	+2,2%	Jan - May '26
Poland	909.160	941.870	945.020	1.000.650	1.045.740	1.092.310	456.190	479.420	+5,1%	Jan - May '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	43.950	42.880	-2,4%	Jan - May '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	7.130	7.130^(e)	0,0%	Jan - May '26
Spain	188.600	201.090	186.040	185.090	185.170	201.150	83.780	87.160	+4,0%	Jan - May '26
Sweden	83.490	84.190	78.460	79.430	82.200	87.150	36.810	38.220	+3,8%	Jan - May '26
TOTAL EU-27	9.389.060	9.504.324	9.478.252	9.637.460	9.867.507	10.040.575	4.186.927	4.294.914^(e)	+2,6%	Jan - May '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

May 2026

Production [D7121] (P)

9.160

9.389

9.504

9.478

9.637

9.868

10.041

4.295

Production of Processed Cheese [D7200] (P2)

n.d.

Imports (I)

212

223

196

187

174

187

200

Exports (E)

1.348

1.402

1.385

1.326

1.384

1.385

1.420

595

Apparent Domestic Consumption (P + P2 + I - E )

8.024

8.210

8.316

8.339

8.427

8.669

8.820

3.788

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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In aumento	US: Cheese 40# Blocks price	+5,17%
In calo	US: Butter, Grade AA price	-3,64%

In calo	Poland: Butter price (82%)	-0,12%
In calo	Austria: Farm gate milk price	-1,74%
In aumento	Netherlands: Whole Milk Powder (WMP) price	+3,83%
In aumento	Netherlands: Skim Milk Powder (Adpi-SMP) price	+1,81%
In aumento	France: Butter price (82%)	+5,96%
In aumento	France: SMP price (Poudre 0%)	+3,19%
In calo	Romania: Farm gate milk price	-3,65%
In calo	Western Europe: Whey Powder Sweet price	-3,13%

In aumento	IT, Mantua: Grana Padano PDO (10 months) price	+2,06%
In aumento	IT, Mantua: Grana Padano PDO (14-16 months) price	+1,81%
In aumento	IT,Reggio Emilia: Parmig. Regg. (24 months) price	+0,58%
In calo	IT, Verona: foreign Whole Spot Milk price	-2,04%
In aumento	IT, Milan: Grana Padano PDO (60-90 day) price	+0,65%
In aumento	IT, Milan: Grana Padano PDO (9 months) price	+0,52%
In aumento	IT, Milan: Grana Padano RISERVA PDO (20 months) price	+0,42%
In aumento	IT, Lombardy: Farm gate milk price	+1,06%

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