What is the price of cheese in Australia?

As of January 2025, cheese in Australia is US$ 5.30 per kg (7.97 AUD), sourced from UN Comtrade (unit value).

What is Australia's world rank in cheese exports?

Australia ranks #19 among 112 cheese exporters.

What was the export value of Australian cheese in 2024?

The export value was US$230,921,071.

What is the latest export price for Australian cheese?

The latest export unit value is US$5.3003 per kg.

Cheese Price in Australia - June 2026 Market Prices (Updated Monthly)

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Cheese Prices in Australia

US$ 5.30 / kg

7.97 AUD / kg

MoM ▲ 13.3% YoY ▲ 13.3%

Checked: Jun 10, 2026

Price as of: January 2025

Source: UN Comtrade (unit value)

Variety	Market level	Price (US$/kg)	Local (AUD)	MoM	YoY	Source
-	Export (unit value)	5.30	7.97	▲ 13.3%	▲ 13.3%	UN Comtrade (unit value)

As of June 2026, the cheese price in Australia available is US$ 5.30 per kg (7.97 AUD), up 13.3% year-on-year.

Australia exported 49,380 tonnes of cheese in 2024, valued at US$230.9 million, ranking #19 among 112 global exporters and accounting for 0.9% of world exports. Export volumes increased by 26.2% year-on-year, confirming Australia's position as a net exporter. The latest export unit value for cheese is US$5.3003 per kg.

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Production, Exports, Imports & HS Codes - cheese in Australia

Exports UN Comtrade · 2024

In 2024, Australia exported $230.9M (49.4 kt) of cheese▲ 26.2% YoY. That ranks #19 worldwide (0.9% of global exports).

$230.9M

Export value

49.4 kt

Export volume

#19 / 112

World rank

0.9%

Global share

$4.68

Avg export price / kg

Export value by year (US$)

Export volume by year

Top cheese exporters worldwide UN Comtrade · 2024

#1 Netherlands $4.26B · 17.4%
#2 Germany $3.22B · 13.2%
#3 France $2.89B · 11.8%
#4 Italy $2.51B · 10.3%
#5 Ireland $1.22B · 5%

Annual export data Australia · UN Comtrade

Year	Export value (US$)	Volume	Avg price/kg
2024	$230.9M	49.4 kt	$4.68
2023	$182.9M	32 kt	$5.71
2022	$192.3M	35.7 kt	$5.38
2021	$225.4M	47.4 kt	$4.76
2020	$193.6M	44.5 kt	$4.35

HS Code

cheese is traded under Harmonized System code 0406.90. Trade figures above are compiled for this HS heading.

Sources: trade & HS - UN Comtrade. Values are official reported figures.

Australia cheese - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes

The quantity of cheese sold by Australia in 2020 was 159,346 metric tons. In 2019 Australia shipped 165,317 tonnes of cheese. For the year 2019 alone, the market for Australia cheese (processed category) has gone down, flactuating by -5.808 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, cheese's exports went down by -5.66 pc earning the country US$688.17m for the year 2019. Australia's cheese exports are categorised as:

Fresh cheese "unripened or uncured cheese", incl. whey cheese, and curd (HS code 040610)
Processed cheese, not grated or powdered (HS code 040630)
Grated or powdered cheese, of all kinds (HS code 040620)
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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Australia cheese export values

In 2019, Australia sold cheese with a value of 688.17m USD, a reduction of -9.71% from 2018's total cheese export of 762.15m USD. The yearly reduction in value of Australia cheese between 2017 to 2018 was 5.489 pc.

The annual variation in the volume of Australia's cheese exports between 2017 and 2019 was -5.66 pc in comparison to a variation of -5.808% in the period between 2018 and 2019.

Australia's stake of the world's total cheese's exports in 2019 was 3.8 pc. Australia holds position 9 in world exports of cheese.

Export markets for Australia cheese ( in '000$ )

Australia's leading export markets for cheese are Malaysia, Singapore, China, Hong Kong and Canada.

Import/Export Trends

Australia is a net exporter of cheese. The annual growth of Australia cheese in value between 2015 to 2019 was 1%, per annum, while annual growth in quantity was -6%, per annum.

Australia procured 96,843 tonnes of cheese in 2019.

Other Processed Prices in Australia

Latest prices for other processed in Australia:

Natural Honey$7.24/kg Cotton$2.71/kg Molasses$0.16/kg Wheat flour$0.15/kg Canola Oil$1.09/kg Raw Hides & Skins$1.07/kg Butter$7.45/kg Chocolate$4.29/kg Coffee$9.67/kg Sugar$0.85/kg Natural Rubber$7.38/kg Cocoa Beans$7.24/kg Kelp$67.63/kg Milk & Cream$1.29/kg Coconut oil$2.24/kg

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