What is the price of cheese in Egypt?

As of January 2025, cheese in Egypt is US$ 7.98 per kg (249 EGP), sourced from UN Comtrade (unit value).

What is Egypt's world rank in cheese exports?

Egypt ranks #34 among 112 cheese exporters.

What is the latest export price for Egyptian cheese?

The latest export unit value is US$7.9792 per kg.

What was the year-on-year change in Egypt's cheese exports?

Cheese export volume declined by 2.3% year-on-year.

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

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Cheese Prices in Egypt

US$ 7.98 / kg

249 EGP / kg

MoM ▲ 5.8% YoY ▲ 5.8%

Checked: Jun 9, 2026

Price as of: January 2025

Source: UN Comtrade (unit value)

Variety	Market level	Price (US$/kg)	Local (EGP)	MoM	YoY	Source
—	Export (unit value)	7.98	249	▲ 5.8%	▲ 5.8%	UN Comtrade (unit value)

As of June 2026, the cheese price in Egypt available is US$ 7.98 per kg (249 EGP), up 5.8% year-on-year.

Egypt exported 7,429 tonnes of cheese in 2024, valued at US$56 million, ranking #34 among 112 global exporters and accounting for 0.2% of world exports. Export volume declined by 2.3% year-on-year. The latest export unit value for Egyptian cheese is US$7.9792 per kg. Egypt is a net exporter of cheese under HS code 0406.90.

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Production, Exports, Imports & HS Codes — cheese in Egypt

Exports UN Comtrade · 2024

In 2024, Egypt exported $56M (7.4 kt) of cheese▼ 2.3% YoY. That ranks #34 worldwide (0.2% of global exports).

$56M

Export value

7.4 kt

Export volume

#34 / 112

World rank

0.2%

Global share

$7.54

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 Egypt · UN Comtrade

Year	Export value (US$)	Volume	Avg price/kg
2024	$56M	7.4 kt	$7.54
2023	$57.4M	7.4 kt	$7.71
2022	$43.9M	6.4 kt	$6.85
2021	$53.1M	8.3 kt	$6.37
2020	$61.7M	10.3 kt	$6

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.

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

In 2019 Egypt sold 97,787 tonnes of cheese. For 2019 alone, the market for Egypt cheese (processed category) has decreased, with a change of -6.039 pc compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, cheese's exports reduced by -7.41 percent netting the country US$127.29m for the year 2019. Egypt'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)
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)
Fresh cheese "unripened or uncured cheese", incl. whey cheese, and curd (HS code 040610)

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Egypt cheese export values

In 2019, Egypt supplied cheese with a value of 127.29m USD, an improvement of 4.81% from 2018's total cheese export of 121.454m USD. The yearly change in value of Egypt cheese between 2017 to 2018 was 12.823 pc.

The annual variation in the quantity of Egypt's cheese exports between 2017 and 2019 was -7.41 per cent in comparison to a variation of -6.039% in the period between 2018 and 2019.

Export markets for Egypt cheese ( in '000$ )

Egypt's top destinations for cheese are Saudi Arabia, Libya, Jordan, Iraq and Oman.

Egypt ordered 29,389 tonnes of cheese in 2019.

Cheese Prices Across Africa

Compare the latest cheese prices in other Africa countries:

Tanzania$4.38/kg Senegal$7.02/kg Uganda$2.29/kg Angola$4.55/kg Morocco$9.81/kg Algeria$8.04/kg Burundi$13.92/kg Malawi$0.83/kg Tunisia$8.04/kg Benin$20.01/kg DRC Congo$5.96/kg Zimbabwe$2.02/kg Botswana$9.65/kg Cameroon$0.42/kg Kenya$9.90/kg

Other Processed Prices in Egypt

Latest prices for other processed in Egypt:

Cotton$1.68/kg Coffee$7.03/kg Olive Oil$4.70/kg Mineral water$0.70/kg Sugar$0.61/kg Sunflower Oil$1.27/kg Kefir & Buttermilk$2.40/kg Maize starch$2.70/kg Butter$8.78/kg Potato starch$2.70/kg Raw Hides & Skins$1.09/kg Yerba mate$2.25/kg Beet pulp$0.26/kg Whisky$11.72/kg Gin$0.82/kg

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