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Italy: Pecorino Romano PDO Cheese Production

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This page contains data of Italian production of Pecorino Romano P.D.O. (Protected Designation of Origin) Cheese, both in terms of tons of cheese, and in terms of hectoliter s of milk used.

The data are presented in a diachronic table of the last 3 dairy seasons (October-July) and displayed with a graph that shows the seasonal evolution.
The following graphs show the evolution, monthly and yearly, of milk deliveries to dairies in relation to the volumes of milk destined for the production of Pecorino Romano.

Two tables below show the data on cheese production and milk used, organized by Region (Sardinia and Lazio), with the possibility of consulting them also by Province.

The graphs below compare:
  • the historical trend of Pecorino Romano PDO production with the average price of Pecorino Romano DOP aged for 5 months, listed on the Milan Chamber of Commerce
  • the historical monthly change of Pecorino Romano PDO production, over the same month of previous year, with the average price of Pecorino Romano DOP aged for 5 months, listed on the Milan Chamber of Commerce.
Pecorino Romano PDO Cheese Production (Cheese production season)
month2 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 ± % Tons of
product on
2020/21 		± % Tons of
product on
2019/20
Pecorino Romano PDO (Ton) Pecorino Romano PDO (Ton) Milk Conferred* (hL) Total Milk** (hL) Pecorino Romano PDO (Ton) Milk Conferred* (hL) Total Milk** (hL) Pecorino Romano PDO (Ton) Milk Conferred* (hL) Total Milk** (hL) Pecorino Romano PDO (Ton)
October 27 6 1.238 (p) 489 (p) 9 (p) 1.721 (p) 644 (p) 12 (p) - 1.159 (p) 22 (p) +84,3% +145,0%
November 97 67 10.861 (p) 5.668 (p) 97 (p) 22.980 (p) 8.926 (p) 154 (p) - 13.424 (p) 240 (p) +56,6% +148,9%
December 1.455 1.046 114.373 (p) 71.293 (p) 1.200 (p) 182.570 (p) 129.992 (p) 2.218 (p) - 100.541 (p) 1.709 (p) -23,0% +42,3%
January 3.783 3.043 280.036 (p) 190.613 (p) 3.239 (p) 316.657 (p) 226.156 (p) 3.993 (p) - 193.346 (p) 3.272 (p) -18,1% +1,0%
February 4.540 2.414 369.883 (p) 256.254 (p) 4.365 (p) 333.830 (p) 248.567 (p) 4.297 (p) - 232.481 (p) 4.055 (p) -5,6% -7,1%
March 5.912 4.623 463.745 (p) 334.801 (p) 5.673 (p) 437.479 (p) 348.919 (p) 5.902 (p) - - -
April 6.906 5.653 491.666 (p) 374.055 (p) 6.274 (p) 489.211 (p) 407.087 (p) 6.633 (p) - - -
May 5.940 5.255 425.168 (p) 318.215 (p) 5.510 (p) 433.051 (p) 327.623 (p) 5.731 (p) - - -
June 3.856 3.282 265.518 (p) 180.442 (p) 3.288 (p) 269.439 (p) 198.474 (p) 3.537 (p) - - -
July 1.666 1.550 119.536 (p) 67.272 (p) 1.254 (p) 137.113 (p) 98.190 (p) 1.806 (p) - - -
Oct-Feb 9.903 6.575 776.391 (p) 524.317 (p) 8.910 (p) 857.758 (p) 614.285 (p) 10.673 (p) - 540.952 9.297
% y-o-y¹ +18,1% -33,6% +34,3% +38,5% +35,5% +10,5% +17,2% +19,8% - -11,9% -12,9%
Dairy Season 34.183 26.939 2.542.024 (p) 1.799.103 (p) 30.909 (p) 2.624.050 (p) 1.994.578 (p) 34.282 (p)
% y-o-y +22,7% -21,2% +12,4% +15,3% +14,7% +3,2% +10,9% +10,9%
Last update: 01-04-2022
* Milk deliveries to dairies producing Pecorino Romano PDO Cheese
