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

Roasted coffee beans or ground coffee that still contains caffeine

Why this is important if you are looking for potential customers in the UK:

  • 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 294,414,175
Netherlands 264,335,765
Italy 174,269,954
Belgium 84,130,470
Germany 63,033,007

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 144,579,108 149,835,067 +5,255,959
Netherlands 128,660,831 135,674,934 +7,014,103
Italy 77,214,837 97,055,117 +19,840,280
Belgium 41,071,801 43,058,669 +1,986,868
Germany 23,355,647 39,677,360 +16,321,713
France 28,250,432 34,062,133 +5,811,701
Ireland 14,198,131 18,763,275 +4,565,144
Portugal 7,582,065 6,531,143 -1,050,922
Poland 7,156,082 6,796,639 -359,443
Denmark 7,023,583 6,176,839 -846,744

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 318,959,233
Germany 262,129,615
Italy 202,825,370
Netherlands 84,235,526
France 36,965,806

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 156,111,732 162,847,501 +6,735,769
Germany 123,167,876 138,961,739 +15,793,863
Italy 91,753,918 111,071,452 +19,317,534
Netherlands 38,905,914 45,329,612 +6,423,698
France 16,353,581 20,612,225 +4,258,644
Belgium 11,422,155 13,811,585 +2,389,430
Poland 8,982,789 12,492,811 +3,510,022
Portugal 10,484,787 9,970,401 -514,386
Ireland 7,240,969 8,145,553 +904,584
Spain 6,868,295 6,351,259 -517,036

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 44
Outer London - East and North East 35
Inner London - East 32
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 34 32 -2
Outer London - East and North East 30 28 -2
Inner London - East 25 24 -1
Inner London - West 21 25 +4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 21 18 -3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 13 10 -3
Greater Manchester 9 9 +0
Outer London - South 10 11 +1
West Midlands 8 4 -4
West Yorkshire 6 7 +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) 770,964,534
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 176,281,588
Air transport 104,444,370
Other 22,566,768
Road transport 7,693,509

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) 325,246,073 445,718,461 +120,472,388
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 70,199,066 106,082,522 +35,883,456
Air transport 100,193,665 4,250,705 -95,942,960
Other 9,308,492 13,258,276 +3,949,784
Road transport 3,328,929 4,364,580 +1,035,651

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 358,052,060
Immingham Docks 262,095,518
Felixstowe 102,125,992
Birmingham Airport 100,096,782
London 77,453,799

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 118,290,137 239,761,923 +121,471,786
Immingham Docks 123,272,940 138,822,578 +15,549,638
Felixstowe 49,081,941 53,044,051 +3,962,110
Birmingham Airport 98,508,027 1,588,755 -96,919,272
London 34,386,616 43,067,183 +8,680,567
Eurotunnel 11,172,706 12,901,060 +1,728,354
000 9,308,492 13,258,276 +3,949,784
Liverpool Docks 9,461,236 9,200,874 -260,362
Harwich 9,105,804 9,245,450 +139,646
Hull 8,230,049 7,335,215 -894,834

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 180
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 82
Food and beverage service activities 46
Manufacture of food products 21
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
2026-01 81
2025-11 97
2025-10 86
2025-09 83
2025-08 71

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 161
0-1m 64
54m+ 44
15m-54m 27
Other 17

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 67,372,489
France 44,579,680
Poland 32,849,850
Netherlands 23,803,163
United Arab Emirates 11,462,647

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 36,198,673 31,173,816 -5,024,857
France 17,281,541 27,298,139 +10,016,598
Poland 16,092,594 16,757,256 +664,662
Netherlands 11,253,436 12,549,727 +1,296,291
United Arab Emirates 6,768,926 4,693,721 -2,075,205
Belgium 6,193,029 5,125,074 -1,067,955
Sweden 4,745,805 4,086,933 -658,872
Saudi Arabia 4,704,608 3,664,923 -1,039,685
Turkey 2,418,336 4,267,426 +1,849,090
Germany 3,524,023 1,675,208 -1,848,815

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 5,711,751
Italy 1,540,688
Netherlands 205,646
Ireland 182,637
Germany 168,919

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 2,918,519 2,793,232 -125,287
Italy 686,951 853,737 +166,786
Netherlands 115,570 90,076 -25,494
Ireland 91,039 91,598 +559
Germany 100,388 68,531 -31,857
Belgium 29,897 15,541 -14,356
Poland 11,559 21,796 +10,237
Brazil 16,534 8,975 -7,559
Peru 4,960 14,260 +9,300
Spain 2,410 14,740 +12,330

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) 223,379,528
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 63,984,500
Other 9,461,705
Air transport 6,342,470
Road transport 2,122

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) 107,164,775 116,214,753 +9,049,978
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 36,955,173 27,029,327 -9,925,846
Other 4,775,723 4,685,982 -89,741
Air transport 2,878,595 3,463,875 +585,280
Road transport 2,122 0 -2,122

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 75,252,335
London Gateway Port 34,543,722
Dover 29,266,416
Immingham Docks 26,832,436
Holyhead 26,670,829

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 29,419,932 45,832,403 +16,412,471
London Gateway Port 17,736,870 16,806,852 -930,018
Dover 17,208,840 12,057,576 -5,151,264
Immingham Docks 14,887,364 11,945,072 -2,942,292
Holyhead 13,321,263 13,349,566 +28,303
Harwich 11,243,735 14,633,621 +3,389,886
Liverpool Docks 7,550,698 6,854,633 -696,065
Felixstowe 7,715,660 2,774,955 -4,940,705
Fishguard 7,276,154 3,194,035 -4,082,119
000 4,775,723 4,685,982 -89,741

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