What is the price of cheese in Japan?

As of January 2025, cheese in Japan is US$ 11.74 per kg (1,621 JPY), sourced from UN Comtrade (unit value).

How much cheese did Japan export in 2024?

223 tonnes, valued at US$2,672,325.

What was the year-on-year change in Japan's cheese export value?

-47.5% compared to the previous year.

Is Japan a net exporter or importer of cheese?

Japan is a net exporter of cheese.

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

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Cheese Prices in Japan

US$ 11.74 / kg

1,621 JPY / kg

MoM ▼ 2.2% YoY ▼ 2.2%

Checked: Jun 9, 2026

Price as of: January 2025

Source: UN Comtrade (unit value)

Variety	Market level	Price (US$/kg)	Local (JPY)	MoM	YoY	Source
-	Export (unit value)	11.74	1,621	▼ 2.2%	▼ 2.2%	UN Comtrade (unit value)

As of June 2026, the cheese price in Japan available is US$ 11.74 per kg (1,621 JPY), down 2.2% year-on-year.

Japan exported 223 tonnes of cheese in 2024, valued at US$2,672,325, ranking #61 among 112 global exporters and accounting for 0.0% of world exports. Export value declined by 47.5% year-on-year. The latest export unit value for Japanese cheese is US$11.7355 per kg.

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

Exports UN Comtrade · 2024

In 2024, Japan exported $2.7M (222.7 t) of cheese▼ 47.5% YoY. That ranks #61 worldwide (0% of global exports).

$2.7M

Export value

222.7 t

Export volume

#61 / 112

World rank

Global share

$12

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 Japan · UN Comtrade

Year	Export value (US$)	Volume	Avg price/kg
2024	$2.7M	222.7 t	$12
2023	$5.1M	390.9 t	$13.03
2022	$4.8M	369.9 t	$12.92
2021	$4.4M	333.5 t	$13.14
2020	$3.7M	240.3 t	$15.48

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.

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

The amount of cheese exported by Japan in 2020 was 987 metric tons. In 2019 Japan exported 743 tonnes of cheese. In 2019 alone, the interest in Japan cheese (processed category) has shrunk, changing by -11.018 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, cheese's exports reduced by -0.8 percent netting the exporter US$10.36m for the year 2019. Japan's cheese exports are classified as:

Processed cheese, not grated or powdered (HS code 040630)
Blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by "Penicillium roqueforti" (HS code 040640)
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)
Fresh cheese "unripened or uncured cheese", incl. whey cheese, and curd (HS code 040610)

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Japan cheese export values

In 2019, Japan shipped cheese worth 10.36m USD, a contraction of -1.84% from 2018's total cheese export of 10.554m USD. The yearly reduction in value of Japan cheese between 2017 to 2018 was 12.624%.

The yearly change in the quantity of Japan's cheese exports between 2017 and 2019 was -0.8 percent compared to a variation of -11.018% in the period between 2018 and 2019.

Japan's stake of the world's total cheese's exports in 2019 was less than 1%. The country holds number 25 in world exports of cheese.

Export markets for Japan cheese ( in '000$ )

Japan's best performing export markets for cheese are Hong Kong, China, Vietnam, Singapore and South Korea.

Import/Export Trends

Japan is a net importer of cheese. The annual growth of Japan cheese in value between 2015 to 2019 was -16%, per annum, while annual growth in quantity was -19%, per annum.

Japan brought in 302,612 tonnes of cheese in 2019.

Cheese Prices Across Asia

Compare the latest cheese prices in other Asia countries:

Iran$1.21/kg China$4.48/kg Thailand$7.07/kg Vietnam$7.71/kg Macao$9.14/kg Nepal$12.14/kg Pakistan$2.28/kg South Korea$9.05/kg Kazakhstan$2.22/kg Mongolia$28.23/kg India$4.57/kg Armenia$5.97/kg Lao (Laos)$0.69/kg Azerbaijan$4.80/kg Bhutan$3.51/kg

Other Processed Prices in Japan

Latest prices for other processed in Japan:

Natural Honey$10.25/kg cottonseed oil$6.61/kg Chocolate$6.64/kg Cocoa Beans$5.59/kg Castor Oil$3.29/kg Wine$19.27/kg Butter$13.89/kg Mineral water$0.39/kg Sausages$10.39/kg Beer$0.97/kg Coffee$20.05/kg Cotton$2.92/kg Tomato Juice$1.29/kg Whey$3.75/kg Yerba mate$65.83/kg

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