EU–China › Cereal, flour & milk preparations
EU–China trade in cereal, flour & milk preparations
In May 2026, the EU exported €225M of cereal, flour & milk preparations to China and imported €30M — a €196M surplus in this category.
The EU's cereal, flour & milk preparations surplus with China has held roughly steady over the past year, near €196M.
China supplied about 8% of the EU's extra-EU imports of cereal, flour & milk preparations in May 2026.
Updated monthly · latest data May 2026
— EU exports— EU imports137 months · latest 2026-05
EU exports
€225M
EU imports
€30M
Balance
€196M
Top sub-categories traded with China
EU exports →
- 1901Malt extract; food preparations of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or containing < 40% by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, n.e.s.; food preparations of milk, cream, butter milk, sour milk, sour cream, whey, yogurt, kephir, and similar goods of heading 0401 to 0404, not containing cocoa or containing < 5% by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, n.e.s.€213M
- 1905Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products€9.8M
- 1902Pasta, whether or not cooked or stuffed with meat or other substances or otherwise prepared, such as spaghetti, macaroni, noodles, lasagne, gnocchi, ravioli, cannelloni; couscous, whether or not prepared€2.3M
- 1904Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products, e.g. corn flakes; cereals (other than maize "corn") in grain form or in the form of flakes or other worked grains (except flour, groats and meal), pre-cooked or otherwise prepared, n.e.s.€0.2M
← EU imports
- 1902Pasta, whether or not cooked or stuffed with meat or other substances or otherwise prepared, such as spaghetti, macaroni, noodles, lasagne, gnocchi, ravioli, cannelloni; couscous, whether or not prepared€19M
- 1905Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products€8.1M
- 1901Malt extract; food preparations of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or containing < 40% by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, n.e.s.; food preparations of milk, cream, butter milk, sour milk, sour cream, whey, yogurt, kephir, and similar goods of heading 0401 to 0404, not containing cocoa or containing < 5% by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, n.e.s.€1.7M
- 1903Tapioca and substitutes therefor prepared from starch, in the form of flakes, grains, pearls, siftings or similar forms€0.3M
- 1904Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products, e.g. corn flakes; cereals (other than maize "corn") in grain form or in the form of flakes or other worked grains (except flour, groats and meal), pre-cooked or otherwise prepared, n.e.s.€0.3M
Monthly figures
| Month | EU exports | EU imports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2026 | €225M | €30M | €196M |
| April 2026 | €202M | €29M | €174M |
| March 2026 | €210M | €30M | €180M |
| February 2026 | €203M | €25M | €178M |
| January 2026 | €198M | €29M | €169M |
| December 2025 | €209M | €27M | €182M |
| November 2025 | €193M | €27M | €166M |
| October 2025 | €257M | €23M | €234M |
| September 2025 | €216M | €24M | €192M |
| August 2025 | €195M | €25M | €171M |
| July 2025 | €241M | €31M | €210M |
| June 2025 | €273M | €30M | €243M |
| May 2025 | €226M | €26M | €199M |
| April 2025 | €214M | €26M | €189M |
| March 2025 | €229M | €29M | €200M |
| February 2025 | €204M | €27M | €177M |
| January 2025 | €228M | €28M | €200M |
| December 2024 | €186M | €24M | €162M |
| November 2024 | €203M | €25M | €178M |
| October 2024 | €206M | €28M | €178M |
| September 2024 | €227M | €28M | €199M |
| August 2024 | €238M | €30M | €208M |
| July 2024 | €229M | €29M | €200M |
| June 2024 | €254M | €24M | €230M |
EU exports, imports and balance by month — extra-EU, EU27 reporter, latest 24 months.
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Source: Eurostat — Comext DS-059341 · EU27 reporter · extra-EU trade · value in EUR. Figures are indicative and may be revised; verify against Eurostat before relying on them.