Cheese and cottage cheese exports are growing

In the years 2004–2020, the export of cheese and cottage cheese increased more than fourfold - from EUR 191 million to EUR 823 million. Poland is one of the world's largest producers of this assortment. Poland is the sixth cheese producer in the world (after the USA, Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands) and fifth in the European Union. In the years 2004–2020, the production of cheese and cottage cheese in our country increased by 65%. and reached a record level of 960 thousand. tone. In 2020, the production structure of this commodity group was dominated by cottage cheese (51% share) and ripened rennet cheeses (37%). The leading assortment of the domestic dairy industry is rennet ripened cheeses, which are also most often exported (60-70%). In the years 2014–2020, an average of 45 per cent. volume of domestic production of this assortment. The growing global demand for cheese products results in the development of exports. In 2020, the value of Polish cheese and cottage ...