What is the price of cheese per kilogram/pound in Kenya today?
The retail price range for Kenya cheese is between US$ 11.46 and US$ 13.90 per kilogram or between US$ 5.20 and US$ 6.30 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of cheese in Kenya
The retail price range in Kenyan Shilling for cheese is between KES 1,591.84 and KES 1,929.91 per kilogram or between KES 721.92 and KES 875.24 per pound(lb) in Nairobi and Mombasa.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for Kenya cheese is between US$ 8.02 and US$ 9.73 per kilogram or between US$ 3.64 and US$ 4.41 per pound(lb).
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Kenya Cheese Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Cheese from Kenya over the last five years has been quite varied. In 2017, the price was 5.17 US dollars per kg, followed by a sharp increase to 11.96 US dollars per kg in 2018. The price then rose to 14.50 US dollars per kg in 2019, before dropping to 11.23 US dollars per kg in 2020. 2021 saw a slight increase to 13.14 US dollars per kg. Based on this data, it is likely that the export price per kilogram of Cheese from Kenya will remain relatively stable in the next two years, with a predicted price of 13.14 US dollars per kg in 2023 and 2024.The exports of cheese from Kenya are categorised as:
- 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)
- Grated or powdered cheese, of all kinds (HS code 040620)
- 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)
Kenya Cheese Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Cheese into Kenya over the last five years has been quite varied. In 2017, the price was 5.17 US dollars per kg, followed by a significant increase to 11.96 US dollars per kg in 2018. This was followed by a further increase to 14.50 US dollars per kg in 2019. However, the price dropped to 11.23 US dollars per kg in 2020 and then rose again to 13.14 US dollars per kg in 2021. Based on this trend, it is likely that the import price per kilogram of Cheese into Kenya will continue to increase in the coming years. We can predict that the import price per kilogram of Cheese into Kenya in 2023 will be around 14.50 US dollars per kg and in 2024 it will be around 15.50 US dollars per kg.Export values for Kenya cheese
The total values in export for cheese in Kenya were US$ 179, US$ 212, US$ 323 and US$ 406 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
Prices of other produce in the Processed category in Kenya: Milk & Cream, Yogurt, Kefir & Buttermilk, Whey, Butter, Natural Honey, Coffee, Green Tea, Black Tea & Yerba mate.
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Kenya cheese - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Kenya sold 28 tonnes of cheese. For 2019 alone, the interest in Kenya cheese (processed category) has gone up, changing by 3.704 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, cheese's exports went down by -31.71% bringing the nation US$0.41m for the year 2019. Kenya's cheese exports are categorised as:
- Fresh cheese "unripened or uncured cheese", incl. whey cheese, and curd (HS code 040610)
- Processed cheese, not grated or powdered (HS code 040630)
- Cheese (excluding fresh cheese, incl. whey cheese, curd, processed cheese, blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by "Penicillium roqueforti", and grated or powdered cheese) (HS code 040690)
- Blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by "Penicillium roqueforti" (HS code 040640)
- Grated or powdered cheese, of all kinds (HS code 040620)
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Kenya cheese export values
In 2019, Kenya sold cheese worth 0.41m USD, an increment of 26.93% from 2018's total cheese export of 0.323m USD. The yearly increase in value of Kenya cheese between 2017 to 2018 was 52.358 percent.
The per year variation in the amount of Kenya's cheese exports between 2017 and 2019 was -31.71% in comparison to a variation of 3.704% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Kenya cheese ( in '000$ )
Kenya's leading export markets for cheese are Uganda, South Sudan, Mali, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain.
Kenya imported 217 tonnes of cheese in 2019.