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EU–China trade in oil seeds & oleaginous fruits
In May 2026, the EU exported €13M of oil seeds & oleaginous fruits to China and imported €51M — a €39M deficit in this category.
The EU's oil seeds & oleaginous fruits deficit with China has narrowed by about 19% over the past year, from €48M to €39M.
China supplied about 4% of the EU's extra-EU imports of oil seeds & oleaginous fruits in May 2026.
Updated monthly · latest data May 2026
— EU exports— EU imports137 months · latest 2026-05
EU exports
€13M
EU imports
€51M
Balance
−€39M
Top sub-categories traded with China
EU exports →
- 1209Seeds, fruits and spores, for sowing (excl. leguminous vegetables and sweetcorn, coffee, tea, maté and spices, cereals, oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, and seeds and fruit used primarily in perfumery, medicaments or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes)€9.9M
- 1210Hop cones, fresh or dried, whether or not ground, powdered or in the form of pellets; lupulin€1.4M
- 1214Swedes, mangolds, fodder roots, hay, alfalfa, clover, sainfoin, forage kale, lupines, vetches and similar forage products, whether or not in the form of pellets€0.4M
- 1211Plants and parts of plants, incl. seeds and fruits, of a kind used primarily in perfumery, in pharmacy or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not cut, crushed or powdered€0.4M
- 1202Groundnuts, whether or not shelled or broken (excl. roasted or otherwise cooked)€0.2M
← EU imports
- 1206Sunflower seeds, whether or not broken€15M
- 1207Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, whether or not broken (excl. edible nuts, olives, soya beans, groundnuts, copra, linseed, rape or colza seeds and sunflower seeds)€9.4M
- 1212Locust beans, seaweeds and other algae, sugar beet and sugar cane, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not ground; fruit stones and kernels and other vegetable products, incl. unroasted chicory roots of the variety Cichorium intybus sativum, of a kind used primarily for human consumption, n.e.s.€8.4M
- 1202Groundnuts, whether or not shelled or broken (excl. roasted or otherwise cooked)€6.6M
- 1209Seeds, fruits and spores, for sowing (excl. leguminous vegetables and sweetcorn, coffee, tea, maté and spices, cereals, oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, and seeds and fruit used primarily in perfumery, medicaments or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes)€5.4M
Monthly figures
| Month | EU exports | EU imports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2026 | €13M | €51M | −€39M |
| April 2026 | €12M | €64M | −€52M |
| March 2026 | €16M | €63M | −€46M |
| February 2026 | €19M | €52M | −€33M |
| January 2026 | €14M | €62M | −€48M |
| December 2025 | €34M | €47M | −€13M |
| November 2025 | €35M | €50M | −€16M |
| October 2025 | €33M | €37M | −€3.3M |
| September 2025 | €15M | €41M | −€25M |
| August 2025 | €10M | €45M | −€35M |
| July 2025 | €13M | €48M | −€35M |
| June 2025 | €17M | €53M | −€36M |
| May 2025 | €18M | €66M | −€48M |
| April 2025 | €12M | €68M | −€57M |
| March 2025 | €24M | €65M | −€41M |
| February 2025 | €21M | €71M | −€50M |
| January 2025 | €22M | €65M | −€43M |
| December 2024 | €31M | €48M | −€17M |
| November 2024 | €22M | €41M | −€19M |
| October 2024 | €27M | €40M | −€13M |
| September 2024 | €13M | €48M | −€36M |
| August 2024 | €13M | €49M | −€35M |
| July 2024 | €17M | €57M | −€40M |
| June 2024 | €15M | €59M | −€44M |
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.