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Italy: Piave Cheese Production
This page outlines, in a given period of time, the Italian production of PIAVE P.D.O. cheese, a quality typical cheese offered in various different types.

Production figures are represented, in the given period, on the table and the two graphs here below.
PIAVE Cheese is divided into four commercial types depending on their aging period: PIAVE is a hard aged, cooked cheese (moisture less than 40%), in cylindrical shape.

Piave cheese has its name from the Piave river, flowing from the Dolomites mountains (Province of Belluno) Italy.

There is a strong link between the PIAVE cheese and land of origin since dairy farms as well as the milk collected come compulsory from the geographical area of the Province of Belluno. This cheese is produced in traditional 'malga' (typical shepherd's huts in the Alps mountains).

The PIAVE cheese can be easily identified by :
- the brand name stamped on the rind;
- a mark reporting the production lot;
- a silk paper placed on the upper side of the cheese wheel reporting the cheese name,variety and producer's name.

Although PIAVE cheese origin and consumption are traditionally restricted to a specific Italian geographical area, it has recently gained popularity on the international market.
Formaggio Piave
Productions of Piave
Number of wheels  
Month 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 ± % vs prev.
month** 		± % on
2016 		± % on
2015
January 30.407 30.957 32.150 36.033 31.313 36.954 35.507 32.999 +21,72% -7,06% -10,70%
February 30.194 30.111 34.647 31.713 31.769 33.596 35.975 30.499 +2,33% -15,22% -9,22%
March 36.044 28.902 38.318 31.951 35.645 38.409 38.089 38.743 +14,74% +1,72% +0,87%
April 33.695 31.291 34.828 34.981 37.285 36.725 37.054 36.274 -3,25% -2,11% -1,23%
May 35.191 29.483 33.516 32.584 33.694 34.452 28.817
June 31.990 24.507 23.225 25.237 30.961 29.656 20.012
July 23.164 20.312 22.274 19.018 24.135 24.911 22.293
August 21.560 20.040 16.578 12.576 24.652 27.760 22.451
September 21.658 20.349 22.202 13.543 24.015 26.044 19.910
October 24.485 22.128 32.501 23.678 28.712 28.493 21.134
November 26.347 23.664 33.036 25.889 27.609 26.406 26.715
December 30.395 29.893 33.493 30.174 31.398 28.528 27.111
Jan-Apr 130.340 121.261 139.943 134.678 136.012 145.684 146.625 138.515
% previous ¹ +3,84% -6,97% +15,41% -3,76% +0,99% +7,11% +0,65% -5,53%
Total Year 345.130 311.637 356.768 317.377 361.188 371.934 335.068
% previous +9,78% -9,70% +14,48% -11,04% +13,80% +2,98% -9,91%
Last Update: 2017-06-06
1) change from the same period of previous year
**: Adjusted for months of 30 days (Ex. The calculation of the production change of June compared to May is obtained by considering [June production] compared to [May production : 31 x 30])
Source: Lattebusche
   

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