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UK human and industrial cereal usage
Updated 03 July 2025
This information shows the use of cereals by flour millers, brewers maltsters and distillers and oat millers in the UK. It is used to produce the UK cereals supply and demand estimates.
Latest update
Flour millers
| Thousand tonnes | May 25 | Change on year (month) | Jul 24 to May 25 | Change on year (season) |
| Home grown milled | 299.6 | -25.0% | 3,842.2 | -17.6% |
| Imported milled | 112.6 | 9.2% | 1,478.9 | 40.1% |
| Total wheat milled | 412.2 | -18.0% | 5,321.0 | -6.9% |
| Wheat closing stocks | 233.8 | 4.0% | - | - |
| Total flour production (1) | 333.3 | -14.7% | 4,158.6 | -7.3% |
| Flour closing stocks | 48.5 | 8.3% | - | - |
Brewers, maltsters & distillers
| Thousand tonnes | May 25 | Change on year (month) | Jul 24 to May 25* | Change on year (season) |
| Barley usage | 156.4 | 5.2% | 1,625.7 | -7.1% |
| Wheat usage | 98.6 | 0.2% | 1,060.9 | 7.2% |
Oat millers
| Thousand tonnes | Jan 25 to Mar 25 | Change on year (month) | Jul 24 to Mar 25 | Change on year (season) |
| Oats milled | 125.7 | -3.2% | 372.0 | -3.3% |
| Oat closing stocks | 25.7 | -37.3% | - | - |
(1) Including starch and bioethanol.
Totals may not match the sum of individual items due to rounding.
Additional information
AHDB survey flour millers, brewers, maltsters and distillers, bioethanol producers and oat millers from across the UK. Information for flour millers, brewers, maltsters and distillers and bioethanol producers is updated monthly, while data for oat millers is updated quarterly. Details of how we collect and quality assure this information can be found here.
The summary tables above present a high-level selection of the usage and production categories published. To view all available categories, please download the full dataset.
Next update scheduled for 7th August 2025
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This dataset was produced by our Data and Analysis Team. To find out more about the team, visit the Data and Analysis team page.
For further infomation please contact the AHDB Arable Team at balance.sheet.team@ahdb.org.uk
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