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EU–JapanFood residues & animal feed

EU–Japan trade in food residues & animal feed

In May 2026, the EU exported €16M of food residues & animal feed to Japan and imported €0.2M — a €15M surplus in this category.

The EU's food residues & animal feed surplus with Japan has widened by about 9% over the past year, from €14M to €15M.

Japan supplied about 0% of the EU's extra-EU imports of food residues & animal feed in May 2026.

Updated monthly · latest data May 2026
— EU exports— EU imports137 months · latest 2026-05
EU exports
€16M
EU imports
€0.2M
Balance
€15M

Top sub-categories traded with Japan

EU exports →

  1. 2309Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding€14M
  2. 2301Flours, meals and pellets, of meat or meat offal, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, unfit for human consumption; greaves€0.6M
  3. 2302Bran, sharps and other residues, whether or not in the form of pellets, derived from the sifting, milling or other working of cereals or of leguminous plants€0.2M
  4. 2308Acorns, horse-chestnuts, marc and other vegetable materials and vegetable waste, vegetable residues and by-products of a kind used in animal feeding, whether or not in the form of pellets, n.e.s.€0.2M
  5. 2303Residues of starch manufacture and similar residues, beet-pulp, bagasse and other waste of sugar manufacture, brewing or distilling dregs and waste, whether or not in the form of pellets€0.1M

← EU imports

  1. 2309Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding€0.2M
  2. 2306Oilcake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of vegetable fats or oils (excl. from soya-bean oil and groundnut oil)€0.1M
  3. 2303Residues of starch manufacture and similar residues, beet-pulp, bagasse and other waste of sugar manufacture, brewing or distilling dregs and waste, whether or not in the form of pellets€0.0M
  4. 2302Bran, sharps and other residues, whether or not in the form of pellets, derived from the sifting, milling or other working of cereals or of leguminous plants€0.0M

Monthly figures

MonthEU exportsEU importsBalance
May 2026€16M€0.2M€15M
April 2026€16M€0.5M€16M
March 2026€19M€0.5M€19M
February 2026€17M€1.7M€15M
January 2026€19M€0.3M€19M
December 2025€19M€0.3M€19M
November 2025€20M€0.5M€20M
October 2025€16M€0.3M€16M
September 2025€17M€0.6M€16M
August 2025€17M€0.5M€17M
July 2025€21M€0.5M€21M
June 2025€21M€0.5M€20M
May 2025€15M€0.7M€14M
April 2025€19M€0.4M€19M
March 2025€21M€0.7M€20M
February 2025€20M€0.7M€20M
January 2025€18M€0.5M€17M
December 2024€18M€0.4M€18M
November 2024€14M€0.2M€13M
October 2024€15M€0.3M€14M
September 2024€13M€0.7M€12M
August 2024€12M€0.3M€12M
July 2024€17M€0.5M€17M
June 2024€16M€0.2M€16M

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.