Import/export HS code 190532: Waffles and wafers

Includes both sweet and savory waffles and wafers, often used as snacks or desserts

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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 £
Poland 332,599,107
Belgium 104,936,588
Italy 100,524,249
Germany 75,808,916
Netherlands 73,254,078

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 £
Poland 171,302,570 161,296,537 -10,006,033
Belgium 52,503,317 52,433,271 -70,046
Italy 53,029,550 47,494,699 -5,534,851
Germany 38,064,415 37,744,501 -319,914
Netherlands 17,726,034 55,528,044 +37,802,010
Bulgaria 27,098,093 40,392,988 +13,294,895
Czechia 13,994,744 18,031,935 +4,037,191
Turkey 9,919,068 11,239,916 +1,320,848
Luxembourg 9,631,201 9,345,170 -286,031
France 5,960,973 6,310,441 +349,468

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 £
Poland 223,091,326
Netherlands 92,033,943
Italy 74,687,071
Bulgaria 69,139,396
Belgium 65,174,828

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 £
Poland 117,395,943 105,695,383 -11,700,560
Netherlands 28,334,145 63,699,798 +35,365,653
Italy 37,231,529 37,455,542 +224,013
Bulgaria 27,697,300 41,442,096 +13,744,796
Belgium 32,361,173 32,813,655 +452,482
Germany 31,728,449 32,583,196 +854,747
Czechia 16,464,462 19,469,447 +3,004,985
Turkey 10,127,626 11,438,535 +1,310,909
Egypt 870,269 9,013,219 +8,142,950
Thailand 5,612,031 4,106,348 -1,505,683

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 62
Outer London - East and North East 48
Inner London - East 46
Inner London - West 39
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 37

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 41 47 +6
Outer London - East and North East 42 34 -8
Inner London - East 36 32 -4
Inner London - West 23 30 +7
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 31 33 +2
Greater Manchester 27 25 -2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 16 17 +1
Essex 17 19 +2
West Midlands 15 16 +1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 15 17 +2

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) 629,533,454
Other 187,847,223
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 77,958,946
Road transport 9,510,756
Air transport 700,060

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) 295,617,378 333,916,076 +38,298,698
Other 93,903,133 93,944,090 +40,957
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 35,852,698 42,106,248 +6,253,550
Road transport 3,774,708 5,736,048 +1,961,340
Air transport 279,886 420,174 +140,288

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 405,755,602
000 187,847,223
Immingham Docks 69,801,740
Eurotunnel 48,622,034
London 38,570,838

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 201,912,753 203,842,849 +1,930,096
000 93,903,133 93,944,090 +40,957
Immingham Docks 14,626,398 55,175,342 +40,548,944
Eurotunnel 21,908,245 26,713,789 +4,805,544
London 18,659,397 19,911,441 +1,252,044
Felixstowe 14,411,923 13,975,699 -436,224
Middlesbrough 10,302,561 17,431,136 +7,128,575
Harwich 10,181,483 10,574,314 +392,831
London Gateway Port 2,189,237 11,569,467 +9,380,230
Purfleet 11,445,524 2,137,601 -9,307,923

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 326
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 123
Food and beverage service activities 54
Manufacture of food products 47
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
2025-11 173
2025-10 177
2025-09 166
2025-08 134
2025-07 174

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 241
0-1m 131
54m+ 62
15m-54m 58
Other 36

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 57,326,896
France 13,757,063
Italy 12,644,248
Netherlands 12,034,597
Spain 11,228,651

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 27,600,701 29,726,195 +2,125,494
France 5,540,128 8,216,935 +2,676,807
Italy 5,303,331 7,340,917 +2,037,586
Netherlands 4,727,210 7,307,387 +2,580,177
Spain 3,674,405 7,554,246 +3,879,841
United Arab Emirates 5,328,680 4,885,559 -443,121
Canada 5,237,091 3,302,577 -1,934,514
Saudi Arabia 5,234,142 2,543,707 -2,690,435
Germany 2,175,641 5,223,456 +3,047,815
Portugal 406,691 4,587,558 +4,180,867

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 2,218,359
XI 1,387,310
Poland 1,104,258
Germany 504,936
Italy 398,127

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 1,054,985 1,163,374 +108,389
XI 639,220 748,090 +108,870
Poland 611,097 493,161 -117,936
Germany 282,616 222,320 -60,296
Italy 209,862 188,265 -21,597
France 142,225 85,598 -56,627
Ireland 63,176 53,870 -9,306
Czechia 57,756 32,713 -25,043
Belgium 31,145 47,388 +16,243
Bulgaria 21,171 37,829 +16,658

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) 129,303,449
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 55,994,814
Other 6,314,782
Air transport 1,662,378
Road transport 24,171

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) 51,452,064 77,851,385 +26,399,321
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 30,987,362 25,007,452 -5,979,910
Other 3,187,842 3,126,940 -60,902
Air transport 1,126,121 536,257 -589,864
Road transport 24,171 0 -24,171

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Liverpool Docks 48,564,294
Dover / Eurotunnel 46,139,785
Dover 27,430,204
London Gateway Port 19,887,680
Grangemouth Docks 10,287,026

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 23,595,696 24,968,598 +1,372,902
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,716,338 33,423,447 +20,707,109
Dover 12,594,432 14,835,772 +2,241,340
London Gateway Port 9,808,186 10,079,494 +271,308
Grangemouth Docks 6,986,306 3,300,720 -3,685,586
Holyhead 2,231,170 4,087,397 +1,856,227
000 3,187,842 3,126,940 -60,902
Southampton 3,232,606 2,667,721 -564,885
Felixstowe 3,567,813 2,215,906 -1,351,907
Immingham Docks 1,575,992 2,467,810 +891,818

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 190532

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

Description: Includes both sweet and savory waffles and wafers, often used as snacks or desserts