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EU–Japan trade in cereal, flour & milk preparations
In May 2026, the EU exported €29M of cereal, flour & milk preparations to Japan and imported €3.3M — a €26M surplus in this category.
The EU's cereal, flour & milk preparations surplus with Japan has narrowed by about 2% over the past year, from €27M to €26M.
Japan supplied about 1% 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
€29M
EU imports
€3.3M
Balance
€26M
Top sub-categories traded with Japan
EU exports →
- 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€13M
- 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€9.1M
- 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.€6.6M
- 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.€1.0M
← EU imports
- 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€1.5M
- 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€1.3M
- 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.€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.€0.1M
Monthly figures
| Month | EU exports | EU imports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2026 | €29M | €3.3M | €26M |
| April 2026 | €28M | €2.0M | €26M |
| March 2026 | €29M | €2.2M | €27M |
| February 2026 | €26M | €2.0M | €24M |
| January 2026 | €24M | €1.7M | €23M |
| December 2025 | €30M | €2.0M | €27M |
| November 2025 | €27M | €1.8M | €25M |
| October 2025 | €30M | €1.8M | €28M |
| September 2025 | €36M | €1.9M | €34M |
| August 2025 | €30M | €2.6M | €27M |
| July 2025 | €38M | €2.4M | €35M |
| June 2025 | €32M | €2.8M | €29M |
| May 2025 | €30M | €3.3M | €27M |
| April 2025 | €28M | €2.1M | €26M |
| March 2025 | €29M | €2.5M | €27M |
| February 2025 | €26M | €2.4M | €24M |
| January 2025 | €23M | €2.7M | €20M |
| December 2024 | €25M | €2.2M | €23M |
| November 2024 | €30M | €2.4M | €27M |
| October 2024 | €33M | €3.1M | €30M |
| September 2024 | €32M | €3.0M | €29M |
| August 2024 | €26M | €1.9M | €24M |
| July 2024 | €38M | €2.5M | €36M |
| June 2024 | €32M | €2.6M | €29M |
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.