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Where does the United Kingdom get its cheese? Import sources 2024

In 2024, the United Kingdom imported $2.6 billion of cheese (444 thousand tonnes), 5.9% of the world total. Its main sources were Ireland (17%), Italy (16%) and France (13%). The United Kingdom was the world’s 4th-largest importer of cheese.

Summary

Value
$2.6billion
Tonnes
444thousand tonnes
Share of world total
5.9%
World rank
4th
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
Ireland445Tonnes: 90,104USD per tonne: $4,94217.1%Land
Italy429Tonnes: 45,646USD per tonne: $9,39116.4%Sea
France341Tonnes: 56,532USD per tonne: $6,04013.1%Sea
Denmark264Tonnes: 59,098USD per tonne: $4,46710.1%Sea
Germany217Tonnes: 54,283USD per tonne: $3,9958.3%Sea
Netherlands re-exports182Tonnes: 32,151USD per tonne: $5,6477%Sea
Cyprus165Tonnes: 19,155USD per tonne: $8,5956.3%Sea
Greece123Tonnes: 14,577USD per tonne: $8,4324.7%Sea
Belgium re-exports102Tonnes: 18,155USD per tonne: $5,5913.9%Sea
Poland74.7Tonnes: 15,740USD per tonne: $4,7492.9%Sea
Spain64.9Tonnes: 5,489USD per tonne: $11,8262.5%Sea
Slovakia45.2Tonnes: 4,479USD per tonne: $10,0971.7%Sea
New Zealand39Tonnes: 11,356USD per tonne: $3,4361.5%Sea
Switzerland24.5Tonnes: 1,743USD per tonne: $14,0570.94%Sea
Austria20.1Tonnes: 2,429USD per tonne: $8,2860.77%Sea
Bulgaria18.7Tonnes: 2,533USD per tonne: $7,3670.72%Sea
Romania13.9Tonnes: 2,024USD per tonne: $6,8740.53%Sea
Sweden11.6Tonnes: 4,557USD per tonne: $2,5350.44%Sea
Lithuania9.6Tonnes: 1,088USD per tonne: $8,8650.37%Sea
Hungary9.3Tonnes: 1,654USD per tonne: $5,6120.36%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Ireland has been its main source since 2024

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

  • Ireland 445
  • Italy 429
  • France 341
  • Denmark 264
  • Germany 217

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Ireland233445
Italy54.2429
France161341
Denmark56.7264
Germany103217

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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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