In 2023, the EU produced 3.2 billion litres of ice cream, marking a 1.4% lower in contrast with 2022 (3.3 billion litres).
Among the many EU international locations, Germany was the primary producer of ice cream in 2023, producing 612 million litres, adopted by France (568 million litres) and Italy (527 million litres).
In addition to being the most important ice cream producer in 2023, Germany produced on common the lowest-priced ice cream at €1.8 per litre. France reported a median worth of €2.2 per litre of ice cream, whereas Italy’s common worth stood at €2.6 per litre.
The costliest ice cream was produced in Austria, with a median worth of € 7.7 per litre of ice cream, adopted by Hungary with €4.8 per litre and Greece with €3.7 per litre.
Along with Germany, the most affordable ice cream was produced in Lithuania, with a median worth of €1.9 per litre, adopted by Czechia with €2.0 per litre and Sweden with € 2.1 per litre.
Supply dataset: DS-056120
France accounted for a fifth of the full extra-EU ice cream exports
In 2023, the EU international locations exported 261 million kg of ice cream to non-EU international locations, value a complete of €1.04 billion. Then again, imports of ice cream from non-EU international locations amounted to 56 million kg, valued at €217 million. The amount of exports elevated by 5% in contrast with 2022 (249 million kg), whereas extra-EU imports decreased by 8% in 2023 (61 million kg).
France exported 52 million kg of ice cream in 2023 to non-EU international locations, accounting for 20% of EU ice cream exports. This made it the most important ice cream exporter within the EU, forward of the Netherlands (35 million kg of ice cream; 14% of EU ice cream exports), Germany (29 million kg; 11%), Italy (28 million kg; 11%) and Eire (24 million kg; 9%).
Supply dataset: DS-016894
For extra info
- Thematic part on prodcom – statistics by product
- Database on prodcom – statistics by product
- Thematic part on worldwide commerce in items
- Database on worldwide commerce in items
Methodological notes
- Austria, Greece, Hungary, Eire, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Sweden: 2023 knowledge on complete bought manufacturing not out there.
- Austria, Greece, Hungary, Sweden: 2023 values used check with “the manufacturing amount on personal account” (code OWNPRODQNT), as a result of complete bought manufacturing (the sum of the manufacturing on personal account and the manufacturing underneath sub-contracted operations) knowledge will not be out there attributable to confidentiality.
- Cyprus, Luxembourg and Malta: exempt from offering knowledge on manufacturing attributable to their financial sizes.