** Milk used for Pecorino Romano PDO Cheese production
(p) provisional
1) change from the same period of previous year
2) Cheese production season (from October to July)
Cheese paste at 24 hours from the production.
Data may undergo non-significant changes.
Source: Consorzio di Tutela del Formaggio Pecorino Romano - dati certificati Organismo di Controllo IFCQ
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Dairy Season October 2018 - July 2019
Pecorino Romano PDO Cheese Production 2019 - 2020 (Tons)
Region Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Tot d.s.
2019/2020 		± on d.s.
2018/2019*
Sardegna - 44 1.107 3.105 4.187 5.421 5.979 5.242 3.114 1.157 29.356 +13,8%
Cagliari - - - - 25 41 49 62 51 24 252 +540,7%
Carbonia Iglesias - - 3 22 34 56 75 47 23 8 267 +20,6%
Medio Campidano - - 21 92 147 184 172 154 93 9 871 +2,8%
Nuoro - 5 175 503 635 807 900 790 421 83 4.321 +3,0%
Oristano - 30 137 329 414 672 722 650 389 254 3.595 +25,9%
Sassari - 9 674 1.788 2.283 2.903 3.240 2.755 1.614 580 15.845 +12,2%
Sud Sardegna - - 97 371 650 758 821 784 523 199 4.204 +20,0%
Lazio 9 53 93 138 178 252 295 272 174 98 1.562 +35,3%
Roma - 18 29 53 69 96 102 90 63 42 562 +24,5%
Viterbo 9 35 64 86 109 156 193 182 110 55 1.000 +42,2%
Italy 9 97 1.201 3.243 4.365 5.673 6.274 5.514 3.288 1.254 30.917
% change y-o-y +61,6% +44,6% +14,7% +6,5% +80,9% +22,7% +11,0% +4,9% +0,2% -19,1% +14,8%
2018 / 2019 6 67 1.046 3.045 2.414 4.622 5.653 5.256 3.282 1.551 26.942
Source: Consorzio di Tutela del Formaggio Pecorino Romano - dati certificati Organismo di Controllo IFCQ
* change from same period of previous year.
d.s.: Dairy Season
Milk used for the production of Pecorino Romano PDO 2019 - 2020 (hL)
Region Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Tot d.s.
2019/2020 		± on d.s.
2018/2019*
Sardegna - 2.811 66.270 183.464 246.341 321.260 357.569 303.419 171.133 62.216 1.714.483 +14,5%
Cagliari - - - - 1.650 2.640 3.063 3.770 2.976 1.446 15.545 +515,9%
Carbonia Iglesias - - 188 1.306 2.021 3.376 4.583 2.694 1.265 434 15.866 +19,6%
Medio Campidano - - 1.273 5.380 8.540 10.614 10.056 8.773 5.069 455 50.160 +4,2%
Nuoro - 295 10.698 30.023 37.705 48.185 54.466 46.206 23.119 4.378 255.076 +4,9%
Oristano - 2.006 8.606 20.495 23.138 40.332 44.058 37.928 21.661 14.055 212.281 +23,3%
Sassari - 509 39.486 104.181 135.005 171.402 192.443 158.476 88.962 30.908 921.372 +12,9%
Sud Sardegna - - 6.019 22.079 38.282 44.711 48.900 45.573 28.080 10.540 244.184 +20,6%
Lazio 489 2.857 5.023 7.404 9.913 13.542 16.486 15.070 9.309 5.056 85.150 +35,8%
Roma - 930 1.575 2.755 3.955 4.984 5.777 5.040 3.408 2.160 30.584 +26,9%
Viterbo 489 1.927 3.448 4.649 5.958 8.558 10.709 10.030 5.901 2.896 54.566 +41,4%
Italy 489 5.668 71.293 190.868 256.254 334.801 374.055 318.490 180.442 67.272 1.799.633
% change y-o-y +64,4% +52,9% +17,3% +9,4% +84,1% +21,8% +11,9% +5,5% -2,9% -20,8% +15,3%
2018 / 2019 298 3.706 60.763 174.477 139.201 274.985 334.231 301.875 185.826 84.993 1.560.354
Source: Consorzio di Tutela del Formaggio Pecorino Romano - dati certificati Organismo di Controllo IFCQ
* change from same period of previous year.