{"id":461490,"date":"2026-07-30T16:32:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T14:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2026\/07\/30\/cresce-il-surplus-commerciale-agroalimentare-dellue-nei-primi-cinque-mesi-del-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T17:41:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T15:41:31","slug":"the-eus-agri-food-trade-surplus-rose-in-the-first-five-months-of-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2026\/07\/30\/the-eus-agri-food-trade-surplus-rose-in-the-first-five-months-of-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"The EU\u2019s agri-food trade surplus rose in the first five months of 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brussels \u2013 The <a href=\"https:\/\/agriculture.ec.europa.eu\/media\/news\/eu-agri-food-trade-surplus-expands-first-five-months-2026-2026-07-30_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trade surplus<\/a>&nbsp;of the European Union\u2019s agri-food sector is on the rise. Despite a fall in export and import values, the trade surplus in the first five months of 2026 increased compared with the January\u2013May 2025 period. The figures come from the European Commission\u2019s report&nbsp;&#8220;Monitoring of EU agri-food trade: developments up to May 2026&#8221;. The key figure is that <strong>between January and May, the surplus for &#8220;Made in the EU&#8221; agri-food products stood at \u20ac19.4 billion, approximately \u20ac1 billion more than the previous year<\/strong>.<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since January, cumulative <strong>exports<\/strong>\u2014statistical data obtained by adding up the value or volume of goods sent abroad over a rolling period\u2014<strong>amount to \u20ac96.9 billion<\/strong>, a 3 per cent decrease compared with the same period in 2025 (\u2013\u20ac3 billion). Among the reasons for the decline are&nbsp;the fall in the value of cocoa-based products, pork, and olive oil. In particular, olive oil exports have been affected by both lower prices and lower volumes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The European Commission\u2019s report also highlights that exports to the United Kingdom, the main destination for the EU\u2019s agri-food exports, fell by 3 per cent (\u2013 \u20ac782 million), mainly due to a decline in exports of pork, cocoa products, cereals, and dairy products. By contrast, exports of rapeseed oil have almost tripled. In the case of Egypt, exports rose by 36 per cent (+\u20ac289 million), mainly thanks to an increase in wheat exports, while <strong>exports to Ukraine rose by \u20ac187 million<\/strong> (+11 per cent), driven mainly by sales of alcoholic beverages. Exports of nuts are also on the rise, worth \u20ac223 million (+8 per cent). This is thanks to increased exports of apples, kiwis, and raspberries.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Imports in May 2026 stood at \u20ac15.4 billion, representing a 7 per cent decrease compared with April of the same year, and a 10 per cent decrease compared with May 2025. Cumulative <strong>imports<\/strong> since January\u2014that is, <span>the <\/span>cumulative total of the volumes or value of goods purchased from abroad\u2014amount<strong> to \u20ac77.5 billion<\/strong>, 5 per cent less than the previous year (- \u20ac4.1 billion).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Although imports of some products have fallen, those from Argentina have risen by 10 per cent<\/strong> (+\u20ac220 million), mainly due to higher imports of sunflower seeds. Imports from Vietnam also rose by 9 per cent (+\u20ac213 million), driven by increased volumes of coffee. Imports of nuts and dried fruit rose by \u20ac465 million (+4 per cent), while those of beef and veal increased by \u20ac330 million (+28 per cent).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Consequently, the EU\u2019s agri-food trade performance remained strong in the first five months of 2026<\/strong>. This result was welcomed by the Commission, which emphasised that \u201cthe continued expansion of the trade surplus highlights the sector\u2019s ability to adapt to changing market conditions and to maintain a strong position in global trade.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Between January and May 2026, the 12-star surplus stood at \u20ac19.4 billion, around \u20ac1 billion more than the previous year<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7908,"featured_media":461478,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","show_comment_section":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25709],"tags":[29654,35138,35139,30498,26279,26515,27324,26096,35140,35141,35142,33522,31326,27187,32876,30781,27637,35143,26649],"class_list":["post-461490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-agrifood-en","tag-agrifood-en","tag-argentina","tag-carne-suina","tag-surplus-commercial-en","tag-trade-en","tag-egypt-and","tag-imports-ue-en","tag-commissione-europea-en","tag-export-agroalimentare","tag-export-alimentare","tag-export-europeo","tag-import-ue","tag-imports-en","tag-mele-and","tag-olio-doliva","tag-ukraine-in-2","tag-kingdom-united-en","tag-vietnam","tag-wheat-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7908"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=461490"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":461491,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461490\/revisions\/461491"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/461478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=461490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=461490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}