Cheese Production, European Union
This page provides with:
  • the annual balance sheet (production-stocks-import-export) of Cheese in EU.
    Data reported on the table and in their related graph are very useful (but not exhaustive) to analyse the European Cheese market;

  • the comparison, in the given period, between Cheese production and other dairy products produced in Europe: click here
  • a graph showing cheese production compared with wholesale prices of some European cheeses (Edamer and Asiago Pressato)

  • two graphs showing the annual and the cumulative monthly Cheese production trend in the EU-27 and U.S.
EU Balance Sheet: Cheese
'000 tonnes 2009 2010 2011 2012 Mar 2013
Production 8.221 8.427 8.412 8.412 2.093
Imports 84 82 74 77 20
Exports 578 676 682 776 191
Source: Processed by CLAL on Eurostat and GTIS data
EU: Cheese Productions (tons)
Country 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 ±% from 2012 ¹
Austria
Belgium
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Ireland *
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Portugal
United Kingdom
Spain
Sweden
TOTAL EU-15
152.000
68.143
345.900
101.850
1.726.038
2.018.560
12.140
140.400
1.038.380
2.900
730.100
57.140
373.800
127.560
108.630
7.003.541
148.000
68.431
324.400
106.720
1.727.113
2.022.980
17.420
174.400
1.063.400
 
721.950
56.357
373.000
118.361
114.222
7.036.754
145.928
68.760
324.300
104.450
1.712.339
2.085.590
27.279
174.200
1.071.790
3.300
713.600
54.130
357.000
125.666
105.501
7.073.833
153.385
71.930
292.200
108.510
1.827.485
2.169.410
22.200
171.900
1.021.760
 
753.200
56.580
371.100
124.360
103.104
7.247.124
159.267
77.420
274.800
108.900
1.767.326
2.196.390
27.000
179.700
1.002.310
 
749.900
57.870
386.300
130.379
103.294
7.220.856
165.362
74.730
302.700
102.210
1.814.091
2.240.220
26.920
 
984.590
 
763.700
59.064
388.800
140.882
99.259
7.162.528
39.769
19.080
75.100
25.980
455.670
559.770
6.200
 
236.960
 
194.400
13.582
89.600
34.235
23.613
1.773.959
  -5,77% (Mar '13)
  0,37% (Mar '13)
  1,08% (Mar '13)
  -6,04% (Mar '13)
  -0,38% (Mar '13)
  -0,36% (Mar '13)
  -10,14% (Mar '13)
  - -
  -5,44% (Mar '13)
  - -
  0,41% (Mar '13)
  -2,85% (Mar '13)
  -10,58% (Mar '13)
  3,69% (Mar '13)
  -6,85% (Mar '13)
 
Cheese Productions UE-N10 (tons)
Cyprus
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Malta
Poland
Czech Republic
Slovakia
Slovenia
Hungary
TOTAL EU-N10
1.593
31.400
35.290
91.420
286
607.490
113.302
39.780
18.748
72.131
1.011.440
1.400
35.700
32.250
107.250
400
637.323
108.717
33.548
19.530
72.919
1.049.037
2.317
36.700
29.100
93.890
 
628.261
107.290
30.608
18.455
75.009
1.021.630
1.330
38.400
32.540
98.590
 
667.511
108.544
25.124
18.671
71.999
1.062.709
1.832
39.800
27.560
103.190
51
680.363
110.443
26.690
18.656
64.970
1.073.555
174
42.800
31.720
116.200
45
718.645
111.427
27.887
17.995
69.974
1.136.867
 
10.700
8.440
31.800
 
184.516
29.181
7.099
4.230
18.174
294.140
  - -
  -2,73% (Mar '13)
  47,81% (Mar '13)
  36,60% (Mar '13)
  - -
  2,15% (Mar '13)
  7,84% (Mar '13)
  -0,24% (Mar '13)
  -11,38% (Mar '13)
  -0,43% (Mar '13)
 
Cheese Productions UE-N2 (tons)
Bulgaria
Romania
TOTAL EU-N2
72.793
61.890
134.683
65.060
64.890
129.950
61.240
63.993
125.233
57.670
59.232
116.902
58.920
58.407
117.327
52.925
59.784
112.709
12.017
13.202
25.219
  -3,03% (Mar '13)
  -6,92% (Mar '13)
 
TOTAL EU-27 8.149.664 8.215.741 8.220.696 8.426.735 8.411.738 8.412.104 2.093.318  
Change on the previous year ² +0,81% +0,06% +2,51% -0,18% +0,00%
-0,81%
 
* Ireland: yearly updating
¹ The percentages are based on the same period of the previous year.
NOTE: Data form Eurostat are subject to adjustment
Source: Eurostat
Source: Productschap Zuivel
NOTE: Monthly changes of current year are calculeted considering the same countries updated in the corresponding month of previous year.
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