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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 81.590 81.260 (e)

 -0,4% Jan - Apr '25
Belgium 104.870 103.660 109.230 109.680 123.090 137.560 44.920 46.370 (e)

 +3,2% Jan - Apr '25
Bulgaria 82.830 91.330 93.080 88.730 88.250 84.010 28.570 27.200 -4,8% Jan - Apr '25
Croatia 33.410 31.340 31.890 32.740 32.510 32.460 10.520 9.870 (e)

 -6,2% Jan - Apr '25
Cyprus 250 180 130 140 240 280 120 120 (e)

 - Jan - Apr '25
Czech Republic 134.320 147.420 153.430 153.860 163.180 176.960 58.780 59.430 +1,1% Jan - Apr '25
Denmark 457.400 467.700 454.500 467.700 496.700 518.000 172.600 172.000 (e)

 -0,3% Jan - Apr '25
Estonia 45.500 46.000 47.400 48.500 51.900 64.800 22.700 22.700 (e)

 0,0% Jan - Apr '25
Finland 83.590 85.680 83.600 82.130 84.730 82.920 27.390 28.900 +5,5% Jan - Apr '25
France 1.695.650 1.671.450 1.717.260 1.729.680 1.739.660 1.767.900 598.390 594.390 (e)

 -0,7% Jan - Apr '25
Germany 2.389.288 2.448.640 2.461.334 2.429.802 2.450.590 2.526.343 851.904 844.447 (e)

 -0,9% Jan - Apr '25
Greece 21.900 20.760 22.170 25.730 28.030 30.180 9.680 11.090 (e)

 +14,6% Jan - Apr '25
Hungary 85.740 93.660 95.110 92.280 84.800 92.120 31.470 34.400 +9,3% Jan - Apr '25
Ireland 269.200 285.600 287.100 282.300 284.800 284.800 74.300 74.300 (e)

 0,0% Jan - Apr '25
Italy 1.123.640 1.181.390 1.197.390 1.201.160 1.204.930 1.215.120 401.410 401.410 (e)

 0,0% Jan - Apr '25
Latvia 50.510 51.890 52.420 50.610 56.510 59.340 18.800 18.800 (e)

 0,0% Jan - Apr '25
Lithuania 97.850 100.590 99.180 95.360 96.990 103.580 32.910 32.250 -2,0% Jan - Apr '25
Luxembourg (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) 0 0 0 - -
Malta (c) 180(i) (c) (c) (c) 0 0 0 - Jan - Apr '25
Netherlands 920.800 972.700 946.800 942.100 949.400 935.500 318.800 315.900 (e)

 -0,9% Jan - Apr '25
Poland 878.950 909.160 941.870 945.020 1.000.650 1.045.740 354.250 363.410 +2,6% Jan - Apr '25
Portugal 65.150 62.850 63.850 66.990 62.520 65.060 20.950 22.860 +9,1% Jan - Apr '25
Romania 83.050 85.270 91.610 94.970 93.980 102.300 33.740 34.630 (e)

 +2,6% Jan - Apr '25
Slovakia 38.350 38.210 39.200 37.540 37.130 40.760 13.170 14.550 +10,5% Jan - Apr '25
Slovenia 16.100 15.800 15.730 16.000 15.710 17.140 5.630 5.370 (e)

 -4,6% Jan - Apr '25
Spain 196.090 188.600 201.090 186.040 185.090 185.170 61.560 66.870 +8,6% Jan - Apr '25
Sweden 80.440 83.490 84.190 78.460 79.430 82.200 27.500 29.030 (e)

 +5,6% Jan - Apr '25
TOTAL EU-27 9.159.958 9.389.060 9.504.324 9.478.252 9.637.460 9.883.283 3.301.654 3.311.557 (e) +0,3% Jan - Apr '25
y-o-y % +2,5% +1,2% -0,3% +1,7% +2,6%      
(e) estimated data
(i) incomplete 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 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Mar 2025
Production [D7121] (P) 9.071 9.160 9.389 9.504 9.478 9.637 9.883 2.458
Production of Processed Cheese [D7200] (P2) 624(e) 629(e) 603(e) 604(e) 588(e) 575(e) n.d. n.d.
Imports (I) 197 212 223 197 188 174 187 46
Exports (E) 1.279 1.348 1.402 1.386 1.328 1.386 1.388 333
Apparent Domestic Consumption (P + P2 + I - E ) 8.613 8.653 8.813 8.919 8.926 9.001 8.682 2.171
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