Import/export HS code 040320: Yogurt

Plain or flavored yogurt made from milk

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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 £
Greece 267,220,977
France 175,116,671
Belgium 173,135,487
Germany 84,878,694
Ireland 72,317,185

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 £
Greece 89,547,970 177,673,007 +88,125,037
France 99,654,220 75,462,451 -24,191,769
Belgium 82,284,097 90,851,390 +8,567,293
Germany 46,022,124 38,856,570 -7,165,554
Ireland 37,945,194 34,371,991 -3,573,203
Spain 15,969,365 14,819,176 -1,150,189
Poland 5,516,632 11,155,862 +5,639,230
Netherlands 5,359,653 3,633,740 -1,725,913
Switzerland 1,082,516 4,631,329 +3,548,813
Austria 596,312 4,955,981 +4,359,669

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 356,648,460
Belgium 133,249,055
France 122,828,838
Germany 82,730,549
Ireland 48,233,542

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 139,821,177 216,827,283 +77,006,106
Belgium 66,630,294 66,618,761 -11,533
France 65,674,870 57,153,968 -8,520,902
Germany 44,730,500 38,000,049 -6,730,451
Ireland 27,109,968 21,123,574 -5,986,394
Spain 16,002,832 14,830,795 -1,172,037
Poland 5,516,541 11,463,541 +5,947,000
Austria 585,719 5,298,850 +4,713,131
Switzerland 1,082,516 4,631,329 +3,548,813
Netherlands 1,608,468 1,715,460 +106,992

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 25
Outer London - West and North West 15
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 13
Inner London - East 9
Inner London - West 7

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 19 20 +1
Outer London - West and North West 15 10 -5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 10 10 +0
Inner London - East 6 8 +2
Inner London - West 6 6 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 3 4 +1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 1 3 +2
Greater Manchester 3 1 -2
West Midlands 2 3 +1
West Yorkshire 2 2 +0

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) 746,707,772
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 74,367,542
Other 30,247,580
Road transport 1,131,490
Air transport 127,122

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) 352,525,779 394,181,993 +41,656,214
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 22,228,375 52,139,167 +29,910,792
Other 14,311,184 15,936,396 +1,625,212
Road transport 312,867 818,623 +505,756
Air transport 75,436 51,686 -23,750
Rail transport 8,007 10,584 +2,577

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 338,925,303
Eurotunnel 178,346,247
Dover / Eurotunnel 129,450,689
Immingham Docks 45,236,955
000 30,247,580

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 145,801,400 193,123,903 +47,322,503
Eurotunnel 87,417,444 90,928,803 +3,511,359
Dover / Eurotunnel 60,017,805 69,432,884 +9,415,079
Immingham Docks 17,849,591 27,387,364 +9,537,773
000 14,311,184 15,936,396 +1,625,212
London 9,485,617 19,482,935 +9,997,318
Harwich 11,580,235 10,665,861 -914,374
Holyhead 14,427,914 3,600,183 -10,827,731
Liverpool Docks 7,257,231 10,004,316 +2,747,085
Ayr Harbour 5,670,405 7,682,313 +2,011,908

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 84
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 19
Manufacture of food products 9
Food and beverage service activities 7
Land transport and transport via pipelines 3

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 47
2026-03 44
2026-02 46
2026-01 48
2025-12 52

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 48
54m+ 25
15m-54m 18
0-1m 16
Other 5

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 Arab Emirates 27,706,441
Ireland 21,168,362
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 7,802,003
Netherlands 7,187,131
Qatar 5,200,656

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 Arab Emirates 6,615,357 21,091,084 +14,475,727
Ireland 12,872,938 8,295,424 -4,577,514
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,987,995 5,814,008 +3,826,013
Netherlands 3,717,158 3,469,973 -247,185
Qatar 2,357,858 2,842,798 +484,940
Bahrain 1,208,027 1,579,828 +371,801
Singapore 364,162 2,162,329 +1,798,167
Saudi Arabia 624,206 866,712 +242,506
Barbados 337,465 780,589 +443,124
Thailand 366,647 681,333 +314,686

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 857,722
Belgium 388,519
France 299,469
Greece 258,462
Ireland 250,244

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 298,154 559,568 +261,414
Belgium 195,235 193,284 -1,951
France 166,867 132,602 -34,265
Greece 92,390 166,072 +73,682
Ireland 137,587 112,657 -24,930
Germany 8,878 52,565 +43,687
Poland 4,863 2,870 -1,993
Netherlands 5,707 0 -5,707
Finland 1,632 0 -1,632
Spain 1,043 494 -549

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 52,933,201
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 25,488,551
Other 3,075,305
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 619,864

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 15,283,619 37,649,582 +22,365,963
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 15,276,839 10,211,712 -5,065,127
Other 1,373,826 1,701,479 +327,653
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 439,577 180,287 -259,290

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 33,294,389
Manchester Airport 18,793,586
Liverpool Docks 9,668,660
Holyhead 8,176,679
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,852,585

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 6,937,245 26,357,144 +19,419,899
Manchester Airport 7,898,649 10,894,937 +2,996,288
Liverpool Docks 6,928,993 2,739,667 -4,189,326
Holyhead 4,442,955 3,733,724 -709,231
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,658,261 3,194,324 -463,937
000 1,373,826 1,701,479 +327,653
Eurotunnel 137,422 386,385 +248,963
London Gatwick Airport 239,450 245,247 +5,797
London Gateway Port 299,968 77,058 -222,910
Birmingham Airport 208,275 95,760 -112,515

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 040320

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

Description: Plain or flavored yogurt made from milk