# Flours and meals (HS4 1208) Trade Overview | Yugalinks

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Flours and meals at HS4 1208, with reported global trade through 2024.

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## Answer

The flours and meals subsector recorded $1.9B in reported global trade in 2024, with -12.4% annual change.

## Key figures

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Latest reported trade | $1.9B |
| Latest annual change | -12.4% |
| Active exporters | 140 |
| Active importers | 189 |
| Active HS6 products | 2 |

## Annual trend

| Year | Global trade | Corridors | HS6 products |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1995 | $184.6M | 809 | 2 |
| 1996 | $202.2M | 861 | 2 |
| 1997 | $243.8M | 947 | 2 |
| 1998 | $257.4M | 882 | 2 |
| 1999 | $234.8M | 1,008 | 2 |
| 2000 | $265.2M | 1,107 | 2 |
| 2001 | $296.8M | 1,181 | 2 |
| 2002 | $321.1M | 1,167 | 2 |
| 2003 | $325.1M | 1,206 | 2 |
| 2004 | $526.0M | 1,324 | 2 |
| 2005 | $626.8M | 1,375 | 2 |
| 2006 | $596.4M | 1,390 | 2 |
| 2007 | $774.7M | 1,394 | 2 |
| 2008 | $1.2B | 1,469 | 2 |
| 2009 | $963.1M | 1,606 | 2 |
| 2010 | $951.2M | 1,627 | 2 |
| 2011 | $961.5M | 1,561 | 2 |
| 2012 | $1.7B | 1,654 | 2 |
| 2013 | $1.7B | 1,708 | 2 |
| 2014 | $1.6B | 1,803 | 2 |
| 2015 | $1.3B | 1,846 | 2 |
| 2016 | $1.2B | 1,890 | 2 |
| 2017 | $1.2B | 1,878 | 2 |
| 2018 | $1.5B | 1,952 | 2 |
| 2019 | $1.4B | 2,006 | 2 |
| 2020 | $1.5B | 2,032 | 2 |
| 2021 | $1.6B | 2,169 | 2 |
| 2022 | $1.6B | 2,152 | 2 |
| 2023 | $2.3B | 2,123 | 2 |
| 2024 | $1.9B | 2,104 | 2 |

## Leading corridors

- USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands to Philippines: $787.6M; growth +3.5%.
- USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands to Viet Nam: $123.6M; growth +9.1%.
- USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands to Canada: $106.4M; growth +44.9%.
- USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands to Dominican Republic: $91.0M; growth +3%.
- Italy to Switzerland, Liechtenstein: $65.9M; growth +46.7%.
- Bolivia to Peru: $49.5M; growth +6.1%.
- China to Republic of Korea: $45.8M; growth -6.6%.
- Nigeria to Pakistan: $39.3M; growth +11,877.5%.
- Netherlands to Belgium: $34.7M; growth +6.1%.
- USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands to Colombia: $34.4M; growth +54.4%.

## HS6 products

- Flours and meals: of soya beans (HS6 120810)
- Flours and meals of oil seeds or oleaginous fruits: excluding soya beans and mustard seeds (HS6 120890)

## Definitions and coverage

Merchandise trade observations aggregated to HS4. Growth, concentration, volatility, and peak comparisons calculated from reported observations. Missing values remain unavailable and are not imputed.

Reported observations cover 1995-2024.

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## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-27). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) · [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) · [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) · [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

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