Import/export HS code 090121: Non-decaffeinated roasted coffee

Roasted coffee beans or ground coffee that still contains caffeine

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  • It helps you understand the market size for your product in the UK.
  • It provides you with a list of potential leads who have bought similar products.

* 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 £
Switzerland 291,523,513
Netherlands 263,035,511
Italy 169,127,681
Belgium 84,490,079
Germany 61,417,417

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 £
Switzerland 138,654,641 152,868,872 +14,214,231
Netherlands 129,495,830 133,539,681 +4,043,851
Italy 79,168,114 89,959,567 +10,791,453
Belgium 40,970,271 43,519,808 +2,549,537
Germany 22,345,749 39,071,668 +16,725,919
France 27,616,470 32,614,246 +4,997,776
Ireland 13,986,028 18,915,866 +4,929,838
Portugal 8,028,138 6,123,948 -1,904,190
Poland 6,828,887 7,047,303 +218,416
Denmark 7,066,689 6,172,918 -893,771

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 £
Switzerland 315,089,458
Germany 262,025,632
Italy 198,067,278
Netherlands 82,132,757
France 36,244,724

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 £
Switzerland 149,276,227 165,813,231 +16,537,004
Germany 123,581,330 138,444,302 +14,862,972
Italy 93,418,990 104,648,288 +11,229,298
Netherlands 39,229,932 42,902,825 +3,672,893
France 16,054,761 20,189,963 +4,135,202
Belgium 11,203,561 13,821,016 +2,617,455
Poland 9,010,689 12,112,508 +3,101,819
Portugal 10,927,120 9,177,628 -1,749,492
Ireland 7,561,318 8,203,877 +642,559
Spain 7,317,451 5,911,031 -1,406,420

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Outer London - West and North West 45
Outer London - East and North East 36
Inner London - East 29
Inner London - West 29
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 24

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 - West and North West 37 31 -6
Outer London - East and North East 30 30 +0
Inner London - East 24 20 -4
Inner London - West 20 24 +4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 20 19 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 13 10 -3
Greater Manchester 9 9 +0
Outer London - South 10 11 +1
West Yorkshire 7 7 +0
West Midlands 7 5 -2

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) 755,277,101
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 171,706,460
Air transport 111,291,883
Other 22,081,474
Road transport 7,460,690

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) 318,315,559 436,961,542 +118,645,983
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 68,885,182 102,821,278 +33,936,096
Air transport 104,252,052 7,039,831 -97,212,221
Other 8,575,181 13,506,293 +4,931,112
Road transport 2,891,483 4,569,207 +1,677,724

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 345,274,632
Immingham Docks 257,896,053
Birmingham Airport 106,977,092
Felixstowe 100,949,522
London 76,738,939

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 107,197,470 238,077,162 +130,879,692
Immingham Docks 125,498,175 132,397,878 +6,899,703
Birmingham Airport 102,585,445 4,391,647 -98,193,798
Felixstowe 48,219,307 52,730,215 +4,510,908
London 34,850,310 41,888,629 +7,038,319
Eurotunnel 10,901,581 12,376,588 +1,475,007
000 8,575,181 13,506,293 +4,931,112
Liverpool Docks 9,873,884 8,967,389 -906,495
Harwich 8,871,819 9,055,622 +183,803
Hull 8,396,984 6,832,632 -1,564,352

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 181
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 83
Food and beverage service activities 46
Manufacture of food products 20
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 10

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 97
2025-10 86
2025-09 83
2025-08 71
2025-07 73

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 159
0-1m 66
54m+ 44
15m-54m 27
Other 18

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 £
Ireland 67,572,313
France 42,835,098
Poland 31,819,091
Netherlands 23,709,686
United Arab Emirates 11,790,432

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 £
Ireland 36,027,369 31,544,944 -4,482,425
France 16,618,766 26,216,332 +9,597,566
Poland 15,431,583 16,387,508 +955,925
Netherlands 11,441,091 12,268,595 +827,504
United Arab Emirates 7,150,528 4,639,904 -2,510,624
Belgium 6,106,439 5,181,154 -925,285
Sweden 4,713,346 4,324,121 -389,225
Saudi Arabia 4,740,426 3,419,201 -1,321,225
Turkey 2,555,491 3,893,766 +1,338,275
Germany 3,662,931 1,726,671 -1,936,260

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 5,750,851
Italy 1,555,583
XU 1,509,318
Netherlands 212,173
Ireland 183,090

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 2,821,782 2,929,069 +107,287
Italy 659,944 895,639 +235,695
XU 793,115 716,203 -76,912
Netherlands 112,311 99,862 -12,449
Ireland 93,355 89,735 -3,620
Germany 95,668 71,740 -23,928
Belgium 26,788 16,114 -10,674
Poland 5,560 27,795 +22,235
Brazil 14,316 10,540 -3,776
Peru 4,099 13,957 +9,858

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 219,723,740
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 64,702,264
Other 9,524,374
Air transport 6,285,848
Road transport 9,744

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 106,038,540 113,685,200 +7,646,660
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 37,968,287 26,733,977 -11,234,310
Other 4,637,273 4,887,101 +249,828
Air transport 2,926,653 3,359,195 +432,542
Road transport 9,744 0 -9,744

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 75,776,513
London Gateway Port 33,848,048
Dover 28,660,792
Holyhead 26,512,945
Immingham Docks 25,734,619

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 £
Dover / Eurotunnel 31,971,218 43,805,295 +11,834,077
London Gateway Port 17,575,443 16,272,605 -1,302,838
Dover 16,463,501 12,197,291 -4,266,210
Holyhead 13,573,046 12,939,899 -633,147
Immingham Docks 14,225,423 11,509,196 -2,716,227
Harwich 10,055,496 14,078,731 +4,023,235
Liverpool Docks 7,173,796 7,067,914 -105,882
Felixstowe 8,077,675 2,945,485 -5,132,190
Fishguard 6,851,485 3,699,327 -3,152,158
000 4,637,273 4,887,101 +249,828

Quick facts

HS code: 090121

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

Description: Roasted coffee beans or ground coffee that still contains caffeine