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 327,377,584
Belgium 105,695,125
Italy 102,995,238
Germany 75,738,847
Netherlands 73,601,737

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 168,973,898 158,403,686 -10,570,212
Belgium 52,445,512 53,249,613 +804,101
Italy 52,314,965 50,680,273 -1,634,692
Germany 37,110,033 38,628,814 +1,518,781
Netherlands 17,504,427 56,097,310 +38,592,883
Bulgaria 28,438,778 39,416,115 +10,977,337
Czechia 14,853,123 18,234,759 +3,381,636
Turkey 10,606,444 10,778,475 +172,031
Luxembourg 9,537,061 9,557,845 +20,784
France 5,702,048 6,527,695 +825,647

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 219,757,798
Netherlands 92,071,996
Italy 76,375,573
Bulgaria 69,467,043
Belgium 65,509,401

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 115,184,154 104,573,644 -10,610,510
Netherlands 27,649,166 64,422,830 +36,773,664
Italy 37,324,115 39,051,458 +1,727,343
Bulgaria 28,977,938 40,489,105 +11,511,167
Belgium 32,417,260 33,092,141 +674,881
Germany 31,623,612 33,290,809 +1,667,197
Czechia 17,572,983 19,410,956 +1,837,973
Turkey 10,814,010 10,989,769 +175,759
Egypt 1,623,949 8,796,207 +7,172,258
Thailand 5,515,024 4,033,541 -1,481,483

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 61
Outer London - East and North East 50
Inner London - East 46
Inner London - West 38
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 40 47 +7
Outer London - East and North East 45 35 -10
Inner London - East 35 33 -2
Inner London - West 23 29 +6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 31 32 +1
Greater Manchester 27 26 -1
Essex 20 19 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 17 16 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 17 18 +1
West Midlands 16 14 -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) 629,887,504
Other 186,859,946
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 78,960,756
Road transport 9,677,227
Air transport 707,823

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) 295,705,247 334,182,257 +38,477,010
Other 92,101,484 94,758,462 +2,656,978
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 36,526,240 42,434,516 +5,908,276
Road transport 4,456,079 5,221,148 +765,069
Air transport 306,380 401,443 +95,063

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 405,287,919
000 186,859,946
Immingham Docks 70,315,623
Eurotunnel 49,383,977
London 38,968,418

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 200,054,632 205,233,287 +5,178,655
000 92,101,484 94,758,462 +2,656,978
Immingham Docks 14,465,312 55,850,311 +41,384,999
Eurotunnel 22,639,088 26,744,889 +4,105,801
London 18,898,495 20,069,923 +1,171,428
Middlesbrough 11,176,736 17,466,398 +6,289,662
Felixstowe 14,649,410 13,733,481 -915,929
Harwich 10,252,804 10,515,246 +262,442
London Gateway Port 3,023,534 11,308,089 +8,284,555
Purfleet 11,429,081 1,171,683 -10,257,398

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 328
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 124
Food and beverage service activities 52
Manufacture of food products 49
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
2026-01 151
2025-11 173
2025-10 177
2025-09 166
2025-08 134

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 245
0-1m 128
54m+ 62
15m-54m 59
Other 39

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 57,760,651
France 13,958,662
Italy 12,954,413
Netherlands 11,977,161
Spain 11,066,248

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 27,996,018 29,764,633 +1,768,615
France 5,492,008 8,466,654 +2,974,646
Italy 5,304,179 7,650,234 +2,346,055
Netherlands 4,664,760 7,312,401 +2,647,641
Spain 3,628,900 7,437,348 +3,808,448
United Arab Emirates 5,287,954 4,399,345 -888,609
Canada 5,305,763 3,112,498 -2,193,265
Saudi Arabia 4,806,199 2,889,662 -1,916,537
Germany 2,209,506 4,970,740 +2,761,234
Portugal 415,726 4,740,945 +4,325,219

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 1,442,598
Poland 1,086,736
Germany 507,117
Italy 406,247
France 227,778

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 725,401 717,197 -8,204
Poland 621,332 465,404 -155,928
Germany 290,074 217,043 -73,031
Italy 224,922 181,325 -43,597
France 150,891 76,887 -74,004
Ireland 43,784 51,168 +7,384
Czechia 61,376 29,093 -32,283
Belgium 32,683 46,047 +13,364
Bulgaria 22,866 36,163 +13,297
Netherlands 27,793 22,708 -5,085

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) 130,505,467
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 55,017,493
Other 6,414,182
Air transport 1,594,387
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) 52,208,534 78,296,933 +26,088,399
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 30,487,122 24,530,371 -5,956,751
Other 3,362,126 3,052,056 -310,070
Air transport 1,070,409 523,978 -546,431
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 49,040,218
Dover / Eurotunnel 46,653,865
Dover 27,679,703
London Gateway Port 19,854,202
Grangemouth Docks 9,859,925

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 24,046,946 24,993,272 +946,326
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,577,221 34,076,644 +21,499,423
Dover 12,996,477 14,683,226 +1,686,749
London Gateway Port 9,938,681 9,915,521 -23,160
Grangemouth Docks 6,559,256 3,300,669 -3,258,587
000 3,362,126 3,052,056 -310,070
Holyhead 2,142,756 4,030,384 +1,887,628
Southampton 3,589,933 2,239,345 -1,350,588
Felixstowe 3,193,256 2,203,069 -990,187
Immingham Docks 1,617,429 2,392,083 +774,654

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