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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.
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Next update scheduled for 5th June 2025
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