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Who buys France’s cheese? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, France exported $4.2 billion of cheese (686 thousand tonnes), 9.4% of the world total. Its main destinations were Germany (21%), Belgium (12%) and Spain (9%). France was the world’s 4th-largest exporter of cheese.

Summary

Value
$4.2billion
Tonnes
686thousand tonnes
Share of world total
9.4%
World rank
4th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Germany894Tonnes: 117,495USD per tonne: $7,61121.5%Land
Belgium re-exports498Tonnes: 82,213USD per tonne: $6,05712%Land
Spain380Tonnes: 83,839USD per tonne: $4,5369.1%Land
United Kingdom341Tonnes: 56,532USD per tonne: $6,0408.2%Sea
Luxembourg254Tonnes: 34,526USD per tonne: $7,3586.1%Land
United States247Tonnes: 23,947USD per tonne: $10,3315.9%Sea
Netherlands re-exports225Tonnes: 87,004USD per tonne: $2,5895.4%Sea
Italy222Tonnes: 40,420USD per tonne: $5,4995.3%Land
Switzerland129Tonnes: 12,801USD per tonne: $10,0703.1%Land
Japan71.1Tonnes: 9,524USD per tonne: $7,4701.7%Sea
Portugal59.2Tonnes: 11,796USD per tonne: $5,0221.4%Sea
Denmark59Tonnes: 13,710USD per tonne: $4,3061.4%Sea
Sweden58.5Tonnes: 7,611USD per tonne: $7,6791.4%Sea
Canada56.4Tonnes: 6,480USD per tonne: $8,7071.4%Sea
Poland49.9Tonnes: 8,713USD per tonne: $5,7261.2%Sea
Australia43.6Tonnes: 3,481USD per tonne: $12,5211.1%Sea
Austria36.6Tonnes: 4,586USD per tonne: $7,9800.88%Sea
China36.1Tonnes: 5,829USD per tonne: $6,1880.87%Sea
South Korea32.5Tonnes: 4,000USD per tonne: $8,1370.78%Sea
Czechia29.4Tonnes: 3,663USD per tonne: $8,0290.71%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

Germany was its main destination throughout the period

Value in USD millions. The five largest destinations in 2024.

  • Germany 894
  • Belgium 498
  • Spain 380
  • United Kingdom 341
  • Luxembourg 254

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Germany740894
Belgium276498
Spain107380
United Kingdom161341
Luxembourg0254

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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