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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 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 ± % Tons of
product on
2022/23
± % Tons of
product on
2021/22
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 9 12 1.913 (p) 1.159 (p) 22 (p) 5.651 (p) 2.497 (p) 47 (p) 9.074 1.676 31 -34,0% +41,4%
November 97 154 21.135 (p) 13.424 (p) 240 (p) 31.551 (p) 18.152 (p) 320 (p) 43.478 14.841 261 -18,4% +8,5%
December 1.200 2.218 148.926 (p) 100.448 (p) 1.709 (p) 165.602 (p) 127.904 (p) 2.155 (p) 199.789 142.082 2.398 +11,3% +40,4%
January 3.239 3.993 285.543 (p) 192.478 (p) 3.282 (p) 299.225 225.228 3.897 348.822 262.993 4.474 +14,8% +36,3%
February 4.365 4.297 323.675 (p) 239.933 (p) 4.055 (p) 335.911 264.519 4.510 366.596 312.273 5.292 +17,3% +30,5%
March 5.673 5.902 417.463 (p) 327.785 (p) 5.512 (p) 439.041 371.137 6.259 - - -
April 6.274 6.633 469.115 (p) 383.260 (p) 6.453 (p) 494.985 405.318 6.750 - - -
May 5.510 5.731 425.130 (p) 354.104 (p) 6.035 (p) 433.332 363.311 6.266 - - -
June 3.288 3.537 256.549 (p) 195.204 (p) 3.459 (p) 285.228 232.596 4.141 - - -
July 1.254 1.806 139.539 (p) 100.465 (p) 1.836 (p) 169.397 127.863 2.310 - - -
Oct-Feb 8.910 10.673 781.192 547.442 9.307 837.939 638.300 10.929 967.759 733.864 12.457
% y-o-y¹ +35,5% +19,8% -8,9% -10,9% -12,8% +7,3% +16,6% +17,4% +15,5% +15,0% +14,0%
Dairy Season 30.909 34.282 2.488.987 1.908.260 32.602 2.659.923 2.138.524 36.655
% y-o-y +14,7% +10,9% -5,1% -4,3% -4,9% +6,9% +12,1% +12,4%
Last update: 18-03-2024
* 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 2017 - July 2018 Dairy Season October 2019 - July 2020
Pecorino Romano PDO Cheese Production 2018 - 2019 (Tons)
Region Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Tot d.s.
2018/2019
± on d.s.
2017/2018*
Sardegna - 21 964 2.933 2.303 4.458 5.434 5.047 3.162 1.466 25.788 -18,1%
Cagliari - - 44 266 193 395 488 482 343 120 2.330 -19,3%
Nuoro - 1 246 810 570 1.137 1.339 1.283 739 405 6.530 -15,7%
Oristano - - 73 264 245 486 586 502 329 317 2.802 -8,7%
Sassari - 20 602 1.593 1.295 2.440 3.022 2.779 1.751 624 14.126 -20,6%
Lazio 6 46 82 112 110 164 219 209 121 84 1.154 +6,4%
Roma - 22 32 44 43 67 85 66 47 44 451 +49,0%
Viterbo 6 24 50 68 67 97 134 143 73 40 702 -10,2%
Italy 6 67 1.046 3.045 2.414 4.622 5.653 5.256 3.282 1.551 26.942
% change y-o-y - - - -19,5% -46,8% -21,8% -18,1% -11,5% -14,9% -6,0% -17,3%
2017 / 2018 - - - 3.783 4.540 5.912 6.906 5.940 3.856 1.650 32.588
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 2018 - 2019 (hL)
Region Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Tot d.s.
2018/2019
± on d.s.
2017/2018*
Sardegna - 1.257 56.442 168.665 133.321 265.918 321.913 290.349 179.284 80.565 1.497.715 -18,3%
Cagliari - - 2.719 15.332 11.101 23.303 28.801 27.801 19.245 6.578 134.880 -19,8%
Nuoro - 75 14.646 46.792 33.229 67.549 78.712 73.618 41.292 21.899 377.811 -15,6%
Oristano - - 4.543 16.166 14.885 30.340 35.986 29.921 19.178 18.143 169.162 -7,1%
Sassari - 1.182 34.533 90.375 74.106 144.726 178.414 159.010 99.570 33.945 815.861 -21,3%
Lazio 298 2.449 4.321 5.812 5.880 9.067 12.318 11.525 6.542 4.428 62.639 +6,3%
Roma - 1.140 1.620 2.235 2.265 3.750 4.785 3.479 2.505 2.294 24.073 +47,0%
Viterbo 298 1.309 2.701 3.577 3.615 5.317 7.533 8.046 4.037 2.111 38.543 -9,5%
Italy 298 3.706 60.763 174.477 139.201 274.985 334.231 301.875 185.826 84.993 1.560.354
% change y-o-y - - - -23,3% -47,5% -20,3% -18,8% -11,5% -12,8% -4,9% -17,6%
2017 / 2018 - - - 227.612 265.086 345.233 411.727 341.021 213.073 89.379 1.893.131
Source: Consorzio di Tutela del Formaggio Pecorino Romano - dati certificati Organismo di Controllo IFCQ
* change from same period of previous year.