What is the price of cheese per kilogram/pound in Australia today?
The retail price range for Australia cheese is between US$ 7.72 and US$ 16.41 per kilogram or between US$ 3.50 and US$ 7.44 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of cheese in Australia
The retail price range in Australian Dollar for cheese is between AUD 11.62 and AUD 24.68 per kilogram or between AUD 5.27 and AUD 11.19 per pound(lb) in Canberra and Melbourne.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for Australia cheese is between US$ 5.41 and US$ 11.49 per kilogram or between US$ 2.45 and US$ 5.21 per pound(lb).
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Australia Cheese Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Cheese from Australia over the last five years has been relatively stable. In 2017, the price was 4.12 US $ per kg, followed by 4.34 US $ per kg in 2018. In 2019, the price dropped to 4.16 US $ per kg, before increasing to 4.17 US $ per kg in 2020. The price then rose to 4.41 US $ per kg in 2021 and 4.87 US $ per kg in 2022. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the export price per kilogram of Cheese from Australia in 2023 will be around 5.10 US $ per kg and in 2024 it will be around 5.33 US $ per kg.The cheese exports from Australia are classified as:
- 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)
- 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)
- Fresh cheese "unripened or uncured cheese", incl. whey cheese, and curd (HS code 040610)
Australia Cheese Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of cheese into Australia over the last five years has been relatively stable. In 2017, the price was 4.12 US dollars per kg, followed by 4.34 US dollars per kg in 2018. In 2019, the price dropped to 4.16 US dollars per kg, before increasing to 4.17 US dollars per kg in 2020. The price then rose again in 2021 to 4.41 US dollars per kg, before reaching its highest point of 4.87 US dollars per kg in 2022. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the import price per kilogram of cheese into Australia in 2023 will be around 4.90 US dollars per kg, and in 2024 it will be around 5.00 US dollars per kg.Export values for Australia cheese
The total values in export for cheese in Australia were US$ 620,940, US$ 722,491, US$ 762,150 and US$ 688,166 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
Prices of other produce in the Processed category in Australia: Milk & Cream, Yogurt, Kefir & Buttermilk, Whey, Butter, Natural Honey, Coffee, Green Tea, Black Tea & Yerba mate.
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Australia cheese - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The quantity of cheese sold by Australia in 2020 was 159,346 metric tons. In 2019 Australia shipped 165,317 tonnes of cheese. For the year 2019 alone, the market for Australia cheese (processed category) has gone down, flactuating by -5.808 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, cheese's exports went down by -5.66 pc earning the country US$688.17m for the year 2019. Australia's cheese exports are categorised as:
- Fresh cheese "unripened or uncured cheese", incl. whey cheese, and curd (HS code 040610)
- Processed cheese, not grated or powdered (HS code 040630)
- Grated or powdered cheese, of all kinds (HS code 040620)
- Blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by "Penicillium roqueforti" (HS code 040640)
- Cheese (excluding fresh cheese, incl. whey cheese, curd, processed cheese, blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by "Penicillium roqueforti", and grated or powdered cheese) (HS code 040690)
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Australia cheese export values
In 2019, Australia sold cheese with a value of 688.17m USD, a reduction of -9.71% from 2018's total cheese export of 762.15m USD. The yearly reduction in value of Australia cheese between 2017 to 2018 was 5.489 pc.
The annual variation in the volume of Australia's cheese exports between 2017 and 2019 was -5.66 pc in comparison to a variation of -5.808% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Australia's stake of the world's total cheese's exports in 2019 was 3.8 pc. Australia holds position 9 in world exports of cheese.
Export markets for Australia cheese ( in '000$ )
Australia's leading export markets for cheese are Malaysia, Singapore, China, Hong Kong and Canada.
Import/Export Trends
Australia is a net exporter of cheese. The annual growth of Australia cheese in value between 2015 to 2019 was 1%, per annum, while annual growth in quantity was -6%, per annum.
Australia procured 96,843 tonnes of cheese in 2019.