Morocco cheese market

Morocco is the third largest cheese market in Africa. Zenith puts consumption at more than 94,000 tonnes in 2025, or around 2.6 kg per person.

Consumption grew by close to 4% a year between 2020 and 2025, and Zenith expects growth of more than 2% a year to 2030, taking the market past 100,000 tonnes.

Processed cheese is the core of the Moroccan market, alongside hard and semi-hard cheeses. Imports supply around a third of consumption, with domestic producers turning imported ingredient cheese into processed products for the home market.

The Zenith Global Cheese Database 2026 covers Morocco with production, imports, exports and consumption for 39 cheese types, actuals from 2020 to 2025 and forecasts to 2030. Volume data covers totals, broad categories and separately measured cheese types, in tonnes. Consumer retail value covers total cheese only, in local currency and USD; import and export trade values cover HS 0406 total only, in USD. Monetary values are not broken down by individual cheese type or broad category. Retail shelf prices cover total cheese and five broad categories: hard and semi-hard, fresh, mould, processed, and other non-specified cheese, in local currency/kg and USD/kg, not individual prices for all 39 cheese types. Import and export unit prices cover HS 0406 total and available HS subheadings, in USD/kg. Retail value is estimated retail volume multiplied by regular shelf prices, including sales tax. Trade values are customs values, using CIF for imports and FOB for exports. Production is measured as formally manufactured cheese.