Top exporters of cheese worldwide in 2023

In 2023, Germany was the largest exporter of cheese worldwide with exports amounting to a value of of 6.5 billion U.S. dollars, followed by the Netherlands with 5.7 billion dollars in cheese exports. Cheese production worldwideIn the dairy industry, cheese production ranks second after cow milk in terms of production volume: in 2021, approximately 544 million metric tons of cow milk were produced, compared to about 21.86 million metric tons of cheese. The European Union was the major global producer of cheese in 2021, with over 10.35 million metric tons of cheese produced in the EU-27. The United States came second with a cheese production volume of 6.2 million metric tons. Wisconsin and California were the two leading U.S. states for cheese production in 2021. Cheese consumption worldwidePer capita cheese consumption in the EU-27 was the highest in the world, followed by the United States and Canada. Per capita consumption of cheese in the European Union reached 20.44 kilograms in 2021. In France, a country renowned for its cheese culture, the per capita consumption was much higher than the EU average and reached 26.8 kilograms in 2019. Popular French cheeses include Camembert, Brie, Comté, Roquefort and Bleu d’Auvergne.

于2023年，德国跃居全球奶酪出口第一大国，出口额高达65亿美元，紧随其后的是荷兰，其奶酪出口额约为57亿美元。在全球乳业中，奶酪产量仅次于牛奶，2021年全球牛奶产量约为5.44亿吨，而奶酪产量约为2186万吨。欧洲联盟在2021年成为全球主要的奶酪生产国，欧盟27国奶酪产量超过1035万吨。美国位居第二，奶酪产量为620万吨。威斯康星州和加利福尼亚州是美国2021年奶酪生产的两大主要州。全球奶酪消费量方面，欧盟27国的奶酪人均消费量位居全球之首，紧随其后的是美国和加拿大。2021年，欧盟的奶酪人均消费量达到20.44公斤。在以奶酪文化著称的法国，其人均消费量远高于欧盟平均水平，2019年达到26.8公斤。法国受欢迎的奶酪品种包括卡芒贝尔、布里、孔泰、罗克福和奥弗涅蓝。