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Who buys Italy’s cheese? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Italy exported $5.7 billion of cheese (670 thousand tonnes), 12.8% of the world total. Its main destinations were France (19%), Germany (14%) and the United States (9%). Italy was the world’s 2nd-largest exporter of cheese.

Summary

Value
$5.7billion
Tonnes
670thousand tonnes
Share of world total
12.8%
World rank
2nd
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
France1.1Tonnes: 139,559USD per tonne: $7,60018.7%Land
Germany0.82Tonnes: 86,251USD per tonne: $9,45014.3%Sea
United States0.52Tonnes: 40,955USD per tonne: $12,7969.2%Sea
United Kingdom0.43Tonnes: 45,646USD per tonne: $9,3917.5%Sea
Spain0.34Tonnes: 41,586USD per tonne: $8,2836.1%Sea
Switzerland0.27Tonnes: 28,460USD per tonne: $9,4154.7%Land
Belgium re-exports0.21Tonnes: 28,771USD per tonne: $7,2003.6%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.2Tonnes: 21,644USD per tonne: $9,0293.4%Sea
Austria0.14Tonnes: 17,012USD per tonne: $8,4962.5%Land
Sweden0.14Tonnes: 18,547USD per tonne: $7,7192.5%Sea
Poland0.12Tonnes: 14,400USD per tonne: $8,3672.1%Sea
Japan0.11Tonnes: 12,371USD per tonne: $9,1902%Sea
Canada0.11Tonnes: 9,251USD per tonne: $12,2762%Sea
Romania0.09Tonnes: 13,541USD per tonne: $6,6541.6%Sea
Denmark0.08Tonnes: 12,797USD per tonne: $6,1391.4%Sea
Luxembourg0.07Tonnes: 12,350USD per tonne: $6,0681.3%Sea
China0.07Tonnes: 11,601USD per tonne: $6,4551.3%Sea
Greece0.07Tonnes: 8,566USD per tonne: $8,7241.3%Sea
Australia0.07Tonnes: 6,704USD per tonne: $10,7401.3%Sea
Czechia0.06Tonnes: 7,168USD per tonne: $8,1901%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

France has been its main destination since 2008

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

  • France 1.1
  • Germany 0.82
  • United States 0.52
  • United Kingdom 0.43
  • Spain 0.34

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
France0.111.1
Germany0.170.82
United States0.130.52
United Kingdom0.050.43
Spain0.010.34

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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