Gorgonzola PDO cheese exports grew by +1.9% in 2022, equal to 25,191 tons in volume and 2,099,250 wheels. The increase in value was about €178M euros (+16.4 percent over 2021). Of the more than five million 48,000 wheels of Gorgonzola produced in 2022, about 40 percent was absorbed by foreign markets. Last year, Italy’s most famous blue cheese reached 87 countries.

EU countries absorbed most of the export sales, with an increase of +2.7 percent (equal to 1,811,083 wheels) during the period under consideration. The two leading countries for Gorgonzola PDO imports were confirmed to be France and Germany, which alone absorbed almost half of the total exports.