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Who buys Germany’s cheese? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Germany exported $6.6 billion of cheese (1.4 million tonnes), 14.9% of the world total. Its main destinations were Italy (17%), the Netherlands (10%) and France (8%). Germany was the world’s largest exporter of cheese.

Summary

Value
$6.6billion
Tonnes
1.4million tonnes
Share of world total
14.9%
World rank
1st
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Italy1.2Tonnes: 252,383USD per tonne: $4,55917.4%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.68Tonnes: 168,129USD per tonne: $4,01710.2%Land
France0.54Tonnes: 107,753USD per tonne: $5,0028.2%Land
Spain0.43Tonnes: 95,420USD per tonne: $4,5466.6%Sea
Belgium re-exports0.42Tonnes: 91,313USD per tonne: $4,6326.4%Land
Austria0.42Tonnes: 87,205USD per tonne: $4,7686.3%Land
Romania0.26Tonnes: 50,413USD per tonne: $5,1704%Sea
Poland0.24Tonnes: 51,136USD per tonne: $4,7893.7%Land
Greece0.24Tonnes: 53,662USD per tonne: $4,5283.7%Sea
United Kingdom0.22Tonnes: 54,283USD per tonne: $3,9953.3%Sea
Czechia0.21Tonnes: 49,231USD per tonne: $4,2723.2%Land
Hungary0.2Tonnes: 45,262USD per tonne: $4,5253.1%Sea
Denmark0.11Tonnes: 27,171USD per tonne: $4,0141.7%Land
Switzerland0.1Tonnes: 19,547USD per tonne: $5,3081.6%Land
Sweden0.09Tonnes: 24,425USD per tonne: $3,8701.4%Sea
Croatia0.09Tonnes: 18,920USD per tonne: $4,6701.3%Sea
Finland0.08Tonnes: 19,758USD per tonne: $4,2461.3%Sea
Ireland0.07Tonnes: 17,098USD per tonne: $4,0111%Sea
Slovakia0.06Tonnes: 14,099USD per tonne: $4,4480.95%Sea
Dominican Republic0.06Tonnes: 14,017USD per tonne: $4,4240.94%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

Italy was its main destination throughout the period

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

  • Italy 1.2
  • Netherlands 0.68
  • France 0.54
  • Spain 0.43
  • Belgium 0.42

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Italy0.621.2
Netherlands0.090.68
France0.130.54
Spain0.040.43
Belgium0.140.42

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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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