What is the price of cheese in Kenya?

As of January 2024, cheese in Kenya is US$ 9.90 per kg (1,375 KES), sourced from UN Comtrade (unit value).

What is Kenya's world rank in cheese exports?

Kenya ranks 86th out of 112 cheese exporters.

What was the export value of Kenyan cheese in 2024?

The export value was US$136,965.

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Cheese Prices in Kenya

US$ 9.90 / kg

1,375 KES / kg

MoM ▲ 20.7% YoY ▲ 20.7%

Checked: Jun 9, 2026

Price as of: January 2024

Source: UN Comtrade (unit value)

Variety	Market level	Price (US$/kg)	Local (KES)	MoM	YoY	Source
—	Export (unit value)	9.90	1,375	▲ 20.7%	▲ 20.7%	UN Comtrade (unit value)

As of June 2026, the cheese price in Kenya available is US$ 9.90 per kg (1,375 KES), up 20.7% year-on-year.

Kenya exported 14 tonnes of cheese in 2024, valued at US$136,965, ranking 86th out of 112 global exporters and accounting for 0.0% of world exports. Export values declined by 37.2% year-on-year. Kenya is a net exporter of cheese. The latest export unit value is US$9.8976 per kg.

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

Exports UN Comtrade · 2024

In 2024, Kenya exported $137K (13.8 t) of cheese▼ 37.2% YoY. That ranks #86 worldwide (0% of global exports).

$137K

Export value

13.8 t

Export volume

#86 / 112

World rank

Global share

$9.9

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 Kenya · UN Comtrade

Year	Export value (US$)	Volume	Avg price/kg
2024	$137K	13.8 t	$9.9
2023	$218.2K	26.6 t	$8.2
2022	$171.7K	21.1 t	$8.14
2021	$90.3K	11.1 t	$8.13
2020	$205.4K	18.6 t	$11.03

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.

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

In 2019 Kenya sold 28 tonnes of cheese. For 2019 alone, the interest in Kenya cheese (processed category) has gone up, changing by 3.704 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, cheese's exports went down by -31.71% bringing the nation US$0.41m for the year 2019. Kenya'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)
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)
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)

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Kenya cheese export values

In 2019, Kenya sold cheese worth 0.41m USD, an increment of 26.93% from 2018's total cheese export of 0.323m USD. The yearly increase in value of Kenya cheese between 2017 to 2018 was 52.358 percent.

The per year variation in the amount of Kenya's cheese exports between 2017 and 2019 was -31.71% in comparison to a variation of 3.704% in the period between 2018 and 2019.

Export markets for Kenya cheese ( in '000$ )

Kenya's leading export markets for cheese are Uganda, South Sudan, Mali, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain.

Kenya imported 217 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 Egypt$7.98/kg Cameroon$0.42/kg

Other Processed Prices in Kenya

Latest prices for other processed in Kenya:

Coffee$7.38/kg Raw Hides & Skins$0.40/kg Sugar$0.97/kg Palm Oil$0.97/kg Natural Honey$1.70/kg Milk & Cream$8.38/kg Cocoa Beans$1.20/kg Molasses$0.08/kg Sunflower Oil$1.07/kg Black Tea$2.24/kg Butter$3.00/kg Cotton$4.92/kg Leather$1.55/kg Kefir & Buttermilk$2.10/kg Wheat flour$0.51/kg

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