Cheese

Top Five Importers of UK Cheese

While France to some degree prides itself on the quality and variety of the cheese produced there, the UK is actually home to more types - according to the British Cheese Board there are over 700 compared to around 400 in France. While quality is at least in part subjective, the export figures in the chart below show how popular these cheeses are with the French. In 2015, the country imported 22.7 million kilograms of UK cheese, second only to Ireland with 37 million kilograms.

This infographic also featured on The Grocer.

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This chart shows the countries which imported the most UK cheese in 2015.

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Import volume of cheese in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2003 to 2025* (in 1,000 tons)
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Import value of cheese into the United Kingdom (UK) from 2007 to 2023 (in million GBP)
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Volume of cheese exports from the United Kingdom (UK) from 2003 to 2023* (in 1,000 metric tons)
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Export value of cheese from the United Kingdom (UK) from 2007 to 2023 (in million GBP)
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Leading EU destinations of cheese and curd exports from the United Kingdom (UK) in 2025, by volume (in metric tons)
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Leading EU destinations of cheese and curd exports from the United Kingdom (UK) in 2024, by value (in million British pounds)

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