Import/export HS code 190420: Foods made from unroasted cereal flakes or mixed with roasted flakes

Includes muesli-type mixes and other grain-based foods made from unroasted flakes

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 £
Lithuania 43,958,973
Spain 32,786,787
Switzerland 12,536,831
Belgium 7,084,100
Germany 6,608,699

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 £
Lithuania 23,854,150 20,104,823 -3,749,327
Spain 17,665,830 15,120,957 -2,544,873
Switzerland 6,315,715 6,221,116 -94,599
Belgium 2,941,901 4,142,199 +1,200,298
Germany 3,169,583 3,439,116 +269,533
Ireland 926,637 1,250,361 +323,724
Poland 219,948 1,575,476 +1,355,528
United States 961,914 656,124 -305,790
France 890,554 678,910 -211,644
Netherlands 854,952 713,932 -141,020

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 £
Lithuania 43,463,241
Spain 38,705,471
Switzerland 12,682,195
Germany 6,128,629
Poland 3,023,480

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 £
Lithuania 23,858,460 19,604,781 -4,253,679
Spain 20,230,864 18,474,607 -1,756,257
Switzerland 6,461,079 6,221,116 -239,963
Germany 2,787,629 3,341,000 +553,371
Poland 328,262 2,695,218 +2,366,956
France 1,187,550 663,133 -524,417
United States 919,729 687,983 -231,746
South Korea 866,479 661,652 -204,827
Netherlands 282,872 565,202 +282,330
Italy 497,575 203,507 -294,068

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 22
Greater Manchester 16
Inner London - West 13
West Midlands 13
Inner London - East 12

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 16 13 -3
Greater Manchester 14 6 -8
Inner London - West 10 9 -1
West Midlands 8 8 +0
Inner London - East 10 7 -3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 7 8 +1
Outer London - West and North West 8 9 +1
Essex 10 3 -7
Outer London - South 10 7 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 8 5 -3

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) 62,738,517
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 49,004,056
Road transport 3,190,614
Other 1,823,844
Air transport 83,438

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) 30,153,119 32,585,398 +2,432,279
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 28,102,801 20,901,255 -7,201,546
Road transport 1,556,089 1,634,525 +78,436
Other 703,172 1,120,672 +417,500
Air transport 20,866 62,572 +41,706

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Liverpool Docks 30,630,256
London 19,874,452
Dover 19,113,375
Middlesbrough 12,960,314
Immingham Docks 12,678,021

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 £
Liverpool Docks 17,081,283 13,548,973 -3,532,310
London 10,112,681 9,761,771 -350,910
Dover 10,622,299 8,491,076 -2,131,223
Middlesbrough 5,958,246 7,002,068 +1,043,822
Immingham Docks 6,665,342 6,012,679 -652,663
Eurotunnel 2,209,873 2,311,491 +101,618
Southampton 2,298,678 1,530,740 -767,938
ZLC 1,575,939 1,646,622 +70,683
Dover / Eurotunnel 793,400 1,135,305 +341,905
000 703,172 1,120,672 +417,500

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 121
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 67
Manufacture of food products 21
Food and beverage service activities 16
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
2025-11 39
2025-10 31
2025-09 39
2025-08 31
2025-07 38

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
0-1m 74
1m-15m 67
54m+ 38
Other 18
15m-54m 16

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 13,932,516
France 9,420,914
Netherlands 3,909,638
United Arab Emirates 3,002,352
Spain 2,069,036

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 7,459,289 6,473,227 -986,062
France 4,972,037 4,448,877 -523,160
Netherlands 1,857,171 2,052,467 +195,296
United Arab Emirates 1,760,056 1,242,296 -517,760
Spain 1,139,481 929,555 -209,926
Germany 823,879 645,389 -178,490
Italy 580,922 782,461 +201,539
Canada 900 1,317,958 +1,317,058
Finland 888,344 298,094 -590,250
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 496,915 588,556 +91,641

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 1,906,421
XU 631,035
Spain 227,702
Ireland 87,342
Lithuania 36,630

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 723,221 1,183,200 +459,979
XU 387,266 243,769 -143,497
Spain 119,131 108,571 -10,560
Ireland 49,114 38,228 -10,886
Lithuania 16,240 20,390 +4,150
Belgium 4,180 620 -3,560
Switzerland 2,834 0 -2,834
United States 1,283 0 -1,283
Czechia 562 702 +140
Germany 573 175 -398

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) 30,542,872
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 15,611,320
Other 2,901,118
Air transport 148,441

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) 15,657,494 14,885,378 -772,116
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,662,312 6,949,008 -1,713,304
Other 1,305,165 1,595,953 +290,788
Air transport 110,004 38,437 -71,567

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 14,254,089
Liverpool Docks 9,067,024
London Gateway Port 7,351,664
000 2,901,118
Felixstowe 2,767,801

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 7,289,697 6,964,392 -325,305
Liverpool Docks 5,016,526 4,050,498 -966,028
London Gateway Port 4,232,077 3,119,587 -1,112,490
000 1,305,165 1,595,953 +290,788
Felixstowe 836,557 1,931,244 +1,094,687
Holyhead 1,373,195 870,555 -502,640
Immingham Docks 975,651 904,639 -71,012
Southampton 797,366 545,447 -251,919
Poole 727,736 612,383 -115,353
Middlesbrough 1,084,309 59,698 -1,024,611

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 190420

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

Description: Includes muesli-type mixes and other grain-based foods made from unroasted flakes