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Where does Germany get its cheese? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Germany imported $5.8 billion of cheese (950 thousand tonnes), 13.1% of the world total. Its main sources were the Netherlands (29%), France (15%) and Italy (14%). Germany was the world’s largest importer of cheese.

Summary

Value
$5.8billion
Tonnes
950thousand tonnes
Share of world total
13.1%
World rank
1st
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Netherlands re-exports1.7Tonnes: 312,629USD per tonne: $5,35228.8%Land
France0.89Tonnes: 117,495USD per tonne: $7,61115.4%Land
Italy0.82Tonnes: 86,251USD per tonne: $9,45014%Sea
Austria0.53Tonnes: 85,066USD per tonne: $6,2619.2%Land
Denmark0.43Tonnes: 110,045USD per tonne: $3,9307.4%Land
Switzerland0.4Tonnes: 38,390USD per tonne: $10,3536.8%Land
Greece0.27Tonnes: 35,971USD per tonne: $7,5244.7%Sea
Poland0.14Tonnes: 42,142USD per tonne: $3,4082.5%Land
Ireland0.14Tonnes: 28,563USD per tonne: $4,9902.5%Sea
Belgium re-exports0.13Tonnes: 23,879USD per tonne: $5,3222.2%Land
Latvia0.07Tonnes: 16,008USD per tonne: $4,1131.1%Sea
Luxembourg0.06Tonnes: 11,489USD per tonne: $5,2071%Land
United Kingdom0.06Tonnes: 8,821USD per tonne: $6,4460.98%Sea
Slovakia0.04Tonnes: 4,331USD per tonne: $9,1210.68%Sea
Spain0.03Tonnes: 3,749USD per tonne: $9,0560.58%Sea
Cyprus0.03Tonnes: 3,422USD per tonne: $8,5710.5%Sea
Czechia0.02Tonnes: 3,968USD per tonne: $4,0010.27%Land
Estonia0.02Tonnes: 4,136USD per tonne: $3,6360.26%Sea
Bulgaria0.01Tonnes: 2,329USD per tonne: $6,3190.25%Sea
Turkey0.01Tonnes: 1,148USD per tonne: $7,5670.15%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

The Netherlands has been its main source since 2006

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

  • Netherlands 1.7
  • France 0.89
  • Italy 0.82
  • Austria 0.53
  • Denmark 0.43

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Netherlands11.7
France0.740.89
Italy0.170.82
Austria0.020.53
Denmark0.370.43

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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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