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EU-28: 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-28: Production of Cheese from cows' milk (Tons)
COUNTRY 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2019 2020 Var % Period
Austria 173.740 185.150 194.550 200.640 203.260 205.080 156.660 157.540 +0,6% Jan - Sep '20
Belgium 80.640 95.740 104.340 110.820 106.970 104.870 77.980 75.820 -2,8% Jan - Sep '20
Bulgaria 64.790 66.940 68.460 75.780 79.090 82.830 62.460 69.940 +12,0% Jan - Sep '20
Croatia 31.850 33.580 35.670 34.220 34.240 33.410 25.540 23.740 -7,0% Jan - Sep '20
Cyprus 1.100 600 700 410 650 250 220 120 - Jan - Sep '20
Czech Republic 116.640 120.670 127.470 133.320 134.900 134.320 113.420 124.460 +9,7% Jan - Oct '20
Denmark 369.100 389.500 428.000 449.900 451.600 457.400 343.400 351.100 +2,2% Jan - Sep '20
Estonia 40.500 43.100 43.300 44.400 44.800 45.500 34.100 34.400 +0,9% Jan - Sep '20
Finland 99.130 88.350 83.750 85.990 87.200 83.590 69.640 71.930 +3,3% Jan - Oct '20
France 1.795.910 1.783.400 1.731.920 1.723.480 1.704.080 1.695.660 1.267.570 1.247.960 -1,5% Jan - Sep '20
Germany 2.298.030 2.320.390 2.285.330 2.303.670 2.339.376 2.389.288 1.803.766 1.857.076 +3,0% Jan - Sep '20
Greece 23.200 29.100 34.800 23.800 21.070 21.900 15.700 15.690 -0,1% Jan - Sep '20
Hungary 74.410 80.100 80.100 87.030 83.280 85.740 71.870 78.880 +9,8% Jan - Oct '20
Ireland 188.400 206.900 204.900 196.200 224.100 269.200 213.500 222.100 (e)

 +4,0% Jan - Sep '20
Italy 1.063.260 1.086.070 1.103.600 1.129.090 1.141.170 1.111.140 832.050 847.190 +1,8% Jan - Sep '20
Latvia 34.730 38.400 38.630 46.350 47.390 50.510 38.150 40.170 +5,3% Jan - Sep '20
Lithuania 102.660 100.970 97.500 99.580 101.050 97.850 82.160 84.250 +2,5% Jan - Oct '20
Luxembourg (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) - Jan - Sep '20
Malta (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) - Jan - Oct '20
Netherlands 772.000 845.000 887.900 874.300 878.800 897.400 683.900 713.100 +4,3% Jan - Sep '20
Poland 759.620 784.550 816.130 849.000 865.230 878.950 654.650 680.340 +3,9% Jan - Sep '20
Portugal 57.260 56.890 60.510 61.950 62.730 65.150 49.150 47.590 -3,2% Jan - Sep '20
Romania 64.150 68.930 73.870 77.890 79.710 83.050 63.010 65.600 +4,1% Jan - Sep '20
Slovakia 28.570 31.020 33.390 35.570 37.660 38.350 32.170 32.030 -0,4% Jan - Oct '20
Slovenia 16.970 15.480 15.550 16.930 16.540 16.100 12.150 11.950 -1,6% Jan - Sep '20
Spain 168.340 210.990 223.890 260.790 244.070 196.090 149.070 140.260 -5,9% Jan - Sep '20
Sweden 87.710 90.190 87.220 82.560 81.950 80.440 60.700 63.110 +4,0% Jan - Sep '20
United Kingdom 408.300 434.200 441.600 456.700 465.000 470.900 358.000 361.500 +1,0% Jan - Sep '20
TOTAL EU-28 8.921.010 9.206.210 9.303.080 9.460.370 9.535.916 9.594.968 7.232.866 7.378.956 (e) +2,0% Jan - Sep '20
y-o-y % +3,2% +1,1% +1,7% +0,8% +0,6%      
(e) estimated data
(c) confidential data
NOTE:The data for the higlighted countries are confidential. These countries are not considered in the calculation of the total production.
Source: Eurostat, CSO, ISTAT, BLE, 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.

EU Balance Sheet: Cheese
'000 tons 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Sep 2020
Production [D7121] (P) 8.801 8.921 9.206 9.303 9.460 9.536 9.595 7.379
Production of Processed Cheese [D7200] (P2) 660(e) 638(e) 618(e) 606(e) n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d.
Imports (I) 75 77 61 71 60 59 63 43
Exports (E) 786 721 719 799 828 833 879 696
Apparent Domestic Consumption (P + P2 + I - E ) 8.750 8.914 9.167 9.181 8.692 8.762 8.779 6.726
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: Eurostat; Import/Export: IHS; Apparent Domestic Consumption: Processed by CLAL