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Who buys the Netherlands’ cheese? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, the Netherlands exported $5.5 billion of cheese (1.1 million tonnes), 12.4% of the world total. Its main destinations were Germany (30%), Belgium (12%) and France (9%). The Netherlands was the world’s 3rd-largest exporter of cheese.

Summary

Value
$5.5billion
Tonnes
1.1million tonnes
Share of world total
12.4%
World rank
3rd
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
Germany1.7Tonnes: 312,629USD per tonne: $5,35230.4%Land
Belgium re-exports0.65Tonnes: 116,574USD per tonne: $5,55011.8%Land
France0.51Tonnes: 89,062USD per tonne: $5,6839.2%Sea
Spain0.42Tonnes: 88,998USD per tonne: $4,7107.6%Sea
Italy0.24Tonnes: 50,476USD per tonne: $4,6894.3%Sea
Greece0.21Tonnes: 45,717USD per tonne: $4,6773.9%Sea
United Kingdom0.18Tonnes: 32,151USD per tonne: $5,6473.3%Sea
Sweden0.15Tonnes: 40,137USD per tonne: $3,6452.7%Sea
United States0.14Tonnes: 18,960USD per tonne: $7,5362.6%Sea
Japan0.1Tonnes: 22,986USD per tonne: $4,3011.8%Sea
Poland0.09Tonnes: 17,416USD per tonne: $5,3231.7%Sea
Denmark0.08Tonnes: 21,549USD per tonne: $3,7431.5%Sea
Portugal0.07Tonnes: 16,332USD per tonne: $4,5851.4%Sea
Czechia0.07Tonnes: 11,831USD per tonne: $5,5111.2%Sea
Morocco0.06Tonnes: 10,072USD per tonne: $6,2761.2%Sea
Austria0.06Tonnes: 12,557USD per tonne: $4,7281.1%Sea
Mexico0.05Tonnes: 9,139USD per tonne: $6,0071%Sea
Algeria0.04Tonnes: 8,029USD per tonne: $5,2510.77%Sea
Chile0.04Tonnes: 7,925USD per tonne: $4,5270.65%Sea
Croatia0.04Tonnes: 7,689USD per tonne: $4,6060.64%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

Germany was its main destination throughout the period

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

  • Germany 1.7
  • Belgium 0.65
  • France 0.51
  • Spain 0.42
  • Italy 0.24

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Germany11.7
Belgium0.250.65
France0.260.51
Spain0.140.42
Italy0.110.24

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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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