Import/export HS code 0910: Spices like ginger, saffron, turmeric, thyme, bay leaves, and curry

Includes all forms of these spices, whether whole, crushed, or ground. Perfect for cooking and seasoning

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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 £
China 66,509,461
India 39,775,429
Pakistan 18,750,648
Netherlands 15,281,223
France 14,398,726

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 £
China 37,616,073 28,893,388 -8,722,685
India 18,351,946 21,423,483 +3,071,537
Pakistan 9,441,139 9,309,509 -131,630
Netherlands 7,346,061 7,935,162 +589,101
France 7,447,195 6,951,531 -495,664
Spain 6,033,673 5,754,486 -279,187
Germany 3,539,996 4,346,719 +806,723
Belgium 4,827,647 2,887,395 -1,940,252
Turkey 3,980,870 3,133,880 -846,990
Brazil 3,839,480 1,290,620 -2,548,860

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 £
China 76,248,992
India 43,296,371
Pakistan 18,936,082
Spain 13,961,784
Turkey 9,170,396

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 £
China 42,369,060 33,879,932 -8,489,128
India 19,776,363 23,520,008 +3,743,645
Pakistan 9,604,552 9,331,530 -273,022
Spain 7,217,791 6,743,993 -473,798
Turkey 5,018,322 4,152,074 -866,248
Brazil 3,934,923 1,565,076 -2,369,847
Thailand 2,853,587 2,569,973 -283,614
Germany 1,982,040 3,428,374 +1,446,334
Viet Nam 2,495,897 2,909,129 +413,232
Belgium 3,016,668 2,054,744 -961,924

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 129
Outer London - East and North East 91
Inner London - East 65
Inner London - West 54
Greater Manchester 47

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 95 94 -1
Outer London - East and North East 69 64 -5
Inner London - East 55 47 -8
Inner London - West 37 39 +2
Greater Manchester 31 35 +4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 35 30 -5
West Midlands 29 27 -2
Outer London - South 27 20 -7
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 25 30 +5
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 21 27 +6

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) 159,208,561
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 67,973,873
Air transport 13,484,876
Other 3,861,774
Road transport 1,649,913

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) 82,133,241 77,075,320 -5,057,921
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 35,569,583 32,404,290 -3,165,293
Air transport 8,640,308 4,844,568 -3,795,740
Other 1,944,568 1,917,206 -27,362
Road transport 728,772 921,141 +192,369
Rail transport 53,799 4,865 -48,934

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 103,391,713
Southampton 37,769,980
London Gateway Port 28,163,575
Eurotunnel 19,424,481
Dover 16,169,323

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 53,697,805 49,693,908 -4,003,897
Southampton 18,462,174 19,307,806 +845,632
London Gateway Port 15,351,387 12,812,188 -2,539,199
Eurotunnel 9,873,336 9,551,145 -322,191
Dover 8,692,636 7,476,687 -1,215,949
London Heathrow Airport 5,820,345 2,496,143 -3,324,202
Harwich 2,086,989 2,513,103 +426,114
000 1,944,568 1,917,206 -27,362
London 2,080,525 1,556,697 -523,828
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,574,041 2,014,994 +440,953

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 518
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 198
Manufacture of food products 118
Food and beverage service activities 68
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 28

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 201
2025-11 204
2025-10 249
2025-09 206
2025-08 196

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 366
0-1m 236
54m+ 110
15m-54m 94
Other 40

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 £
Netherlands 12,446,397
Ireland 9,806,884
United States 1,644,846
United Arab Emirates 1,428,223
Australia 1,330,015

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 £
Netherlands 5,176,766 7,269,631 +2,092,865
Ireland 5,140,160 4,666,724 -473,436
United States 1,137,518 507,328 -630,190
United Arab Emirates 754,770 673,453 -81,317
Australia 740,575 589,440 -151,135
Germany 366,462 674,230 +307,768
France 410,548 360,515 -50,033
Mexico 2,248 760,787 +758,539
Thailand 406,171 145,870 -260,301
Italy 273,097 264,380 -8,717

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 £
Ireland 125,212
Belgium 74,519
XI 62,240
Turkey 29,490
France 27,723

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 £
Ireland 58,586 66,626 +8,040
Belgium 39,649 34,870 -4,779
XI 17,642 44,598 +26,956
Turkey 20,880 8,610 -12,270
France 13,666 14,057 +391
China 4,394 10,076 +5,682
India 8,472 2,297 -6,175
Spain 4,546 3,867 -679
Malaysia 5,624 1,861 -3,763
Netherlands 2,348 3,962 +1,614

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) 24,295,516
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,387,059
Other 2,099,218
Air transport 1,098,253
Rail transport 23,337

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) 10,990,425 13,305,091 +2,314,666
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,704,512 4,682,547 -1,021,965
Other 1,144,212 955,006 -189,206
Air transport 620,160 478,093 -142,067
Rail transport 23,337 0 -23,337
Road transport 3,596 0 -3,596

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 11,579,578
London Gateway Port 5,454,513
Felixstowe 4,502,808
Holyhead 4,081,537
Liverpool Docks 3,257,283

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 4,532,455 7,047,123 +2,514,668
London Gateway Port 2,727,879 2,726,634 -1,245
Felixstowe 2,307,975 2,194,833 -113,142
Holyhead 2,162,041 1,919,496 -242,545
Liverpool Docks 1,612,202 1,645,081 +32,879
000 1,144,212 955,006 -189,206
Southampton 888,835 779,219 -109,616
Harwich 650,905 332,382 -318,523
London Heathrow Airport 430,855 394,306 -36,549
Immingham Docks 340,324 409,310 +68,986

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 0910

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

Description: Includes all forms of these spices, whether whole, crushed, or ground. Perfect for cooking and seasoning