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Who buys the United States’ cheese? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, the United States exported $2.5 billion of cheese (485 thousand tonnes), 5.6% of the world total. Its main destinations were Mexico (34%), South Korea (10%) and Japan (8%). The United States was the world’s 5th-largest exporter of cheese.

Summary

Value
$2.5billion
Tonnes
485thousand tonnes
Share of world total
5.6%
World rank
5th
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
Mexico827Tonnes: 173,422USD per tonne: $4,77033.6%Land
South Korea248Tonnes: 48,555USD per tonne: $5,09910.1%Sea
Japan201Tonnes: 41,629USD per tonne: $4,8288.2%Sea
Canada120Tonnes: 20,452USD per tonne: $5,8484.9%Land
Australia115Tonnes: 26,548USD per tonne: $4,3314.7%Sea
Guatemala100Tonnes: 19,247USD per tonne: $5,2194.1%Sea
Dominican Republic82.5Tonnes: 13,741USD per tonne: $6,0033.4%Sea
Saudi Arabia70.3Tonnes: 14,541USD per tonne: $4,8372.9%Sea
Panama65.7Tonnes: 12,741USD per tonne: $5,1572.7%Sea
Chile65.5Tonnes: 12,967USD per tonne: $5,0522.7%Sea
Costa Rica46.7Tonnes: 7,436USD per tonne: $6,2821.9%Sea
China44.8Tonnes: 7,742USD per tonne: $5,7811.8%Sea
Honduras40.9Tonnes: 7,134USD per tonne: $5,7341.7%Sea
Colombia38.5Tonnes: 5,518USD per tonne: $6,9801.6%Sea
Taiwan34.2Tonnes: 6,097USD per tonne: $5,6021.4%Sea
Philippines29.1Tonnes: 7,621USD per tonne: $3,8181.2%Sea
El Salvador27.4Tonnes: 5,249USD per tonne: $5,2141.1%Sea
Bahamas22.5Tonnes: 2,807USD per tonne: $8,0170.92%Sea
United Arab Emirates21.4Tonnes: 4,868USD per tonne: $4,3960.87%Sea
Peru18.9Tonnes: 3,567USD per tonne: $5,2890.77%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

Mexico has been its main destination since 1999

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

  • Mexico 827
  • South Korea 248
  • Japan 201
  • Canada 120
  • Australia 115

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Mexico17.3827
South Korea11.4248
Japan15.6201
Canada13.6120
Australia0.15115

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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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