Table 16--Total durum food use, by component (1,000 grain-equivalent bushels)
Mkt year and month 1/
    
 
Durum wheat ground for semolina and durum flour
+
Durum food imports 2/
-
Durum food exports 3/
=
Durum food use 4/
2010/11
Jun
 
5,342
 
1,267
 
491
 
6,118
Jul
 
5,689
 
1,280
 
380
 
6,589
Aug
 
6,643
 
1,339
 
450
 
7,532
Sep
 
6,468
 
1,282
 
498
 
7,252
Oct
 
6,625
 
1,293
 
420
 
7,498
Nov
 
6,166
 
1,330
 
489
 
7,006
Dec
 
5,676
 
1,448
 
475
 
6,650
Jan
 
6,208
 
1,320
 
442
 
7,086
Feb
 
6,374
 
1,128
 
422
 
7,079
Mar
 
6,391
 
1,471
 
538
 
7,325
Apr
 
5,835
 
1,526
 
492
 
6,869
May
 
6,058
 
1,502
 
499
 
7,061
1/ June-May. Current year is preliminary. Previous year is preliminary through August of current year, estimated afterwards.
2/ Food products used to calculate durum food imports. Includes semolina, durum wheat flour, 80 percent of selected nonegg pastas, and couscous.
3/ Food products used to calculate durum food exports. Includes semolina, durum wheat flour, 100 percent of selected nonegg pastas, and couscous.
4/ Estimated durum food use equals durum ground for semolina plus durum food imports minus durum food exports. See http://www.ers.usda.gov/Briefing/Wheat/wheatfooduse.htm for more information.
Note: The final issue of Flour Milling Products (MQ311A) was at the end of the 2nd quarter of 2011. Thus, this ERS data series has also ended.
Source: Calculated using data from U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Flour Milling Products (MQ311A) and Foreign Trade Statistics.
Date run: 4/18/2013