Cereals balance sheet, 2015 - 2016 (provisional) and 2014 - 2015 final figures

• A total of 3.6 billion kilos of cereals were harvested in 2015, and 3.0 billion kilos of the harvest was used during the 1 July 2015–30 June 2016 crop year.
• Approximately two billion kilos, i.e. about two thirds of the total, was used to feed livestock.
• Approximately 430 million kilos was used for food, with wheat accounting for more than half, rye for one fifth and oats for one fifth of the total.
• A total of 660 million kilos of cereals were exported and 33 million kilos imported during the year. The biggest export was oats at approximately 290 million kilos.

The figures for the 1 July 2015–30 June 2016 crop year are still provisional at this time, and a final cereals balance sheet will be published in September 2017.