What is the price of cheese in Switzerland?

As of January 2025, cheese in Switzerland is US$ 12.71 per kg (11.44 CHF), sourced from UN Comtrade (unit value).

What is Switzerland's world rank in cheese exports?

Switzerland ranks 11th among 112 cheese exporters.

How much cheese did Switzerland export in 2024?

Switzerland exported 58,283 tonnes of cheese in 2024.

Is Switzerland a net exporter or importer of cheese?

Switzerland is a net exporter of cheese.

What was the year-on-year change in Swiss cheese exports?

Swiss cheese exports increased by 6.3% year-on-year.

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

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Cheese Prices in Switzerland

US$ 12.71 / kg

11.44 CHF / kg

MoM ▲ 3.7% YoY ▲ 3.7%

Checked: Jun 9, 2026

Price as of: January 2025

Source: UN Comtrade (unit value)

Variety	Market level	Price (US$/kg)	Local (CHF)	MoM	YoY	Source
-	Export (unit value)	12.71	11.44	▲ 3.7%	▲ 3.7%	UN Comtrade (unit value)

As of June 2026, the cheese price in Switzerland available is US$ 12.71 per kg (11.44 CHF), up 3.7% year-on-year.

Switzerland exported US$714.4 million worth of cheese in 2024, totaling 58,283 tonnes and ranking 11th among 112 global exporters with a 2.9% share of world exports. The country is a net exporter, with export values rising 6.3% year-on-year. The latest export unit value for Swiss cheese is US$12.7108 per kg.

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

Exports UN Comtrade · 2024

In 2024, Switzerland exported $714.4M (58.3 kt) of cheese▲ 6.3% YoY. That ranks #11 worldwide (2.9% of global exports).

$714.4M

Export value

58.3 kt

Export volume

#11 / 112

World rank

2.9%

Global share

$12.26

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 Switzerland · UN Comtrade

Year	Export value (US$)	Volume	Avg price/kg
2024	$714.4M	58.3 kt	$12.26
2023	$671.9M	54.4 kt	$12.36
2022	$659.6M	57.4 kt	$11.5
2021	$718.4M	61.8 kt	$11.62
2020	$641.8M	58.5 kt	$10.97

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.

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

The amount of cheese sold by Switzerland in 2020 was 72,321 metric tons. In 2019 Switzerland sold 71,291 tonnes of cheese. For 2019 alone, the demand for Switzerland cheese (processed category) has improved, flactuating by 4.33 pc compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, cheese's exports increased by 5.95% earning the nation US$644.36m for the year 2019. Switzerland's cheese exports are categorised as:

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)
Fresh cheese "unripened or uncured cheese", incl. whey cheese, and curd (HS code 040610)

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Switzerland cheese export values

In 2019, Switzerland sold cheese worth 644.36m USD, an improvement of 1.33% from 2018's total cheese export of 635.891m USD. The yearly increase in value of Switzerland cheese between 2017 to 2018 was 4.175%.

The annual/yearly change in the quantity of Switzerland's cheese exports between 2017 and 2019 was 5.95 pc compared to a variation of 4.33% in the period between 2018 and 2019.

Export markets for Switzerland cheese ( in '000$ )

Switzerland's leading export markets for cheese are Italy, Saudi Arabia, Norway, the Netherlands and Israel.

Switzerland imported 64,128 tonnes of cheese in 2019.

Cheese Prices Across Europe

Compare the latest cheese prices in other Europe countries:

Netherlands$6.30/kg Italy$13.87/kg France$8.02/kg Russia$5.33/kg Spain$9.63/kg Ireland$5.62/kg Belarus$4.50/kg Belgium$7.14/kg Estonia$6.35/kg Germany$5.59/kg Norway$4.14/kg Poland$6.00/kg Albania$7.76/kg Hungary$5.91/kg Czech Republic$5.80/kg

Other Processed Prices in Switzerland

Latest prices for other processed in Switzerland:

Coffee$8.31/kg Raw Hides & Skins$2.96/kg Coffee Extracts$25.55/kg Chocolate$10.23/kg Mineral water$2.22/kg Black Tea$3.52/kg Citrus fruit peel$8.38/kg Nutritional yeast$1.20/kg Sesame oil$30.75/kg Wheat flour$1.36/kg Yogurt$4.10/kg Natural Honey$24.35/kg Gin$17.65/kg Sunflower Oil$6.89/kg Whey$0.41/kg

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