What is the price of cheese per kilogram/pound in Canada today?
The retail price range for Canada cheese is between US$ 12.71 and US$ 21.50 per kilogram or between US$ 5.76 and US$ 9.75 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of cheese in Canada
The retail price range in Canadian Dollar for cheese is between CAD 17.15 and CAD 29.03 per kilogram or between CAD 7.78 and CAD 13.16 per pound(lb) in Ottawa and Montréal.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for Canada cheese is between US$ 8.89 and US$ 15.05 per kilogram or between US$ 4.03 and US$ 6.83 per pound(lb).
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Canada Cheese Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Cheese from Canada has seen a steady increase over the last five years. In 2017, the price was 4.76 US $ per kg, and in 2021 it had risen to 7.27 US $ per kg. This represents an increase of 52.3%. The highest price was in 2021 at 7.87 US $ per kg, and the lowest was in 2015 at 4.30 US $ per kg. Based on the current trend, it is predicted that the export price per kilogram of Cheese from Canada will be 8.47 US $ per kg in 2023 and 9.07 US $ per kg in 2024.The Canada cheese exports are categorised as:
- 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)
- Processed cheese, not grated or powdered (HS code 040630)
- Fresh cheese "unripened or uncured cheese", incl. whey cheese, and curd (HS code 040610)
- 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)
Canada Cheese Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Cheese into Canada over the last five years has been relatively stable. In 2016, the price was 4.13 US dollars per kg, followed by 4.76 US dollars per kg in 2017. In 2018, the price increased to 5.22 US dollars per kg, and then to 5.44 US dollars per kg in 2019. The price then rose to 5.62 US dollars per kg in 2020, before reaching its highest point of 7.27 US dollars per kg in 2021. The price then dropped slightly to 7.87 US dollars per kg in 2022. Based on the data, it is predicted that the import price per kilogram of Cheese into Canada in 2023 will be 8.47 US dollars per kg, and in 2024 it will be 9.07 US dollars per kg.Export values for Canada cheese
The total values in export for cheese in Canada were US$ 53,078, US$ 62,174, US$ 52,046 and US$ 62,410 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
Prices of other produce in the Processed category in Canada: Milk & Cream, Yogurt, Kefir & Buttermilk, Whey, Butter, Natural Honey, Coffee, Green Tea, Black Tea & Yerba mate.
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Canada cheese - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The volume of cheese shipped by Canada in 2020 was 10,964 metric tons. In 2019 Canada shipped 11,479 tonnes of cheese. For the year 2019 alone, the interest in Canada cheese (processed category) has escalated, flactuating by 15.159 pc compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, cheese's exports decreased by -12.17 percent earning the exporter US$62.41m for the year 2019. Canada's cheese exports are categorised as:
- Cheese (excluding fresh cheese, incl. whey cheese, curd, processed cheese, blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by "Penicillium roqueforti", and grated or powdered cheese) (HS code 040690)
- Processed cheese, not grated or powdered (HS code 040630)
- Blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by "Penicillium roqueforti" (HS code 040640)
- Grated or powdered cheese, of all kinds (HS code 040620)
- Fresh cheese "unripened or uncured cheese", incl. whey cheese, and curd (HS code 040610)
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Canada cheese export values
In 2019, Canada supplied cheese with a value of 62.41m USD, an increment of 19.91% from 2018's total cheese export of 52.046m USD. The yearly increase in value of Canada cheese between 2017 to 2018 was -16.29%.
The yearly change in the volume of Canada's cheese exports between 2017 and 2019 was -12.17% in comparison to a variation of 15.159% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Canada's share of the world's total cheese's exports in 2019 was less than 1%. Canada is ranked position 29 in world exports of cheese.
Export markets for Canada cheese ( in '000$ )
Canada's top export markets for cheese are Saudi Arabia, the Philippines, Tunisia, Japan and Egypt.
Import/Export Trends
Canada is a net importer of cheese. The annual growth of Canada cheese in value between 2015 to 2019 was 8%, per year, while annual growth in quantity during the same period was 7%, per annum.
Canada ordered 35,437 tonnes of cheese in 2019.