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Who buys Ireland’s cheese? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Ireland exported $1.6 billion of cheese (326 thousand tonnes), 3.7% of the world total. Its main destinations were the United Kingdom (27%), the Netherlands (24%) and Germany (9%). Ireland was the world’s 8th-largest exporter of cheese.

Summary

Value
$1.6billion
Tonnes
326thousand tonnes
Share of world total
3.7%
World rank
8th
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
United Kingdom445Tonnes: 90,104USD per tonne: $4,94227%Land
Netherlands re-exports400Tonnes: 85,788USD per tonne: $4,66224.3%Sea
Germany143Tonnes: 28,563USD per tonne: $4,9908.7%Sea
France120Tonnes: 20,676USD per tonne: $5,8207.3%Sea
United States102Tonnes: 12,789USD per tonne: $7,9746.2%Sea
Algeria70.5Tonnes: 13,842USD per tonne: $5,0924.3%Sea
Japan63.1Tonnes: 13,866USD per tonne: $4,5493.8%Sea
Spain47.1Tonnes: 10,181USD per tonne: $4,6242.9%Sea
Saudi Arabia23.5Tonnes: 4,832USD per tonne: $4,8561.4%Sea
Greece16.8Tonnes: 2,353USD per tonne: $7,1531%Sea
Canada16.6Tonnes: 1,969USD per tonne: $8,4111%Sea
Libya16.5Tonnes: 3,338USD per tonne: $4,9431%Sea
Belgium re-exports16.1Tonnes: 6,322USD per tonne: $2,5530.98%Sea
Bahrain15.1Tonnes: 2,855USD per tonne: $5,3070.92%Sea
Morocco14.6Tonnes: 3,009USD per tonne: $4,8410.88%Sea
United Arab Emirates12.2Tonnes: 2,039USD per tonne: $5,9860.74%Sea
Poland12Tonnes: 2,265USD per tonne: $5,2970.73%Sea
Austria11.2Tonnes: 2,197USD per tonne: $5,1150.68%Sea
Australia10.4Tonnes: 1,266USD per tonne: $8,1960.63%Sea
Egypt9.5Tonnes: 1,756USD per tonne: $5,3960.58%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

The United Kingdom was its main destination throughout the period

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

  • United Kingdom 445
  • Netherlands 400
  • Germany 143
  • France 120
  • United States 102

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United Kingdom233445
Netherlands21.4400
Germany8.9143
France10.6120
United States6.9102

Sources and methodology

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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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