Import/export HS code 040320: Yogurt

Plain or flavored yogurt made from milk

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* UK only, last 24 months analysed

Imports by country

What this shows: Import market volume by exporter country into the UK.

Top 5 values

Country £
Greece 222,358,179
France 183,199,074
Belgium 166,197,549
Germany 85,666,720
Ireland 69,263,895

Countries rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month volume, right side by second 12-month volume, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Country First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Greece 82,445,704 139,912,475 +57,466,771
France 109,329,481 73,869,593 -35,459,888
Belgium 82,232,848 83,964,701 +1,731,853
Germany 47,396,928 38,269,792 -9,127,136
Ireland 38,423,167 30,840,728 -7,582,439
Spain 19,211,723 10,814,904 -8,396,819
Poland 4,465,625 8,680,507 +4,214,882
Netherlands 5,700,884 3,846,254 -1,854,630
Austria 431,397 2,926,538 +2,495,141
Denmark 1,616,950 1,577,368 -39,582

Imports by country of origin

What this shows: Import volume by production origin country. Differences from exporter-country data can indicate re-export routes.

Top 5 values

Origin £
Greece 313,380,348
Belgium 131,339,253
France 125,387,572
Germany 83,608,930
Ireland 47,553,277

Country of origin rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Origin countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month import value, right side by second 12-month import value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Origin First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Greece 132,681,689 180,698,659 +48,016,970
Belgium 66,733,743 64,605,510 -2,128,233
France 75,316,391 50,071,181 -25,245,210
Germany 45,849,311 37,759,619 -8,089,692
Ireland 28,177,576 19,375,701 -8,801,875
Spain 19,237,953 10,829,233 -8,408,720
Poland 4,460,556 8,829,410 +4,368,854
Netherlands 2,100,588 1,617,541 -483,047
Austria 414,338 3,146,619 +2,732,281
Luxembourg 1,528,833 1,566,507 +37,674

Importers across UK regions

What this shows: Number of importing companies by UK ITL2 region.

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Outer London - East and North East 21
Outer London - West and North West 15
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 13
Inner London - East 12
Inner London - West 6

UK regions rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: UK regions are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month importer count, right side by second 12-month importer count, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

UK region First 12m Second 12m Delta
Outer London - East and North East 17 17 +0
Outer London - West and North West 15 11 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 10 10 +0
Inner London - East 10 8 -2
Inner London - West 6 5 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 3 4 +1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 2 2 +0
Essex 3 1 -2
Greater Manchester 3 1 -2
West Midlands 2 3 +1

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 708,045,391
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 60,092,203
Other 27,932,176
Road transport 918,572
Air transport 129,282

Transport rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Transport modes are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month import value, right side by second 12-month import value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Transport First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 358,934,953 349,110,438 -9,824,515
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 22,716,041 37,376,162 +14,660,121
Other 13,835,922 14,096,254 +260,332
Road transport 111,058 807,514 +696,456
Air transport 76,035 53,247 -22,788
Rail transport 10,994 13,897 +2,903

Import volume by port

What this shows: Import value handled by each UK port.

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 296,002,923
Eurotunnel 169,240,201
Dover / Eurotunnel 142,344,654
Immingham Docks 37,387,034
000 27,932,176

Port rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Ports are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month import value, right side by second 12-month import value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Port First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Dover 128,648,405 167,354,518 +38,706,113
Eurotunnel 87,878,091 81,362,110 -6,515,981
Dover / Eurotunnel 82,195,994 60,148,660 -22,047,334
Immingham Docks 15,406,104 21,980,930 +6,574,826
000 13,835,922 14,096,254 +260,332
London 10,171,059 13,750,656 +3,579,597
Harwich 11,670,984 10,965,056 -705,928
Holyhead 14,813,336 4,989,437 -9,823,899
Liverpool Docks 7,970,097 8,098,987 +128,890
Ayr Harbour 5,616,119 6,869,631 +1,253,512

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 82
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 19
Food and beverage service activities 8
Manufacture of food products 8
Land transport and transport via pipelines 3

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 48
2025-11 51
2025-10 55
2025-09 52
2025-08 48

Top importers

What this shows: Companies with the highest number of months traded for this HS code.

Importer company size by revenue band

What this shows: Distribution of importers across company revenue bands.

Top 5 values

Revenue Companies
1m-15m 48
54m+ 25
15m-54m 17
0-1m 14
Other 5

Import seasonality

What this shows: Average monthly import pattern from historical data.

Exports by country

What this shows: Export market volume by destination country from the UK.

Top 5 values

Country £
United Arab Emirates 20,843,806
Ireland 19,508,906
Netherlands 6,205,409
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 5,108,106
Qatar 4,770,797

Export countries rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Destination countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export volume, right side by second 12-month export volume, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Country First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
United Arab Emirates 3,779,184 17,064,622 +13,285,438
Ireland 12,569,363 6,939,543 -5,629,820
Netherlands 3,344,979 2,860,430 -484,549
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,791,274 3,316,832 +1,525,558
Qatar 2,428,741 2,342,056 -86,685
Bahrain 1,183,358 1,313,455 +130,097
Singapore 313,736 1,439,905 +1,126,169
Saudi Arabia 561,399 607,594 +46,195
Thailand 348,185 571,083 +222,898
Barbados 271,601 622,367 +350,766

Exports by country of origin

What this shows: Export volume by production origin country. For re-exports, indicates where goods originated before UK export.

Top 5 values

Origin £
XI 715,182
Belgium 312,695
France 309,313
Ireland 275,967
Greece 164,218

Export origin countries rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Origin countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export value, right side by second 12-month export value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Origin First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
XI 239,719 475,463 +235,744
Belgium 159,529 153,166 -6,363
France 181,392 127,921 -53,471
Ireland 172,932 103,035 -69,897
Greece 83,485 80,733 -2,752
Germany 43,070 55,277 +12,207
Poland 5,669 2,973 -2,696
Netherlands 5,537 194 -5,343
Finland 2,568 0 -2,568
Spain 1,745 543 -1,202

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 40,872,820
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 23,239,207
Other 2,650,514
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 655,260

Export transport rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Transport modes are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export value, right side by second 12-month export value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Transport First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Air transport 12,059,041 28,813,779 +16,754,738
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 14,531,245 8,707,962 -5,823,283
Other 1,371,652 1,278,862 -92,790
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 477,986 177,274 -300,712

Export volume by port

What this shows: Export value handled by each UK port.

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 23,034,679
Manchester Airport 16,968,743
Liverpool Docks 9,551,871
Holyhead 7,169,429
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,888,526

Export port rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Ports are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export value, right side by second 12-month export value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Port First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
London Heathrow Airport 4,294,470 18,740,209 +14,445,739
Manchester Airport 7,275,218 9,693,525 +2,418,307
Liverpool Docks 7,281,985 2,269,886 -5,012,099
Holyhead 3,792,390 3,377,039 -415,351
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,241,271 2,647,255 -594,016
000 1,371,652 1,278,862 -92,790
London Gatwick Airport 283,705 252,456 -31,249
Eurotunnel 106,391 395,042 +288,651
London Gateway Port 317,075 81,647 -235,428
Birmingham Airport 205,648 126,350 -79,298

Related HS codes

What this shows: Sibling or child HS codes in the same classification branch.

Quick facts

HS code: 040320

Coverage: United Kingdom, most metrics for the last 24 months

Description: Plain or flavored yogurt made from milk