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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 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2024 2025 Var % Period
Austria 205.080 205.690 214.760 220.730 226.640 233.040 159.350 164.360 +3,1% Jan - Aug '25
Belgium 104.870 103.660 109.230 109.680 123.090 137.570 103.270 107.010 +3,6% Jan - Sep '25
Bulgaria 82.830 91.330 93.080 88.730 88.250 84.010 63.950 63.010 -1,5% Jan - Sep '25
Croatia 33.410 31.340 31.890 32.740 32.510 32.460 22.160 20.890 -5,7% Jan - Aug '25
Cyprus 250 180 130 140 240 200 120 160(e) - Jan - Aug '25
Czech Republic 134.320 147.420 153.430 153.860 163.180 176.960 134.490 137.090 +1,9% Jan - Sep '25
Denmark 457.400 467.700 454.500 467.700 496.700 518.000 349.900 351.300 +0,4% Jan - Aug '25
Estonia 45.500 46.000 47.400 48.500 51.900 64.800 43.900 44.020(e) +0,3% Jan - Aug '25
Finland 83.590 85.680 83.600 82.130 84.730 82.920 61.640 64.370 +4,4% Jan - Sep '25
France 1.695.650 1.671.450 1.717.260 1.729.680 1.739.660 1.768.020 1.322.450 1.337.180 +1,1% Jan - Sep '25
Germany 2.389.288 2.448.640 2.461.334 2.429.802 2.450.590 2.526.343 1.916.715 1.919.325 +0,1% Jan - Sep '25
Greece 21.900 20.760 22.170 25.730 28.030 30.180 19.780 23.360 +18,1% Jan - Aug '25
Hungary 85.740 93.660 95.110 92.280 84.800 92.120 69.670 73.860 +6,0% Jan - Sep '25
Ireland 269.200 285.600 287.100 282.300 284.800 271.100 221.500 221.500(e) 0,0% Jan - Sep '25
Italy 1.123.640 1.181.390 1.197.390 1.201.160 1.204.930 1.215.120 809.790 809.790(e) 0,0% Jan - Aug '25
Latvia 50.510 51.890 52.420 50.610 56.510 56.710 37.210 40.930(e) +10,0% Jan - Aug '25
Lithuania 97.850 100.590 99.180 95.360 96.990 103.580 78.220 77.380 -1,1% Jan - Sep '25
Luxembourg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (c) - -
Malta 0 180 0 0 0 0 0 (c) - Jan - Sep '25
Netherlands 920.800 972.700 946.800 942.100 949.400 935.500 626.800 616.000 -1,7% Jan - Aug '25
Poland 878.950 909.160 941.870 945.020 1.000.650 1.045.740 782.080 811.850 +3,8% Jan - Sep '25
Portugal 65.150 62.850 63.850 66.990 62.520 65.060 48.630 51.400 +5,7% Jan - Sep '25
Romania 83.050 85.270 91.610 94.970 93.980 102.300 67.730 71.130 +5,0% Jan - Aug '25
Slovakia 38.350 38.210 39.200 37.540 37.130 40.760 30.260 33.100 +9,4% Jan - Sep '25
Slovenia 16.100 15.800 15.730 16.000 15.710 17.140 12.840 12.530 -2,4% Jan - Sep '25
Spain 196.090 188.600 201.090 186.040 185.090 185.170 139.670 152.000 +8,8% Jan - Sep '25
Sweden 80.440 83.490 84.190 78.460 79.430 82.200 55.200 58.450 +5,9% Jan - Aug '25
TOTAL EU-27 9.159.958 9.389.060 9.504.324 9.478.252 9.637.460 9.867.003 6.643.819 6.700.135 (e) +0,8% Jan - Aug '25
y-o-y % +2,5% +1,2% -0,3% +1,7% +2,4%      
(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, ISTAT, CSO, 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 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Aug 2025
Production [D7121] (P) 9.071 9.160 9.389 9.504 9.478 9.637 9.867 6.700
Production of Processed Cheese [D7200] (P2) 624(e) 629(e) 603(e) 604(e) 588(e) 575(e) 591(e) n.d.
Imports (I) 197 212 223 196 187 174 187 129
Exports (E) 1.279 1.348 1.402 1.385 1.327 1.385 1.387 923
Apparent Domestic Consumption (P + P2 + I - E ) 8.613 8.653 8.813 8.919 8.926 9.001 9.258 5.906
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