The American customs record
Europe's ledgerWhat the United States buys and sells
The other half of the Atlantic market, from the U.S. Census Bureau's own filings: every dairy product both ways over the last twelve months, with the countries behind the tonnage. Kilos stay kilos and dollars stay dollars — converting the values into euros would invent a precision the ten-digit tariff lines cannot carry.
Latest customs month
July 2026
Every product, both directions
Twelve months to the newest filed customs month, against the twelve before it. Open a product to see the American book set against the European one, month by month.
| Product | Exports | vs the year before | Imports | vs the year before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butter | 111 kt | +106.0% | 69 kt | −10.3% |
| Butteroil & AMF | 52 kt | +78.9% | 9.9 kt | −42.5% |
| Dairy spreads | 0.6 kt | −12.6% | 2.8 kt | +2.2% |
| Cheese — total | 700 kt | +25.9% | 196 kt | −7.9% |
| Fresh cheese & curd | 195 kt | +42.0% | 16 kt | −21.5% |
| Grated & powdered cheese | 182 kt | +16.8% | 2.3 kt | +73.2% |
| Processed cheese | 29 kt | +10.6% | 12 kt | −3.4% |
| Blue-veined cheese | 0.4 kt | +31.0% | 3.3 kt | −8.1% |
| Other cheese (incl. hard) | 294 kt | +24.4% | 162 kt | −7.2% |
| Skimmed milk powder | 651 kt | −5.6% | 3.6 kt | +80.3% |
| Whole milk powder | 43 kt | +31.5% | 18 kt | −21.7% |
| Condensed milk | 24 kt | +0.1% | 52 kt | +3.4% |
| Whey & whey powder | 570 kt | +12.1% | 48 kt | −0.6% |
| Milk protein concentrates | 48 kt | +0.4% | 46 kt | −8.8% |
| Casein & caseinates | 7.3 kt | −37.6% | 57 kt | −3.8% |
| Lactose | 421 kt | −3.0% | 3.1 kt | −11.4% |
| Cream | 53 kt | +20.7% | 76 kt | +27.2% |
| Yoghurt & fermented | 85 kt | +23.7% | 76 kt | +31.8% |
Who buys it
The five largest destinations per headline product, over the same twelve months, with each one's share of the total.
Butter
- Canada33 kt · 29%
- Saudi Arabia13 kt · 11%
- Korea, South10 kt · 9%
- Australia8.0 kt · 7%
- Mexico6.4 kt · 6%
Cheese — total
- Mexico238 kt · 34%
- Korea, South94 kt · 13%
- Japan58 kt · 8%
- Australia50 kt · 7%
- Canada26 kt · 4%
Skimmed milk powder
- Mexico359 kt · 55%
- Philippines81 kt · 13%
- Indonesia37 kt · 6%
- Colombia27 kt · 4%
- Vietnam26 kt · 4%
Whole milk powder
- Peru11 kt · 25%
- Mexico8.1 kt · 19%
- Colombia6.8 kt · 16%
- Canada3.4 kt · 8%
- Algeria2.4 kt · 6%
Whey & whey powder
- China244 kt · 43%
- Canada60 kt · 10%
- Mexico51 kt · 9%
- Indonesia36 kt · 6%
- Vietnam36 kt · 6%
Who sells to America
The same five, the other way: where American imports come from, and how much of the total each origin carries.
Butter
- Ireland37 kt · 54%
- New Zealand22 kt · 32%
- France4.3 kt · 6%
- Argentina1.4 kt · 2%
- Canada1.0 kt · 1%
Cheese — total
- Italy42 kt · 21%
- France27 kt · 14%
- Netherlands15 kt · 8%
- Spain14 kt · 7%
- Ireland12 kt · 6%
Skimmed milk powder
- Canada2.7 kt · 77%
- New Zealand0.5 kt · 15%
- Netherlands0.1 kt · 3%
- India0.1 kt · 2%
- Switzerland0.0 kt · 1%
Whole milk powder
- Mexico12 kt · 63%
- Netherlands3.5 kt · 19%
- New Zealand0.6 kt · 3%
- Venezuela0.5 kt · 3%
- Malaysia0.5 kt · 3%
Whey & whey powder
- Canada42 kt · 86%
- Netherlands2.6 kt · 5%
- Denmark1.9 kt · 4%
- France0.6 kt · 1%
- Mexico0.4 kt · 1%
US quantities are aggregated from ten-digit HTS/Schedule B lines that differ from the EU's CN lines beneath the shared six-digit root; values stay in dollars on purpose. Lines filed in litres are converted at 1.03 kg/l.