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EU–United Kingdom trade in cereal, flour & milk preparations
In May 2026, the EU exported €478M of cereal, flour & milk preparations to the United Kingdom and imported €132M — a €345M surplus in this category.
The EU's cereal, flour & milk preparations surplus with the United Kingdom has narrowed by about 10% over the past year, from €385M to €345M.
The United Kingdom supplied about 36% of the EU's extra-EU imports of cereal, flour & milk preparations in May 2026 — its single largest source.
Updated monthly · latest data May 2026
— EU exports— EU imports76 months · latest 2026-05
EU exports
€478M
EU imports
€132M
Balance
€345M
Top sub-categories traded with United Kingdom
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€299M
- 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.€75M
- 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€65M
- 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.€38M
- 1903Tapioca and substitutes therefor prepared from starch, in the form of flakes, grains, pearls, siftings or similar forms€0.1M
← 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€81M
- 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.€29M
- 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.€17M
- 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€4.8M
- 1903Tapioca and substitutes therefor prepared from starch, in the form of flakes, grains, pearls, siftings or similar forms€0.0M
Monthly figures
| Month | EU exports | EU imports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2026 | €478M | €132M | €345M |
| April 2026 | €498M | €129M | €369M |
| March 2026 | €526M | €138M | €388M |
| February 2026 | €475M | €125M | €350M |
| January 2026 | €454M | €121M | €333M |
| December 2025 | €470M | €133M | €337M |
| November 2025 | €518M | €148M | €370M |
| October 2025 | €591M | €159M | €431M |
| September 2025 | €553M | €148M | €405M |
| August 2025 | €482M | €143M | €339M |
| July 2025 | €541M | €155M | €386M |
| June 2025 | €502M | €140M | €362M |
| May 2025 | €525M | €139M | €385M |
| April 2025 | €498M | €134M | €363M |
| March 2025 | €497M | €143M | €354M |
| February 2025 | €478M | €132M | €347M |
| January 2025 | €490M | €134M | €356M |
| December 2024 | €449M | €126M | €323M |
| November 2024 | €540M | €147M | €393M |
| October 2024 | €594M | €155M | €439M |
| September 2024 | €531M | €139M | €392M |
| August 2024 | €484M | €143M | €341M |
| July 2024 | €526M | €142M | €384M |
| June 2024 | €477M | €129M | €348M |
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.