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EU–United States trade in cereal, flour & milk preparations
In May 2026, the EU exported €183M of cereal, flour & milk preparations to the United States and imported €4.8M — a €178M surplus in this category.
The EU's cereal, flour & milk preparations surplus with the United States has narrowed by about 7% over the past year, from €191M to €178M.
The United States 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
€183M
EU imports
€4.8M
Balance
€178M
Top sub-categories traded with United States
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€95M
- 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€54M
- 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.€24M
- 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.€9.9M
- 1903Tapioca and substitutes therefor prepared from starch, in the form of flakes, grains, pearls, siftings or similar forms€0.0M
← 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€3.8M
- 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.€0.6M
- 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€0.2M
- 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
- 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 | €183M | €4.8M | €178M |
| April 2026 | €202M | €4.9M | €197M |
| March 2026 | €195M | €4.1M | €191M |
| February 2026 | €179M | €3.7M | €175M |
| January 2026 | €156M | €3.7M | €152M |
| December 2025 | €177M | €4.4M | €173M |
| November 2025 | €199M | €5.4M | €194M |
| October 2025 | €240M | €4.8M | €235M |
| September 2025 | €245M | €3.0M | €242M |
| August 2025 | €198M | €4.8M | €193M |
| July 2025 | €245M | €5.5M | €240M |
| June 2025 | €215M | €7.0M | €208M |
| May 2025 | €199M | €7.4M | €191M |
| April 2025 | €209M | €6.0M | €203M |
| March 2025 | €218M | €7.1M | €211M |
| February 2025 | €213M | €4.8M | €209M |
| January 2025 | €176M | €5.4M | €171M |
| December 2024 | €203M | €6.4M | €196M |
| November 2024 | €217M | €6.6M | €210M |
| October 2024 | €260M | €6.4M | €253M |
| September 2024 | €239M | €6.4M | €232M |
| August 2024 | €237M | €7.6M | €229M |
| July 2024 | €236M | €9.1M | €227M |
| June 2024 | €207M | €7.5M | €200M |
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.