Import/export HS code 19059045: Biscuits

Covers all types of biscuits, both sweet and savory, not listed elsewhere

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 £
Canada 40,538,802
France 28,354,407
Belgium 27,076,346
Netherlands 23,630,148
Italy 20,619,789

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 £
Canada 23,772,187 16,766,615 -7,005,572
France 14,671,157 13,683,250 -987,907
Belgium 12,858,677 14,217,669 +1,358,992
Netherlands 11,512,411 12,117,737 +605,326
Italy 9,766,153 10,853,636 +1,087,483
Portugal 5,104,657 6,417,714 +1,313,057
Poland 4,359,075 4,285,526 -73,549
Switzerland 3,905,533 2,912,660 -992,873
Spain 2,761,368 2,787,283 +25,915
Germany 2,539,645 1,002,425 -1,537,220

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 £
Canada 40,575,100
Italy 37,160,557
France 33,183,816
Netherlands 24,152,053
Portugal 11,839,530

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 £
Canada 23,803,472 16,771,628 -7,031,844
Italy 16,661,275 20,499,282 +3,838,007
France 16,752,153 16,431,663 -320,490
Netherlands 13,038,815 11,113,238 -1,925,577
Portugal 5,177,329 6,662,201 +1,484,872
Switzerland 4,353,619 4,414,910 +61,291
Poland 4,368,381 4,288,425 -79,956
Spain 2,678,538 2,650,553 -27,985
Germany 2,282,228 774,804 -1,507,424
United States 2,427,839 250,804 -2,177,035

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 46
Outer London - East and North East 40
Inner London - East 34
Inner London - West 28
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 27

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 37 33 -4
Outer London - East and North East 32 31 -1
Inner London - East 27 24 -3
Inner London - West 20 18 -2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 22 21 -1
Greater Manchester 16 18 +2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 13 12 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 14 10 -4
Outer London - South 13 13 +0
West Yorkshire 11 12 +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) 111,048,060
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 82,735,985
Other 1,865,557
Air transport 570,139
Road transport 374,295

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) 58,739,297 52,308,763 -6,430,534
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 42,379,885 40,356,100 -2,023,785
Other 935,430 930,127 -5,303
Air transport 380,185 189,954 -190,231
Road transport 203,594 170,701 -32,893
Rail transport 7,428 0 -7,428

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Liverpool Docks 45,105,624
Dover 44,750,764
London 24,942,292
Eurotunnel 16,250,030
Thamesport 11,044,986

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 27,275,821 17,829,803 -9,446,018
Dover 25,663,800 19,086,964 -6,576,836
London 9,272,834 15,669,458 +6,396,624
Eurotunnel 7,274,603 8,975,427 +1,700,824
Thamesport 3,399,614 7,645,372 +4,245,758
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,843,671 5,058,298 +214,627
Immingham Docks 3,780,679 4,652,136 +871,457
Southampton 5,248,579 2,926,485 -2,322,094
Harwich 4,061,111 2,683,038 -1,378,073
London Gateway Port 2,084,090 2,205,497 +121,407

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 233
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 101
Manufacture of food products 47
Food and beverage service activities 39
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 10

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 92
2025-11 106
2025-10 108
2025-09 114
2025-08 95

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 161
0-1m 94
54m+ 62
15m-54m 48
Other 24

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 £
United States 33,058,596
Ireland 13,495,817
United Arab Emirates 4,726,835
Netherlands 4,262,658
Canada 3,255,850

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 £
United States 18,754,291 14,304,305 -4,449,986
Ireland 6,872,821 6,622,996 -249,825
United Arab Emirates 2,893,174 1,833,661 -1,059,513
Netherlands 2,427,748 1,834,910 -592,838
Canada 1,927,142 1,328,708 -598,434
France 852,080 911,494 +59,414
Australia 919,286 535,488 -383,798
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 829,262 488,714 -340,548
Nigeria 464,258 534,536 +70,278
Spain 494,847 480,443 -14,404

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 426,667
Germany 167,767
Netherlands 81,318
Portugal 39,787
Ireland 31,116

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 228,185 198,482 -29,703
Germany 395 167,372 +166,977
Netherlands 48,344 32,974 -15,370
Portugal 22,426 17,361 -5,065
Ireland 21,436 9,680 -11,756
France 12,016 14,120 +2,104
Greece 6,341 3,367 -2,974
United States 34 7,474 +7,440
Italy 4,487 2,455 -2,032
Switzerland 2,430 2,742 +312

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) 53,695,175
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 23,611,346
Other 1,284,230
Air transport 1,258,614

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) 30,469,706 23,225,469 -7,244,237
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 11,953,984 11,657,362 -296,622
Other 607,423 676,807 +69,384
Air transport 813,740 444,874 -368,866

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Southampton 31,511,500
Liverpool Docks 12,365,922
London Gateway Port 10,084,124
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,434,167
Immingham Docks 4,869,371

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 £
Southampton 16,906,691 14,604,809 -2,301,882
Liverpool Docks 7,043,551 5,322,371 -1,721,180
London Gateway Port 6,349,977 3,734,147 -2,615,830
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,696,933 2,737,234 +40,301
Immingham Docks 2,851,821 2,017,550 -834,271
Felixstowe 2,462,289 1,574,867 -887,422
Holyhead 1,430,207 1,994,025 +563,818
London 765,932 742,242 -23,690
000 607,423 676,807 +69,384
Dover 521,093 762,748 +241,655

Quick facts

HS code: 19059045

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

Description: Covers all types of biscuits, both sweet and savory, not listed elsewhere