The amount of cheese shipped by Italy in 2020 was 463,461 metric tonnes. In 2019 Italy shipped 450,411 tonnes of cheese. Across 2019 alone, the market for Italy cheese (processed category) has gone up, recording a change of 6.296 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, cheese's exports increased by 8.43 percent netting the exporter US$3,515.12m for the year 2019. Italy's cheese exports are classified as:
- Fresh cheese "unripened or uncured cheese", incl. whey cheese, and curd (HS code 040610)
- Grated or powdered cheese, of all kinds (HS code 040620)
- Cheese (excluding fresh cheese, incl. whey cheese, curd, processed cheese, blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by "Penicillium roqueforti", and grated or powdered cheese) (HS code 040690)
- Blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by "Penicillium roqueforti" (HS code 040640)
- Processed cheese, not grated or powdered (HS code 040630)
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Italia formaggio export values
In 2019, Italy exported cheese worth 3,515.12m USD, a growth of 5.32% from 2018's total cheese export of 3337.583m USD. The yearly growth in value of Italy cheese between 2017 to 2018 was 10.718%.
The yearly variation in the volume of Italy's cheese exports between 2017 and 2019 was 8.43 percent when compared to a variation of 6.296% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.
Italy's stake of the world's total cheese's exports in 2019 was less than 1%. Italy is ranked number 44 in world exports of cheese.
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Export markets for Italia formaggio ( in '000$ )
Italy's best performing destinations for cheese are Kuwait, Moldova, Panama, Belarus and Montenegro.
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Import/Export Trends
Italy is a net importer of cheese. The annual growth of Italy cheese in value between 2015 to 2019 was 29%, per year, while annual growth in quantity during the same period was 22%, per annum.
Italy procured 534,234 tonnes of cheese in 2019.
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