| Abstrakt: |
The paper discusses international cheese market, highlighting the changes in international trade and mentioning the major exporters and importers. The average world export of cheese in the period under research was 5.7 million tonnes with the tendency to increase to up to 4.6% per year. In terms of country analysis, Germany is the most significant cheese exporter in the world with the average export of 1 million tonnes, which represents 18.6% of total world export. Other great exporters are the Netherlands, France, New Zealand and Italy. They have modern production technology and tradition which resulted in a large range of high quality products. The dynamics of world import are increasing more than in the case of export (rate of 4.9%). With 625,000 tonnes and participation of 12%, Germany is also the world's main importer. Major importers are also Italy, Great Britain, Russia and the Netherlands, which constitute more than 40% of world cheese import. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
