Import/export HS code 090220: Various green tea

Green tea that is not fermented, sold in larger packages or bulk quantities

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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 £
Japan 9,147,238
China 8,751,598
India 2,959,861
France 2,555,676
Germany 2,072,130

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 £
Japan 1,482,958 7,664,280 +6,181,322
China 4,326,839 4,424,759 +97,920
India 1,523,154 1,436,707 -86,447
France 1,005,789 1,549,887 +544,098
Germany 1,133,911 938,219 -195,692
Sri Lanka 1,272,976 547,711 -725,265
Italy 287,361 895,367 +608,006
Netherlands 365,454 435,287 +69,833
Viet Nam 400,677 371,873 -28,804
Romania 242,154 201,066 -41,088

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 £
Japan 10,999,714
China 9,460,278
India 3,023,627
France 2,223,517
Sri Lanka 1,878,233

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 £
Japan 1,992,257 9,007,457 +7,015,200
China 4,645,270 4,815,008 +169,738
India 1,528,936 1,494,691 -34,245
France 875,633 1,347,884 +472,251
Sri Lanka 1,336,238 541,995 -794,243
Germany 685,317 486,145 -199,172
Viet Nam 494,618 375,293 -119,325
Taiwan 224,666 264,747 +40,081
Poland 221,574 246,844 +25,270
Romania 243,031 201,066 -41,965

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - East 17
Outer London - West and North West 16
Inner London - West 10
Kent 8
Outer London - East and North East 7

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
Inner London - East 10 11 +1
Outer London - West and North West 14 10 -4
Inner London - West 7 7 +0
Kent 6 7 +1
Outer London - East and North East 3 6 +3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 3 3 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 3 4 +1
North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset 4 4 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 4 4 +0
West Midlands 4 4 +0

Import volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 17,818,184
Air transport 9,338,563
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,713,590
Other 361,841
Road transport 132,253

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,776,544 9,041,640 +265,096
Air transport 1,862,413 7,476,150 +5,613,737
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 2,877,990 3,835,600 +957,610
Other 223,939 137,902 -86,037
Road transport 18,078 114,175 +96,097

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 8,041,737
London Heathrow Airport 7,427,293
Southampton 3,768,963
Eurotunnel 3,350,282
Tyne 2,440,241

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 £
Felixstowe 4,385,312 3,656,425 -728,887
London Heathrow Airport 1,078,417 6,348,876 +5,270,459
Southampton 1,137,596 2,631,367 +1,493,771
Eurotunnel 1,364,967 1,985,315 +620,348
Tyne 1,280,044 1,160,197 -119,847
Dover 838,017 1,297,012 +458,995
London Gateway Port 1,326,433 784,065 -542,368
London Stansted Airport 298,462 528,825 +230,363
East Midlands Airport 313,913 416,761 +102,848
Thamesport 280,952 384,602 +103,650

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 57
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 43
Manufacture of food products 30
Food and beverage service activities 18
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 5

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 21
2025-10 25
2025-09 18
2025-08 21
2025-07 20

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 57
0-1m 41
54m+ 13
15m-54m 12
Other 7

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 £
Poland 1,843,588
United States 600,578
Germany 361,138
Netherlands 353,749
Ireland 309,768

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 £
Poland 733,504 1,110,084 +376,580
United States 368,981 231,597 -137,384
Germany 197,588 163,550 -34,038
Netherlands 242,056 111,693 -130,363
Ireland 137,295 172,473 +35,178
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 68,885 128,157 +59,272
Viet Nam 94,644 3,874 -90,770
Canada 22,719 60,514 +37,795
Thailand 42,131 38,787 -3,344
Bahrain 61,522 18,858 -42,664

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 £
France 35,209
Spain 23,154
XI 14,652
XU 4,399
United States 7

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 £
France 16,004 19,205 +3,201
Spain 15,837 7,317 -8,520
XI 2,695 11,957 +9,262
XU 3,088 1,311 -1,777
United States 0 7 +7

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) 3,110,937
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,458,303
Air transport 369,198
Other 77,421
Road transport 2,527

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) 1,407,997 1,702,940 +294,943
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 853,278 605,025 -248,253
Air transport 210,500 158,698 -51,802
Other 37,624 39,797 +2,173
Road transport 2,527 0 -2,527

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,549,358
Liverpool Docks 465,008
Felixstowe 447,880
Southampton 421,799
London Gateway Port 375,510

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 1,144,584 1,404,774 +260,190
Liverpool Docks 260,351 204,657 -55,694
Felixstowe 227,106 220,774 -6,332
Southampton 180,384 241,415 +61,031
London Gateway Port 291,812 83,698 -208,114
East Midlands Airport 140,399 60,093 -80,306
Holyhead 55,111 92,130 +37,019
London Heathrow Airport 51,624 69,170 +17,546
000 37,624 39,797 +2,173
Tyne 14,183 24,761 +10,578

Quick facts

HS code: 090220

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

Description: Green tea that is not fermented, sold in larger packages or bulk quantities