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Where does Spain get its cheese? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Spain imported $2 billion of cheese (403 thousand tonnes), 4.5% of the world total. Its main sources were Germany (22%), the Netherlands (21%) and France (19%). Spain was the world’s 6th-largest importer of cheese.

Summary

Value
$2billion
Tonnes
403thousand tonnes
Share of world total
4.5%
World rank
6th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Germany434Tonnes: 95,420USD per tonne: $4,54621.6%Sea
Netherlands re-exports419Tonnes: 88,998USD per tonne: $4,71020.9%Sea
France380Tonnes: 83,839USD per tonne: $4,53618.9%Land
Italy344Tonnes: 41,586USD per tonne: $8,28317.2%Sea
Denmark102Tonnes: 20,217USD per tonne: $5,0235.1%Sea
Belgium re-exports101Tonnes: 23,974USD per tonne: $4,2065%Sea
Poland47.3Tonnes: 11,061USD per tonne: $4,2792.4%Sea
Ireland47.1Tonnes: 10,181USD per tonne: $4,6242.3%Sea
Portugal39.8Tonnes: 8,579USD per tonne: $4,6342%Land
United Kingdom27.5Tonnes: 5,081USD per tonne: $5,4141.4%Sea
Greece26.7Tonnes: 4,645USD per tonne: $5,7511.3%Sea
Austria6.5Tonnes: 1,634USD per tonne: $3,9550.32%Sea
Romania5.5Tonnes: 1,516USD per tonne: $3,6570.28%Sea
Hungary4.5Tonnes: 944USD per tonne: $4,7510.22%Sea
Switzerland4Tonnes: 772USD per tonne: $5,1930.2%Sea
Lithuania3.8Tonnes: 671USD per tonne: $5,6520.19%Sea
Luxembourg2.9Tonnes: 419USD per tonne: $7,0350.15%Sea
Cyprus2.6Tonnes: 693USD per tonne: $3,8110.13%Sea
Latvia2.2Tonnes: 524USD per tonne: $4,2320.11%Sea
Sweden2.1Tonnes: 837USD per tonne: $2,5570.11%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Germany has been its main source since 2024

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

  • Germany 434
  • Netherlands 419
  • France 380
  • Italy 344
  • Denmark 102

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Germany40.6434
Netherlands138419
France107380
Italy12.6344
Denmark37.7102

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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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