Import/export HS code 2102: Yeasts and baking powders

Includes active or inactive yeasts, dead single-cell microorganisms (not vaccines), and prepared baking powders. Used in baking and food production

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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 £
Belgium 55,738,848
France 24,135,207
Netherlands 18,380,689
Brazil 11,575,760
Ireland 11,224,212

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 £
Belgium 30,072,957 25,665,891 -4,407,066
France 12,736,151 11,399,056 -1,337,095
Netherlands 10,626,055 7,754,634 -2,871,421
Brazil 6,893,801 4,681,959 -2,211,842
Ireland 5,624,919 5,599,293 -25,626
Switzerland 4,942,138 5,754,073 +811,935
China 6,189,911 4,064,743 -2,125,168
Italy 4,869,388 5,301,320 +431,932
United States 6,205,734 2,357,500 -3,848,234
Germany 2,744,445 1,976,441 -768,004

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 £
Belgium 54,194,282
Brazil 15,167,460
China 14,912,610
Italy 12,874,930
South Korea 9,206,733

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 £
Belgium 29,198,375 24,995,907 -4,202,468
Brazil 9,818,340 5,349,120 -4,469,220
China 9,228,016 5,684,594 -3,543,422
Italy 6,952,384 5,922,546 -1,029,838
South Korea 6,284,413 2,922,320 -3,362,093
France 4,205,658 2,860,384 -1,345,274
Estonia 3,442,171 3,393,813 -48,358
United States 4,363,168 2,399,793 -1,963,375
Germany 3,703,245 2,645,444 -1,057,801
Denmark 2,789,444 3,005,444 +216,000

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 27
Inner London - West 24
Inner London - East 22
Outer London - East and North East 22
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 14

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 24 21 -3
Inner London - West 20 15 -5
Inner London - East 16 15 -1
Outer London - East and North East 18 15 -3
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 10 13 +3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 13 9 -4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 8 10 +2
Greater Manchester 11 5 -6
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 10 9 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 8 9 +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) 106,277,490
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 59,186,263
Other 26,850,554
Air transport 5,421,188
Road transport 277,133

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) 57,011,526 49,265,964 -7,745,562
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 37,214,976 21,971,287 -15,243,689
Other 14,426,521 12,424,033 -2,002,488
Air transport 2,880,656 2,540,532 -340,124
Road transport 102,586 174,547 +71,961
Rail transport 11,234 20,974 +9,740

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 40,936,467
Eurotunnel 30,841,921
000 26,850,554
Grangemouth Docks 20,391,499
Felixstowe 13,486,992

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 23,998,133 16,938,334 -7,059,799
Eurotunnel 16,723,331 14,118,590 -2,604,741
000 14,426,521 12,424,033 -2,002,488
Grangemouth Docks 14,043,134 6,348,365 -7,694,769
Felixstowe 8,207,860 5,279,132 -2,928,728
Purfleet 3,376,376 7,509,465 +4,133,089
Southampton 4,264,733 4,200,905 -63,828
Immingham Docks 4,168,841 3,469,969 -698,872
London 4,210,688 2,606,310 -1,604,378
London Gateway Port 4,667,585 2,096,908 -2,570,677

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 142
Manufacture of food products 89
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 54
Manufacture of beverages 17
Food and beverage service activities 14

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 73
2025-11 77
2025-10 84
2025-09 85
2025-08 77

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 147
54m+ 81
0-1m 43
15m-54m 41
Other 21

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 18,099,264
Belgium 16,978,807
Russia 6,681,470
Denmark 6,561,032
United States 3,366,306

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 10,147,616 7,951,648 -2,195,968
Belgium 8,805,735 8,173,072 -632,663
Russia 3,647,129 3,034,341 -612,788
Denmark 3,784,401 2,776,631 -1,007,770
United States 1,634,025 1,732,281 +98,256
Poland 1,550,961 1,424,723 -126,238
France 1,167,482 1,095,444 -72,038
Japan 1,259,749 872,104 -387,645
Italy 682,446 985,887 +303,441
Netherlands 759,839 698,772 -61,067

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 £
France 3,132,261
XI 1,400,861
Italy 231,471
China 214,355
Spain 143,115

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 £
France 1,577,549 1,554,712 -22,837
XI 1,166,395 234,466 -931,929
Italy 225,455 6,016 -219,439
China 105,443 108,912 +3,469
Spain 83,324 59,791 -23,533
Belgium 27,020 31,518 +4,498
Ireland 17,766 30,062 +12,296
Hungary 7,160 4,373 -2,787
Thailand 3,139 2,946 -193
United States 3,846 0 -3,846

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) 50,383,937
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,291,910
Other 7,020,694
Air transport 2,488,168
Road transport 1,330

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) 26,114,955 24,268,982 -1,845,973
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,862,803 6,429,107 -1,433,696
Other 3,940,773 3,079,921 -860,852
Air transport 1,095,876 1,392,292 +296,416
Road transport 1,330 0 -1,330

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 26,400,665
Immingham Docks 8,314,176
Holyhead 7,637,313
000 7,020,694
Dover 4,730,789

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 13,312,493 13,088,172 -224,321
Immingham Docks 4,870,313 3,443,863 -1,426,450
Holyhead 3,938,786 3,698,527 -240,259
000 3,940,773 3,079,921 -860,852
Dover 2,452,390 2,278,399 -173,991
Liverpool Docks 2,725,265 1,790,116 -935,149
Felixstowe 1,232,099 1,969,660 +737,561
London Gateway Port 1,816,359 1,354,450 -461,909
London 1,459,759 917,742 -542,017
Southampton 969,751 1,312,158 +342,407

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 2102

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

Description: Includes active or inactive yeasts, dead single-cell microorganisms (not vaccines), and prepared baking powders. Used in baking and food production