Poland is the fifth largest cheese producer in the EU

The first five countries - Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands and Poland - account for nearly 72% of all EU production. While 10.6 million tons of cheese were produced in the EU in 2023, as much as 7.6 million tons came from these five countries alone. According to data from the European Statistical Office, 976 thousand tons of cheese were produced in Poland in 2023, which means an increase of 50 thousand tons compared to 2022. Cheese production in our country has been growing year by year for over a decade. In 2012, it was 721 thousand tons. Germany is a cheese giant For years, Germany has been in first place in the cheese ranking. In 2023, our neighbor from across the Oder produced 2 million 360 thousand tons of cheese, which is over one fifth of the entire EU production. France is second, producing 1 million 887 thousand last year. tons of this food product. However, this country ...