Some countries not only are among the top producers of white cheese and other dairy products but also are important exporters of these products to other countries. These countries have critical potentillas in dairy products and invest more wisely in the industry. For instance, European Union, United States, Russia, Brazil, Argentina, Canada, United Kingdom, Mexico, New Zealand, and Australia are the ten top producers of all types of cheese, especially white cheese, in the world. The global cheese production in 2021 was nearly 22 million metric tons. About 97% of world cheese is produced by the world’s top ten producers. As annual worldwide cheese production statistics show, the EU member produced 10,350,000 metric tons. The United States stands in second place by producing 6,206,000 metric tons of all types of cheeses. Russian producers earned third place by producing more than 1 million tons. Brazil, Argentina, Canada, United Kingdom produced 790,000, 544,000, 540,000, and 505,000 metric tons respectively. 
In 2021, the top ten producers of cheese, especially white cheese, produced more than 97% of worldwide cheese productions. Nearly half of the world’s cheese was produced by EU members and more than three-quarters of the production is made by the EU and USA. The other major producers are Russia, Brazil, the UK, Canada, Argentina, Mexico, New Zealand, and Australia.
Top Cheese Importing Countries
Among the top ten countries which are importing cheese in the world, 8 countries are from Europe Continent and only two countries, The United States and Japan, are non-European. In 2020, all 5 biggest cheese importers in the world- Germany, United Kingdom, France, Italy, and Belgium- were European. As the world trade statistics show, the value of international purchases of cheese increased more than 21% since 2016 and the five European countries bought nearly 38% of worldwide imported cheese in 2020. 
The value of worldwide imported cheese in 2020, was about 32.8 billion USD. The European countries were the major importers of cheese costing about 22.8 USD or nearly 70% of the global total. Asian countries costing about 17 percent of all purchases, were in the second place. The value of cheese imported by Germany was 4.5 billion USD (nearly 14% of total imported cheese). The United Kingdom by $2.2 billion (6.8%), Italy by $2.1 (6.5%), France $1.9 billion (6%), Belgium by $ 1.6 billion (4.8%), Netherlands by $ 1.5 billion (4.6%), United States by $ 1.4 billion (4.2%), Japan by $ 1.33 billion (4.1%), Spain by $ 1.25 billion (3.9%), and Russia by $ 1.1 (3.5%) were other major importers of cheese in the world. The absolute majority of cheese in the world is imported by European countries which import nearly 70% of total imported cheese. Of non-European countries, the only United States and Japan are among the ten top major importers of cheese worldwide.
Top Cheese Exporting Countries
The 15 top countries shipped more than 84% of global cheese exported in 2020 and 80% of exporting countries were European countries. It means that the absolute majority of these are produced and shipped by European countries. Only three non-European countries-the United States, New Zealand, and Australia-are among the 15 top major cheese exporters in the world. with nearly 10% growth, Switzerland was the fastest-growing cheese exporter since 2019, followed by Austria, Belarus, and Poland with 6.2%, 4.1%, and 3.8% respectively. In 2020, the total value of exported cheese worldwide was 32.8 billion USD. 54% of which was shipped from five countries-Germany, Netherlands, Italy, France, United States- which are the major producers of cheese in the world. From the continental perspective, European countries gained $ 27.4 billion or 83.5% of all exported cheeses worldwide. Oceanian countries like New Zealand and Australia were in second place with h 6% share and North American countries were in the next place with 5.3% of cheese shipment in the world. Among countries, Germany was in the first place by exporting 14.6% of the world’s shipped cheese (4.8 billion USD). The Netherlands was the second place by exporting nearly 13% of exported cheese with a value of $ 4.2 billion. Italy by 10.9% ($ 3.6 billion), France by 10.7% ($ 3.5 billion), and the United ted States by 4.9% ($ 1.61 billiwaswere among the major exporters of cheese globally. 
To conclude, in 2020, four out of five top cheese exporters in the world, were European countries, and 54% of all exported cheese, is shipped from these countries. Nearly 84% of all exported cheese in the world originated from 15 top cheese producer countries, among which 12 major exporters were from Europe. In another word, nearly 90 percent of exported cheese worldwide was by European countries.
Number of Cheeses By Country
We can classify several kinds of cheese by country. In this classification, we can list and identify the number and type of cheeses that every single countrproducesce. For instance, 106 different kinds of cheese are produced in France. Italian manufacturers and producers produce 69 types of cheese by a different names. you can find 48 different kinds of cheese in the UK. There are more than 43 types of cheese in the United States. 33 various types of cheese are produced, consumed in, or exported from Spain. Turkish people create more than 21 kinds of cheeses. You can find fine various types of cheeses with different colors, sizes, and flavors in every shop and supermarket all around the world. 
France has the most variety and diversity in production of cheese in the world. The most popular France cheeses are Brie de Meaux, Camembert de Normandie, Roquefort, Comte, Reblochon, Fromage blanc, Fromage frais, Vacherin, Beaufort, and Fourme DAmbert. Italian cheeses are also world-famous. The most favorable Italian cheese are Parmigiano Reggiano, Mozzarella di Bufala, Grana Padano, Gorgonzola, Pecorino, Crescenza /Stracchino, Spread cheese, Asiago, Mozzarella and Ricotta. When we classify cheeses according to the country, some countries have more variety in producing cheeses. Some important producer of cheese, like France, has more than a hundred cheeses. other producers, like Italia, the UK, the United States, and Spain have e a dozen types of cheese.