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
June 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 | 112 kt | +132.5% | 65 kt | −18.3% |
| Butteroil & AMF | 51 kt | +87.7% | 9.9 kt | −45.1% |
| Dairy spreads | 0.5 kt | −10.6% | 2.7 kt | −4.5% |
| Cheese — total | 687 kt | +26.2% | 193 kt | −9.9% |
| Fresh cheese & curd | 189 kt | +40.3% | 16 kt | −18.5% |
| Grated & powdered cheese | 180 kt | +16.9% | 1.8 kt | +29.0% |
| Processed cheese | 29 kt | +6.7% | 12 kt | −8.6% |
| Blue-veined cheese | 0.3 kt | +24.1% | 3.3 kt | −9.4% |
| Other cheese (incl. hard) | 289 kt | +26.5% | 160 kt | −9.4% |
| Skimmed milk powder | 665 kt | −5.0% | 3.7 kt | +99.8% |
| Whole milk powder | 43 kt | +38.8% | 18 kt | −26.0% |
| Condensed milk | 26 kt | +19.5% | 54 kt | +10.6% |
| Whey & whey powder | 562 kt | +11.1% | 49 kt | +3.6% |
| Milk protein concentrates | 49 kt | +4.3% | 45 kt | −9.5% |
| Casein & caseinates | 7.8 kt | −32.6% | 59 kt | +0.7% |
| Lactose | 425 kt | −1.2% | 3.1 kt | −11.6% |
| Cream | 52 kt | +19.3% | 73 kt | +15.1% |
| Yoghurt & fermented | 84 kt | +25.9% | 75 kt | +33.0% |
Who buys it
The five largest destinations per headline product, over the same twelve months, with each one's share of the total.
Butter
- Canada32 kt · 29%
- Saudi Arabia12 kt · 11%
- Korea, South10 kt · 9%
- Australia9.2 kt · 8%
- Netherlands6.5 kt · 6%
Cheese — total
- Mexico233 kt · 34%
- Korea, South92 kt · 13%
- Japan57 kt · 8%
- Australia48 kt · 7%
- Canada25 kt · 4%
Skimmed milk powder
- Mexico363 kt · 55%
- Philippines87 kt · 13%
- Indonesia36 kt · 5%
- Vietnam29 kt · 4%
- Colombia28 kt · 4%
Whole milk powder
- Peru11 kt · 25%
- Mexico7.9 kt · 19%
- Colombia5.7 kt · 13%
- Algeria3.8 kt · 9%
- Canada3.2 kt · 8%
Whey & whey powder
- China242 kt · 43%
- Canada54 kt · 10%
- Mexico54 kt · 10%
- Vietnam35 kt · 6%
- Indonesia34 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
- Ireland34 kt · 53%
- New Zealand21 kt · 33%
- France4.1 kt · 6%
- Argentina1.4 kt · 2%
- Canada1.1 kt · 2%
Cheese — total
- Italy40 kt · 21%
- France28 kt · 14%
- Netherlands15 kt · 8%
- Spain13 kt · 7%
- Ireland12 kt · 6%
Skimmed milk powder
- Canada2.9 kt · 78%
- New Zealand0.5 kt · 14%
- Netherlands0.1 kt · 4%
- India0.0 kt · 1%
- Switzerland0.0 kt · 1%
Whole milk powder
- Mexico11 kt · 63%
- Netherlands3.4 kt · 19%
- New Zealand0.5 kt · 3%
- Venezuela0.5 kt · 3%
- Chile0.4 kt · 2%
Whey & whey powder
- Canada42 kt · 86%
- Netherlands2.5 kt · 5%
- Denmark1.9 kt · 4%
- France0.7 kt · 1%
- Argentina0.6 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.