UK human and industrial cereal usage

Updated 16 May 2025
This information shows the use of cereals by flour millers, brewers maltsters and distillers (monthly) and oat millers (quarterly) in the UK. It is used to produce the UK cereals supply and demand estimates.

Latest update

Flour millers

Thousand tonnes Mar 25 % change (1) Jul 24 to Mar 25 % change (1)
Home grown milled 391.3 -17.8% 3,176.8 -18.5%
Imported milled  147.3 35.8% 1,233.4 44.3%
Total wheat milled  538.7 -7.8% 4,410.1 -7.2%
Wheat closing stocks (2)  227.0 8.8% - -
Total flour production (3)  414.8 -9.6% 3,434.9 -7.9%
Flour closing stocks (2)  46.0 6.5% - -

Brewers, maltsters & distillers

Thousand tonnes Mar 25 % change (1) Jul 24 to Mar 25 % change (1)
Barley usage 160.9 -2.0% 1,325.8 -8.2%
Wheat usage 105.8 3.4% 871.6 8.3%

Oat millers

Thousand tonnes Jan 25 to Mar 25 % change (1) Jul 24 to Mar 25 % change (1)
Oats milled 125.7 -3.2% 372.0 -3.3%
Oat closing stocks 25.7 -37.3% - -

(1) % change relates to the same period in the previous year.

(2) As at end-Mar 2025.

(3) Including starch and bioethanol.

In addition, due to rounding, totals may not agree with the sum of the individual items.

Additional information

More information on this data series

2025 Statistical Calendar

Cereal usage data collection and quality assurance processes

Next update scheduled for 5th June 2025

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UK Flour Millers cereal usage

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