Import/export HS code 190230: Various pasta types

Pasta not covered by other codes, including specialty or regional varieties

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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 £
Ireland 105,565,200
South Korea 85,788,577
Germany 84,769,283
China 74,287,858
Lithuania 39,454,377

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 £
Ireland 54,138,037 51,427,163 -2,710,874
South Korea 47,466,930 38,321,647 -9,145,283
Germany 46,286,360 38,482,923 -7,803,437
China 40,654,762 33,633,096 -7,021,666
Lithuania 21,555,459 17,898,918 -3,656,541
Italy 18,069,652 13,847,986 -4,221,666
Belgium 10,880,362 17,520,261 +6,639,899
Thailand 16,629,560 10,328,114 -6,301,446
Singapore 14,605,039 4,329,350 -10,275,689
Netherlands 11,567,421 6,198,943 -5,368,478

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 £
Ireland 97,672,430
South Korea 89,984,365
China 81,125,426
United Kingdom 53,912,109
Lithuania 39,657,850

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 £
Ireland 50,501,421 47,171,009 -3,330,412
South Korea 48,864,391 41,119,974 -7,744,417
China 45,342,208 35,783,218 -9,558,990
United Kingdom 36,902,631 17,009,478 -19,893,153
Lithuania 21,661,055 17,996,795 -3,664,260
Italy 19,132,637 19,642,932 +510,295
Thailand 17,026,891 11,379,429 -5,647,462
Hungary 4,711,935 17,397,905 +12,685,970
Singapore 14,126,707 4,314,431 -9,812,276
Germany 8,144,652 6,847,440 -1,297,212

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 85
Outer London - East and North East 81
Inner London - East 61
Inner London - West 43
Greater Manchester 36

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 63 63 +0
Outer London - East and North East 67 51 -16
Inner London - East 50 42 -8
Inner London - West 30 27 -3
Greater Manchester 31 18 -13
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 26 25 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 21 22 +1
West Midlands 19 22 +3
Outer London - South 25 19 -6
Essex 20 19 -1

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) 339,311,314
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 266,832,115
Other 14,944,564
Road transport 5,696,066
Air transport 2,666,443

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) 185,587,925 153,723,389 -31,864,536
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 140,416,958 126,415,157 -14,001,801
Other 8,645,482 6,299,082 -2,346,400
Road transport 3,513,482 2,182,584 -1,330,898
Air transport 1,458,741 1,207,702 -251,039

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 125,194,173
Southampton 112,935,304
Liverpool Docks 93,776,475
Dover 62,262,760
Harwich 51,722,209

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 73,083,138 52,111,035 -20,972,103
Southampton 67,509,145 45,426,159 -22,082,986
Liverpool Docks 51,904,784 41,871,691 -10,033,093
Dover 30,884,559 31,378,201 +493,642
Harwich 30,895,698 20,826,511 -10,069,187
London Gateway Port 12,332,678 21,340,312 +9,007,634
Middlesbrough 17,796,844 14,628,530 -3,168,314
Immingham Docks 11,220,430 12,320,139 +1,099,709
London 7,795,579 8,325,445 +529,866
000 8,645,482 6,299,082 -2,346,400

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 405
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 181
Food and beverage service activities 65
Manufacture of food products 63
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 18

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 165
2025-10 176
2025-09 163
2025-08 171
2025-07 170

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 250
0-1m 200
54m+ 89
15m-54m 66
Other 46

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 28,382,908
Netherlands 4,958,010
Germany 2,630,556
Luxembourg 2,411,767
France 1,250,872

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 15,163,775 13,219,133 -1,944,642
Netherlands 2,540,713 2,417,297 -123,416
Germany 856,186 1,774,370 +918,184
Luxembourg 1,191,695 1,220,072 +28,377
France 756,387 494,485 -261,902
United Arab Emirates 544,873 520,945 -23,928
Iceland 543,827 430,491 -113,336
Spain 460,524 503,740 +43,216
Denmark 577,793 307,116 -270,677
Australia 307,653 456,943 +149,290

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 £
XU 5,511,854
XI 683,250
Ireland 648,505
Italy 480,379
Mauritius 460,884

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 £
XU 3,345,863 2,165,991 -1,179,872
XI 435,940 247,310 -188,630
Ireland 352,917 295,588 -57,329
Italy 223,732 256,647 +32,915
Mauritius 162,383 298,501 +136,118
Singapore 154,397 159,767 +5,370
South Korea 32,179 79,264 +47,085
Belgium 25,960 26,976 +1,016
Greece 27,842 22,259 -5,583
Thailand 12,827 10,917 -1,910

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) 32,881,860
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,462,388
Other 8,432,543
Air transport 155,960

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) 16,417,965 16,463,895 +45,930
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,842,158 4,620,230 -1,221,928
Other 4,837,391 3,595,152 -1,242,239
Air transport 46,590 109,370 +62,780

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Liverpool Docks 13,304,318
Dover / Eurotunnel 11,015,167
000 8,432,543
Holyhead 5,743,649
London Gateway Port 3,284,160

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 £
Liverpool Docks 6,630,288 6,674,030 +43,742
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,243,569 5,771,598 +528,029
000 4,837,391 3,595,152 -1,242,239
Holyhead 3,376,395 2,367,254 -1,009,141
London Gateway Port 2,057,186 1,226,974 -830,212
Immingham Docks 1,501,445 968,845 -532,600
Felixstowe 623,153 882,104 +258,951
Southampton 453,900 642,563 +188,663
Dover 360,546 513,047 +152,501
Heysham 234,051 611,478 +377,427

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 190230

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

Description: Pasta not covered by other codes, including specialty or regional varieties