The amount of cheese shipped by Portugal in 2020 was 8,161 tons. In 2019 Portugal exported 8,913 tonnes of cheese. For the year 2019 alone, the market for Portugal cheese (processed category) has reduced, flactuating by -6.327 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, cheese's exports decreased by -4.6% earning the nation US$42.85m for the year 2019. Portugal's cheese exports are categorised as:
- Processed cheese, not grated or powdered (HS code 040630)
- Grated or powdered cheese, of all kinds (HS code 040620)
- Fresh cheese "unripened or uncured cheese", incl. whey cheese, and curd (HS code 040610)
- Blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by "Penicillium roqueforti" (HS code 040640)
- Cheese (excluding fresh cheese, incl. whey cheese, curd, processed cheese, blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by "Penicillium roqueforti", and grated or powdered cheese) (HS code 040690)
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Portugal queijo export values
In 2019, Portugal supplied cheese with a value of 42.85m USD, a contraction of -10.55% from 2018's total cheese export of 47.904m USD. The annual change in value of Portugal cheese between 2017 to 2018 was 6.013 pc.
The per year change in the quantity of Portugal's cheese exports between 2017 and 2019 was -4.6% compared to a variation of -6.327% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Portugal's share of the world's total cheese's exports in 2019 was less than 1%. Portugal is ranked number 32 in world exports of cheese.
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Export markets for Portugal queijo ( in '000$ )
Portugal's best performing export markets for cheese are Morocco, Canada, Austria, Luxembourg and Macao.
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Import/Export Trends
Portugal is a net importer of cheese. The annual growth of Portugal cheese in value between 2015 to 2019 was 9%, per annum, while annual growth in quantity was 5%, per annum.
Portugal brought in 62,389 tonnes of cheese in 2019.
