EU agri-food trade surplus reaches €34.7 billion in 2026
The EU agri-food sector posted a trade surplus of €34.7 billion in the first eight months of 2026. The article's headline says beef and veal exports to Turkey helped boost trade.
The European Union's agri-food sector widened its positive trade balance in the first eight months of 2026, covering January to August. The cumulative surplus reached €34.7 billion, which is €4.1 billion more than in the same period of 2025.
Total EU agri-food exports over the eight months came to €157.7 billion, broadly unchanged from a year earlier. Higher values in several product categories offset lower exports of other goods. The available excerpt breaks off before naming them, so the specific categories are not known.
The headline of the original report points to beef and veal exports to Turkey as a factor supporting EU agri-food trade. The excerpt gives no further figures on that trade.
