Rows of Gouda wheels ripening on wooden shelves in a stone maturation hall, receding towards a lit window

Cheese

Steadier trends, with the occasional hard shock. Strong growth in mozzarella and in export demand now moves price more than it used to. A market worth genuinely getting to the bottom of.

Most traded

  1. Gouda 48%8,593 mt
  2. Mozzarella 40%4,403 mt
  3. Cheddar Curd1,624 mt
  4. Edam 40%563 mt
  5. Cheddar505 mt
  6. Emmental 45%483 mt

Measured from executed trades since 2022, largest first.

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Recent price action

3,0004,0005,0002023-11 · € 3,945 · 175 mt · 4 trades2023-12 · € 4,029 · 336 mt · 8 trades2024-01 · € 3,908 · 565 mt · 10 trades2024-02 · € 4,220 · 220 mt · 4 trades2024-03 · € 3,883 · 374 mt · 6 trades2024-05 · € 4,085 · 604 mt · 10 trades2024-06 · € 4,364 · 154 mt · 3 trades2024-08 · € 4,367 · 891 mt · 15 trades2024-09 · € 5,085 · 923 mt · 16 trades2024-10 · € 4,955 · 872 mt · 11 trades2025-02 · € 4,085 · 152 mt · 4 trades2025-03 · € 4,519 · 86 mt · 4 trades2025-05 · € 4,413 · 63 mt · 3 trades2025-06 · € 4,181 · 85 mt · 3 trades2025-09 · € 3,360 · 220 mt · 4 trades2025-10 · € 3,063 · 382 mt · 6 trades2025-11 · € 3,126 · 110 mt · 3 trades2026-06 · € 2,984 · 440 mt · 6 trades2,9842023-112024-032024-092025-052026-06EUR/MT
2026-06
Weighted average€ 2,984
High€ 3,150
Low€ 2,800
Executed trades6
Volume440 mt
3,0004,0005,0002,984202420252026-06EUR/MT
2026-06
Weighted average€ 2,984
High€ 3,150
Low€ 2,800
Executed trades6
Volume440 mt
Traded price, volume-weightedVolume traded120 trades

Latest trades

DatePrice / mtVolumeOrigin
22 Jun 20262,95066 mt2 origins
18 Jun 20262,950132 mt2 origins
18 Jun 20262,86044 mt
17 Jun 20262,85044 mt
23 Jan 20263,08042 mtBE, DE, DK, NL
19 Dec 20252,85022 mt
11 Dec 20252,70022 mt
19 Nov 20252,90088 mtDE, NL
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Import & export

Gouda

May 2026
  • Exports · last 12 months

    128 kt +3.8%

  • Imports · last 12 months

    5.5 kt +356.5%

1.00 kt6.21 kt11 ktJun 2024Dec 2024Jun 2025Dec 2025May 2026
May 2026
Exports11 kt
Imports0.38 kt
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Mozzarella

May 2026
  • Exports · last 12 months

    215 kt −1.9%

  • Imports · last 12 months

    29 kt −0.2%

2.97 kt11 kt19 ktJun 2024Dec 2024Jun 2025Dec 2025May 2026
May 2026
Exports19 kt
Imports1.99 kt
ExportsImports
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