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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 →
- 2309Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding€14M
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 2309Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding€0.2M
- 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
- 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
- 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
| Month | EU exports | EU imports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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.