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

In 2024, the United States imported $2 billion of cheese (210 thousand tonnes), 4.5% of the world total. Its main sources were Italy (26%), France (13%) and Spain (8%). The United States was the world’s 7th-largest importer of cheese.

Summary

Value
$2billion
Tonnes
210thousand tonnes
Share of world total
4.5%
World rank
7th
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
Italy524Tonnes: 40,955USD per tonne: $12,79626.5%Sea
France247Tonnes: 23,947USD per tonne: $10,33112.5%Sea
Spain160Tonnes: 15,553USD per tonne: $10,3078.1%Sea
Netherlands re-exports143Tonnes: 18,960USD per tonne: $7,5367.2%Sea
Switzerland132Tonnes: 8,774USD per tonne: $14,9996.7%Sea
Ireland102Tonnes: 12,789USD per tonne: $7,9745.2%Sea
United Kingdom88.2Tonnes: 9,710USD per tonne: $9,0854.5%Sea
Canada86.9Tonnes: 8,728USD per tonne: $9,9544.4%Land
Greece85.3Tonnes: 8,131USD per tonne: $10,4914.3%Sea
Nicaragua65.3Tonnes: 9,401USD per tonne: $6,9483.3%Sea
Germany44.5Tonnes: 6,155USD per tonne: $7,2342.3%Sea
Mexico41.4Tonnes: 7,314USD per tonne: $5,6582.1%Land
Denmark36.6Tonnes: 4,856USD per tonne: $7,5431.9%Sea
Turkey23.1Tonnes: 2,829USD per tonne: $8,1681.2%Sea
Bulgaria16.6Tonnes: 2,580USD per tonne: $6,4400.84%Sea
Lithuania13.1Tonnes: 2,167USD per tonne: $6,0670.66%Sea
Finland13Tonnes: 2,297USD per tonne: $5,6520.66%Sea
Cyprus11.5Tonnes: 1,325USD per tonne: $8,6710.58%Sea
Australia11.3Tonnes: 1,211USD per tonne: $9,3560.57%Sea
Israel11.1Tonnes: 1,580USD per tonne: $7,0170.56%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Italy was its main source throughout the period

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

  • Italy 524
  • France 247
  • Spain 160
  • Netherlands 143
  • Switzerland 132

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Italy131524
France63.3247
Spain2160
Netherlands39.6143
Switzerland31.5132

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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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