Import/export HS code 0403: Yogurt and fermented milk products

Includes yogurt, buttermilk, curdled milk, kephir, and other fermented or acidified milk products. Can be concentrated, sweetened, flavored, or contain added fruits, nuts, or cocoa

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 £
France 294,230,834
Greece 278,267,812
Belgium 171,917,757
Germany 128,027,427
Ireland 87,283,977

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 £
France 158,859,280 135,371,554 -23,487,726
Greece 103,506,161 174,761,651 +71,255,490
Belgium 87,083,450 84,834,307 -2,249,143
Germany 69,324,127 58,703,300 -10,620,827
Ireland 47,010,664 40,273,313 -6,737,351
Poland 21,630,192 21,087,717 -542,475
Spain 14,973,907 14,661,058 -312,849
Netherlands 7,666,303 4,888,155 -2,778,148
Switzerland 1,126,933 5,233,385 +4,106,452
Austria 689,226 5,554,870 +4,865,644

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 £
Greece 360,213,164
France 242,594,850
Belgium 132,318,475
Germany 124,169,940
Ireland 50,904,423

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 £
Greece 152,369,218 207,843,946 +55,474,728
France 124,490,086 118,104,764 -6,385,322
Belgium 70,682,413 61,636,062 -9,046,351
Germany 67,575,866 56,594,074 -10,981,792
Ireland 28,682,711 22,221,712 -6,460,999
Poland 22,699,914 23,854,772 +1,154,858
Spain 15,023,051 14,679,491 -343,560
Netherlands 3,971,644 3,837,307 -134,337
Austria 1,012,748 6,143,828 +5,131,080
Luxembourg 3,196,242 3,466,191 +269,949

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 24
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 19
Outer London - West and North West 18
Inner London - East 11
Inner London - West 9

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 18 21 +3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 15 18 +3
Outer London - West and North West 17 15 -2
Inner London - East 7 10 +3
Inner London - West 8 8 +0
Shropshire and Staffordshire 5 4 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 4 4 +0
Outer London - South 4 3 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 4 4 +0
Cheshire 3 2 -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) 953,999,744
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 80,289,993
Other 43,015,627
Road transport 1,158,492
Air transport 126,195

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) 475,887,272 478,112,472 +2,225,200
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 23,911,600 56,378,393 +32,466,793
Other 22,150,893 20,864,734 -1,286,159
Road transport 527,898 630,594 +102,696
Air transport 73,025 53,170 -19,855
Rail transport 14,820 6,819 -8,001

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 472,345,557
Eurotunnel 220,795,263
Dover / Eurotunnel 157,564,057
Immingham Docks 48,330,163
000 43,015,627

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 224,022,009 248,323,548 +24,301,539
Eurotunnel 110,689,618 110,105,645 -583,973
Dover / Eurotunnel 78,249,611 79,314,446 +1,064,835
Immingham Docks 19,715,194 28,614,969 +8,899,775
000 22,150,893 20,864,734 -1,286,159
London 10,631,182 19,938,987 +9,307,805
Harwich 11,613,961 10,029,915 -1,584,046
Liverpool Docks 8,847,196 9,972,960 +1,125,764
Holyhead 13,830,316 3,955,537 -9,874,779
Ayr Harbour 5,710,354 7,337,072 +1,626,718

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
101
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
25
Manufacture of food products
19
Food and beverage service activities
10
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities
2

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 65
2026-04 68
2026-03 68
2026-02 70
2026-01 69

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 63
54m+ 37
15m-54m 24
0-1m 15
Other 8

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 33,768,823
United Arab Emirates 32,715,209
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 8,304,763
Netherlands 8,153,975
France 5,930,153

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 18,659,670 15,109,153 -3,550,517
United Arab Emirates 10,855,605 21,859,604 +11,003,999
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,302,377 6,002,386 +3,700,009
Netherlands 4,523,131 3,630,844 -892,287
France 1,797,637 4,132,516 +2,334,879
Qatar 2,596,164 2,942,942 +346,778
Philippines 4,051,830 901,458 -3,150,372
Bahrain 1,335,496 1,420,833 +85,337
Singapore 666,729 2,059,148 +1,392,419
Malaysia 2,391,470 322,918 -2,068,552

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 11,954,612
Belgium 370,057
Ireland 305,530
France 301,590
Greece 287,363

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 4,952,197 7,002,415 +2,050,218
Belgium 192,351 177,706 -14,645
Ireland 168,400 137,130 -31,270
France 174,709 126,881 -47,828
Greece 114,105 173,258 +59,153
Germany 34,685 48,594 +13,909
Poland 3,951 2,785 -1,166
Netherlands 4,212 0 -4,212
Spain 908 1,337 +429
Finland 1,093 0 -1,093

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 56,637,906
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 34,511,684
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 16,277,244
Other 14,477,826

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 £
Air transport 19,078,857 37,559,049 +18,480,192
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 19,319,002 15,192,682 -4,126,320
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 12,072,950 4,204,294 -7,868,656
Other 6,184,557 8,293,269 +2,108,712

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 36,018,637
Manchester Airport 19,051,466
000 14,477,826
Dover / Eurotunnel 14,225,207
Liverpool Docks 9,943,205

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 9,138,464 26,880,173 +17,741,709
Manchester Airport 8,984,807 10,066,659 +1,081,852
000 6,184,557 8,293,269 +2,108,712
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,625,154 7,600,053 +974,899
Liverpool Docks 7,040,249 2,902,956 -4,137,293
Holyhead 5,300,827 4,028,959 -1,271,868
London Gateway Port 6,137,822 2,505,672 -3,632,150
Felixstowe 3,871,126 107,703 -3,763,423
Belfast Port 598,713 1,298,528 +699,815
Birmingham Airport 655,911 380,263 -275,648

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 0403

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

Description: Includes yogurt, buttermilk, curdled milk, kephir, and other fermented or acidified milk products. Can be concentrated, sweetened, flavored, or contain added fruits, nuts, or cocoa