Import/export HS code 190190: Various food preparations

Various food products not listed elsewhere, made from cereals, flour, starch, or malt extract

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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 £
France 120,398,913
Ireland 76,619,800
Germany 68,822,728
Denmark 51,023,219
Belgium 47,797,506

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 71,889,023 48,509,890 -23,379,133
Ireland 44,831,402 31,788,398 -13,043,004
Germany 39,894,798 28,927,930 -10,966,868
Denmark 26,537,989 24,485,230 -2,052,759
Belgium 21,664,305 26,133,201 +4,468,896
Italy 23,252,892 24,262,539 +1,009,647
Netherlands 19,954,230 23,225,629 +3,271,399
Spain 9,897,256 9,280,086 -617,170
Poland 6,338,203 4,030,011 -2,308,192
Switzerland 4,589,368 4,717,167 +127,799

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 110,707,586
Germany 76,279,607
Ireland 61,229,690
Belgium 57,130,419
Denmark 51,556,286

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 66,144,621 44,562,965 -21,581,656
Germany 44,593,902 31,685,705 -12,908,197
Ireland 36,407,151 24,822,539 -11,584,612
Belgium 25,277,276 31,853,143 +6,575,867
Denmark 26,606,814 24,949,472 -1,657,342
Italy 23,464,272 24,468,077 +1,003,805
Spain 10,435,928 9,775,794 -660,134
Switzerland 7,835,221 8,168,991 +333,770
Netherlands 8,135,548 7,521,318 -614,230
Poland 6,766,525 4,379,637 -2,386,888

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Outer London - East and North East 58
Outer London - West and North West 57
Inner London - West 35
Inner London - East 34
Greater Manchester 30

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 - East and North East 42 45 +3
Outer London - West and North West 49 46 -3
Inner London - West 27 28 +1
Inner London - East 25 27 +2
Greater Manchester 23 24 +1
Outer London - South 23 22 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 22 16 -6
West Midlands 20 16 -4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 14 18 +4
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 18 17 -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) 412,901,057
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 100,102,054
Other 19,057,781
Air transport 2,544,130
Road transport 2,530,100

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) 232,143,090 180,757,967 -51,385,123
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 47,244,690 52,857,364 +5,612,674
Other 9,771,688 9,286,093 -485,595
Air transport 1,227,785 1,316,345 +88,560
Road transport 1,630,413 899,687 -730,726
Rail transport 1,297 4,506 +3,209

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 159,115,272
Eurotunnel 80,054,603
Immingham Docks 66,347,201
Liverpool Docks 39,724,791
London 32,528,423

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 83,889,673 75,225,599 -8,664,074
Eurotunnel 43,306,415 36,748,188 -6,558,227
Immingham Docks 33,582,267 32,764,934 -817,333
Liverpool Docks 23,248,099 16,476,692 -6,771,407
London 17,241,266 15,287,157 -1,954,109
Holyhead 12,648,714 8,592,729 -4,055,985
Felixstowe 11,113,674 8,948,690 -2,164,984
000 9,771,688 9,286,093 -485,595
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,847,538 6,198,409 -2,649,129
Portsmouth 8,461,394 6,351,955 -2,109,439

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 298
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 111
Manufacture of food products 106
Food and beverage service activities 57
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 19

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 185
2025-10 187
2025-09 175
2025-08 164
2025-07 186

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 212
0-1m 126
54m+ 125
15m-54m 55
Other 35

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 92,583,471
China 32,014,968
France 28,747,475
Thailand 25,172,127
Germany 21,002,650

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 59,602,938 32,980,533 -26,622,405
China 11,154,976 20,859,992 +9,705,016
France 13,094,514 15,652,961 +2,558,447
Thailand 13,729,326 11,442,801 -2,286,525
Germany 10,138,862 10,863,788 +724,926
Denmark 8,851,070 8,477,932 -373,138
Mali 10,429,131 5,391,479 -5,037,652
Netherlands 6,585,897 6,091,102 -494,795
Spain 4,929,672 6,935,841 +2,006,169
United Arab Emirates 5,494,102 5,725,461 +231,359

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 45,083,223
XU 12,791,906
Bangladesh 3,255,784
China 1,846,657
Cambodia 979,480

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 23,206,165 21,877,058 -1,329,107
XU 11,391,579 1,400,327 -9,991,252
Bangladesh 3,255,784 0 -3,255,784
China 1,846,648 9 -1,846,639
Cambodia 979,480 0 -979,480
India 781,270 0 -781,270
Germany 509,836 182,304 -327,532
Viet Nam 625,658 0 -625,658
Sri Lanka 624,647 0 -624,647
Turkey 597,049 0 -597,049

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 196,463,309
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 144,132,277
Other 71,528,950
Air transport 16,119,124
Road transport 423,421

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 103,578,537 92,884,772 -10,693,765
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 67,353,607 76,778,670 +9,425,063
Other 47,687,607 23,841,343 -23,846,264
Air transport 5,561,615 10,557,509 +4,995,894
Road transport 423,421 0 -423,421

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Belfast Port 75,178,947
Dover / Eurotunnel 74,169,916
000 71,528,950
Felixstowe 38,181,872
London Gateway Port 33,138,860

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 £
Belfast Port 34,772,856 40,406,091 +5,633,235
Dover / Eurotunnel 33,334,346 40,835,570 +7,501,224
000 47,687,607 23,841,343 -23,846,264
Felixstowe 23,199,776 14,982,096 -8,217,680
London Gateway Port 15,493,512 17,645,348 +2,151,836
Liverpool Docks 13,876,280 15,230,571 +1,354,291
Immingham Docks 12,598,168 13,973,157 +1,374,989
Southampton 10,587,084 8,287,700 -2,299,384
Holyhead 8,525,420 3,344,211 -5,181,209
London Heathrow Airport 3,877,112 6,415,822 +2,538,710

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 190190

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

Description: Various food products not listed elsewhere, made from cereals, flour, starch, or malt extract