Import/export HS code 170199: Various Sugars

Sugars not covered under other categories, including white sugar and specialty sugars

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 £
France 152,071,608
Poland 35,343,444
Belgium 27,371,055
Netherlands 17,291,663
Ireland 16,372,440

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 £
France 90,362,110 61,709,498 -28,652,612
Poland 30,211,658 5,131,786 -25,079,872
Belgium 16,915,349 10,455,706 -6,459,643
Netherlands 4,445,543 12,846,120 +8,400,577
Ireland 10,166,691 6,205,749 -3,960,942
Germany 7,842,948 4,872,996 -2,969,952
Mauritius 7,419,222 3,457,577 -3,961,645
Guatemala 4,662,745 3,793,835 -868,910
Brazil 931,388 5,497,578 +4,566,190
Denmark 1,259,297 2,956,757 +1,697,460

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 £
France 145,270,991
Poland 35,363,658
Belgium 24,694,028
Mauritius 11,605,765
Netherlands 9,459,598

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 £
France 81,197,269 64,073,722 -17,123,547
Poland 30,196,552 5,167,106 -25,029,446
Belgium 16,193,965 8,500,063 -7,693,902
Mauritius 8,148,188 3,457,577 -4,690,611
Netherlands 2,560,642 6,898,956 +4,338,314
Guatemala 5,069,867 3,806,424 -1,263,443
Brazil 943,370 5,526,415 +4,583,045
Germany 2,846,968 3,066,736 +219,768
Colombia 2,412,364 1,365,510 -1,046,854
Spain 975,333 1,432,488 +457,155

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 27
Inner London - West 22
Inner London - East 20
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 14
Outer London - East and North East 14

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 19 23 +4
Inner London - West 15 15 +0
Inner London - East 15 11 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 12 10 -2
Outer London - East and North East 12 11 -1
West Midlands 10 10 +0
Greater Manchester 5 6 +1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 5 7 +2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 4 5 +1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 5 5 +0

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) 165,534,250
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 90,604,247
Other 46,093,276
Air transport 1,286,222
Road transport 457,894

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) 92,195,743 73,338,507 -18,857,236
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 61,569,739 29,034,508 -32,535,231
Other 26,958,840 19,134,436 -7,824,404
Air transport 547,057 739,165 +192,108
Road transport 153,065 304,829 +151,764

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 46,093,276
Dover 44,788,527
Felixstowe 42,408,234
London 41,662,390
Hull 41,351,739

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 £
000 26,958,840 19,134,436 -7,824,404
Dover 26,955,021 17,833,506 -9,121,515
Felixstowe 36,466,598 5,941,636 -30,524,962
London 22,560,071 19,102,319 -3,457,752
Hull 26,742,974 14,608,765 -12,134,209
Immingham Docks 12,904,498 17,243,682 +4,339,184
Grangemouth Docks 8,985,550 9,023,405 +37,855
London Gateway Port 10,091,414 5,739,770 -4,351,644
Eurotunnel 2,821,511 2,315,884 -505,627
Middlesbrough 1,331,222 2,299,912 +968,690

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 117
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 48
Manufacture of food products 41
Food and beverage service activities 15
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 11

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 46
2025-11 54
2025-10 49
2025-09 45
2025-08 44

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 97
0-1m 49
54m+ 46
15m-54m 20
Other 6

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 £
Italy 33,624,109
Ireland 24,309,427
Spain 22,573,377
Norway 21,357,626
Bulgaria 11,340,419

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 £
Italy 13,310,035 20,314,074 +7,004,039
Ireland 13,423,930 10,885,497 -2,538,433
Spain 19,483,946 3,089,431 -16,394,515
Norway 12,524,105 8,833,521 -3,690,584
Bulgaria 10,108,060 1,232,359 -8,875,701
Netherlands 2,721,032 3,554,944 +833,912
Barbados 2,317,741 1,890,835 -426,906
France 1,805,242 1,996,998 +191,756
Malta 2,321,275 1,455,753 -865,522
Poland 3,258,355 490,270 -2,768,085

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 1,392,062
Ireland 605,916
Germany 546,292
Denmark 240,748
Eswatini 16,566

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 795,300 596,762 -198,538
Ireland 335,968 269,948 -66,020
Germany 286,549 259,743 -26,806
Denmark 52,364 188,384 +136,020
Eswatini 10,176 6,390 -3,786
Brazil 7,239 8,361 +1,122
Mauritius 6,476 3,890 -2,586
Netherlands 3,316 5,172 +1,856
Belgium 5,235 2,961 -2,274
Belize 0 2,330 +2,330

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) 83,506,264
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 71,519,231
Other 3,240,649
Air transport 91,561

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) 45,116,446 38,389,818 -6,726,628
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 48,293,591 23,225,640 -25,067,951
Other 1,722,868 1,517,781 -205,087
Air transport 42,774 48,787 +6,013

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London 38,159,524
Felixstowe 29,122,431
Liverpool Docks 19,129,047
Thamesport 17,560,624
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,364,225

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 16,355,140 21,804,384 +5,449,244
Felixstowe 21,960,137 7,162,294 -14,797,843
Liverpool Docks 10,655,693 8,473,354 -2,182,339
Thamesport 8,724,039 8,836,585 +112,546
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,156,071 4,208,154 -3,947,917
Poole 11,405,140 233,282 -11,171,858
Portsmouth 5,922,391 1,827,104 -4,095,287
Immingham Docks 2,206,220 3,344,675 +1,138,455
London Gateway Port 2,836,388 2,391,087 -445,301
000 1,722,868 1,517,781 -205,087

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 170199

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

Description: Sugars not covered under other categories, including white sugar and specialty sugars