What is the price of cheese per kilogram/pound in Jamaica today?
The retail price range for Jamaica cheese is between US$ 8.40 and US$ 16.80 per kilogram or between US$ 3.81 and US$ 7.62 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of cheese in Jamaica
The retail price range in Jamaican Dollar for cheese is between JMD 1,308.76 and JMD 2,617.52 per kilogram or between JMD 593.54 and JMD 1,187.08 per pound(lb) in Kingston and Montego Bay.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Jamaica cheese is between US$ 5.88 and US$ 11.76 per kilogram or between US$ 2.67 and US$ 5.33 per pound(lb).
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Jamaica Cheese Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Cheese from Jamaica over the last five years has been relatively stable. In 2016, the price was 8.01 US dollars per kg, followed by 8.14 US dollars per kg in 2017. In 2018, the price increased to 8.62 US dollars per kg, and then rose to 9.22 US dollars per kg in 2019. In 2020, the price dropped slightly to 8.92 US dollars per kg, before increasing again to 9.60 US dollars per kg in 2021. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the export price per kilogram of Cheese from Jamaica in 2023 will be around 9.80 US dollars per kg, and in 2024 will be around 10.00 US dollars per kg.The cheese exports from Jamaica are categorised as:
- Processed cheese, not grated or powdered (HS code 040630)
- Grated or powdered cheese, of all kinds (HS code 040620)
- 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)
- Blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by "Penicillium roqueforti" (HS code 040640)
Jamaica Cheese Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Cheese into Jamaica over the last five years has been relatively stable. In 2016, the price was $8.01, followed by $8.14 in 2017, $8.62 in 2018, $9.22 in 2019, and $8.92 in 2020. The highest price was recorded in 2021, at $9.60. Overall, the prices have been increasing slightly, with the average price over the last five years being $8.77. Predicted prices for 2023 and 2024 are $9.81 and $10.00 respectively.Export values for Jamaica cheese
The total values in export for cheese in Jamaica were US$ 7,071, US$ 6,868, US$ 7,363 and US$ 7,234 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
Prices of other produce in the Processed category in Jamaica: Milk & Cream, Yogurt, Kefir & Buttermilk, Whey, Butter, Natural Honey, Coffee, Green Tea, Black Tea & Yerba mate.
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Jamaica cheese - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Jamaica shipped 786 tonnes of cheese. For the year 2019 alone, the market for Jamaica cheese (processed category) has shrunk, changing by -7.963 pc compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, cheese's exports went down by -6.87% netting the country US$7.23m for the year 2019. Jamaica's cheese exports are classified as:
- Fresh cheese "unripened or uncured cheese", incl. whey cheese, and curd (HS code 040610)
- Blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by "Penicillium roqueforti" (HS code 040640)
- Cheese (excluding fresh cheese, incl. whey cheese, curd, processed cheese, blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by "Penicillium roqueforti", and grated or powdered cheese) (HS code 040690)
- Grated or powdered cheese, of all kinds (HS code 040620)
- Processed cheese, not grated or powdered (HS code 040630)
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Jamaica cheese export values
In 2019, Jamaica shipped cheese costing 7.23m USD, a drop of -1.81% from 2018's total cheese export of 7.363m USD. The annual reduction in value of Jamaica cheese between 2017 to 2018 was 7.207 per cent.
The annual variation in the amount of Jamaica's cheese exports between 2017 and 2019 was -6.87 pc compared to a variation of -7.963% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Jamaica cheese ( in '000$ )
Jamaica's leading destinations for cheese are US, the Bahamas, Barbados, Mongolia and United Kingdom (UK).
Jamaica procured 5,945 tonnes of cheese in 2019.