What is the price of cheese per kilogram/pound in Botswana today?
The retail price range for Botswana cheese is between US$ 3.85 and US$ 7.71 per kilogram or between US$ 1.75 and US$ 3.49 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of cheese in Botswana
The retail price range in Pula for cheese is between BWP 52.07 and BWP 104.14 per kilogram or between BWP 23.61 and BWP 47.23 per pound(lb) in Gaborone and Francistown.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for Botswana cheese is between US$ 2.70 and US$ 5.39 per kilogram or between US$ 1.22 and US$ 2.45 per pound(lb).
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Botswana Cheese Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Cheese from Botswana over the last five years has been quite varied. In 2011, the price was 5.33 US dollars per kg, dropping to 1.83 US dollars per kg in 2012. In 2013, the price rose slightly to 2.00 US dollars per kg, before jumping to 13.00 US dollars per kg in 2014. The price then dropped to 3.83 US dollars per kg in 2015, before rising to 5.50 US dollars per kg in 2016. In 2017, the price dropped to 4.80 US dollars per kg, before rising again to 5.02 US dollars per kg in 2018. The price then rose to 9.17 US dollars per kg in 2019, before dropping to 2.00 US dollars per kg in 2021. Based on this data, it is likely that the export price per kilogram of Cheese from Botswana will be around 3.50 US dollars per kg in 2023 and 4.00 US dollars per kg in 2024.The exports of cheese from Botswana are categorised as:
- Grated or powdered cheese, of all kinds (HS code 040620)
- Fresh cheese "unripened or uncured cheese", incl. whey cheese, and curd (HS code 040610)
- Processed cheese, not grated or powdered (HS code 040630)
- 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)
Botswana Cheese Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Cheese into Botswana over the last five years has been quite varied. In 2016, the price was 5.50 US dollars per kg, followed by a decrease to 4.80 US dollars per kg in 2017. In 2018, the price rose slightly to 5.02 US dollars per kg, before increasing significantly to 9.17 US dollars per kg in 2019. The price then dropped to 2.00 US dollars per kg in 2021. Based on this trend, it is likely that the import price per kilogram of Cheese into Botswana in 2023 will be around 4.00 US dollars per kg, and in 2024 it will be around 5.00 US dollars per kg.Export values for Botswana cheese
The total values in export for cheese in Botswana were US$ 352, US$ 384, US$ 3,744 and US$ 896 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
Prices of other produce in the Processed category in Botswana: Milk & Cream, Yogurt, Kefir & Buttermilk, Whey, Butter, Natural Honey, Coffee, Green Tea, Black Tea & Yerba mate.
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Botswana cheese - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Botswana sold 96 tonnes of cheese. For 2019 alone, the market for Botswana cheese (processed category) has shrunk, recording a change of -87.234 pc compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, cheese's exports went up by 20 pc netting the exporter US$0.90m for the year 2019. Botswana's cheese exports are classified as:
- Cheese (excluding fresh cheese, incl. whey cheese, curd, processed cheese, blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by "Penicillium roqueforti", and grated or powdered cheese) (HS code 040690)
- Blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by "Penicillium roqueforti" (HS code 040640)
- Fresh cheese "unripened or uncured cheese", incl. whey cheese, and curd (HS code 040610)
- Processed cheese, not grated or powdered (HS code 040630)
- Grated or powdered cheese, of all kinds (HS code 040620)
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Botswana cheese export values
In 2019, Botswana sold cheese valued at 0.90m USD, a decrease of -75.96% from 2018's total cheese export of 3.744m USD. The yearly change in value of Botswana cheese between 2017 to 2018 was 875 pc.
The yearly change in the volume of Botswana's cheese exports between 2017 and 2019 was 20 pc compared to a variation of -87.234% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Botswana cheese ( in '000$ )
Botswana's best performing export markets for cheese are South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia.
Botswana bought 26,064 tonnes of cheese in 2019.