Abstract: Provided is a method for producing an ethyl acetate production catalyst that has high producibility and exceptional catalytic performance, the catalyst being such that a heteropolyacid and/or a salt thereof is carried near the surface of a carrier. A method for producing an ethyl acetate production catalyst, the method including, in the stated order: (1) an impregnation step in which a silica carrier is impregnated with an aqueous solution of a heteropolyacid or a salt thereof, constituting 80-105 vol % of the saturation absorption capacity of the carrier, to form an impregnated body; and (2) a drying step in which the impregnated body is dried at a fixed-rate drying speed of 5-300 gH2O/kgsupcat·min.