Import/export HS code 090121: Non-decaffeinated roasted coffee

Roasted coffee beans or ground coffee that still contains caffeine

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 £
Switzerland 282,240,914
Netherlands 254,115,767
Italy 167,874,563
Belgium 81,903,606
Germany 61,408,973

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 £
Switzerland 141,428,721 140,812,193 -616,528
Netherlands 128,516,237 125,599,530 -2,916,707
Italy 81,942,565 85,931,998 +3,989,433
Belgium 42,341,144 39,562,462 -2,778,682
Germany 24,238,107 37,170,866 +12,932,759
France 28,878,409 31,704,758 +2,826,349
Ireland 14,697,715 17,432,023 +2,734,308
Poland 7,373,848 5,902,460 -1,471,388
Portugal 7,230,178 5,865,736 -1,364,442
Denmark 6,830,440 5,527,209 -1,303,231

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 £
Switzerland 305,994,125
Germany 253,381,368
Italy 195,281,817
Netherlands 81,218,839
France 35,730,730

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 £
Switzerland 153,334,572 152,659,553 -675,019
Germany 125,997,055 127,384,313 +1,387,258
Italy 96,835,563 98,446,254 +1,610,691
Netherlands 38,228,508 42,990,331 +4,761,823
France 16,497,103 19,233,627 +2,736,524
Belgium 11,426,035 12,872,137 +1,446,102
Poland 9,248,639 11,759,371 +2,510,732
Portugal 10,226,328 9,080,533 -1,145,795
Ireland 7,172,535 7,559,565 +387,030
Spain 6,764,138 5,856,054 -908,084

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 44
Outer London - East and North East 34
Inner London - East 31
Inner London - West 30
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 24

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 34 31 -3
Outer London - East and North East 29 27 -2
Inner London - East 26 22 -4
Inner London - West 21 26 +5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 22 18 -4
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 13 10 -3
Greater Manchester 10 9 -1
Outer London - South 10 11 +1
West Midlands 8 4 -4
West Yorkshire 6 7 +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) 744,105,466
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 173,749,288
Air transport 94,367,269
Other 22,310,302
Road transport 7,693,509

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) 335,076,857 409,028,609 +73,951,752
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 73,991,583 99,757,705 +25,766,122
Air transport 90,351,517 4,015,752 -86,335,765
Other 10,003,606 12,306,696 +2,303,090
Road transport 3,657,057 4,036,452 +379,395

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 350,183,072
Immingham Docks 251,133,195
Felixstowe 98,216,366
Birmingham Airport 90,144,736
London 75,498,230

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 126,564,297 223,618,775 +97,054,478
Immingham Docks 127,572,068 123,561,127 -4,010,941
Felixstowe 48,318,951 49,897,415 +1,578,464
Birmingham Airport 88,612,411 1,532,325 -87,080,086
London 35,520,249 39,977,981 +4,457,732
Eurotunnel 11,382,337 11,865,328 +482,991
000 10,003,606 12,306,696 +2,303,090
Liverpool Docks 9,032,357 8,671,983 -360,374
Harwich 9,015,475 8,573,730 -441,745
Hull 8,555,957 6,824,015 -1,731,942

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 178
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 82
Food and beverage service activities 46
Manufacture of food products 21
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 10

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 81
2025-11 97
2025-10 86
2025-09 83
2025-08 71

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 163
0-1m 62
54m+ 42
15m-54m 27
Other 17

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 64,556,872
France 43,443,642
Poland 32,728,841
Netherlands 22,985,422
Belgium 10,656,103

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 35,831,712 28,725,160 -7,106,552
France 18,206,236 25,237,406 +7,031,170
Poland 17,347,122 15,381,719 -1,965,403
Netherlands 11,540,792 11,444,630 -96,162
Belgium 6,080,021 4,576,082 -1,503,939
United Arab Emirates 6,344,447 4,250,949 -2,093,498
Sweden 4,656,935 3,764,193 -892,742
Saudi Arabia 4,633,684 3,360,147 -1,273,537
Turkey 2,589,694 3,868,300 +1,278,606
Germany 3,284,270 1,570,587 -1,713,683

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 5,479,649
Italy 1,502,629
Netherlands 196,586
Ireland 176,464
Germany 167,755

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 2,825,180 2,654,469 -170,711
Italy 728,481 774,148 +45,667
Netherlands 116,444 80,142 -36,302
Ireland 89,415 87,049 -2,366
Germany 109,032 58,723 -50,309
Belgium 32,652 12,786 -19,866
Poland 25,996 7,359 -18,637
Brazil 17,197 7,721 -9,476
Peru 5,914 13,266 +7,352
Spain 2,202 14,740 +12,538

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) 216,277,754
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 59,396,241
Other 9,132,433
Air transport 5,992,317
Road transport 2,122

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) 109,469,008 106,808,746 -2,660,262
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 34,412,810 24,983,431 -9,429,379
Other 4,764,922 4,367,511 -397,411
Air transport 2,967,390 3,024,927 +57,537
Road transport 2,122 0 -2,122

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 70,698,270
London Gateway Port 32,801,349
Dover 29,171,388
Immingham Docks 25,973,923
Harwich 25,807,521

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 28,051,865 42,646,405 +14,594,540
London Gateway Port 16,943,250 15,858,099 -1,085,151
Dover 18,291,028 10,880,360 -7,410,668
Immingham Docks 15,345,756 10,628,167 -4,717,589
Harwich 12,296,104 13,511,417 +1,215,313
Holyhead 12,670,324 12,675,016 +4,692
Liverpool Docks 7,753,481 6,200,983 -1,552,498
Fishguard 7,501,479 2,733,197 -4,768,282
Felixstowe 7,667,072 2,038,253 -5,628,819
000 4,764,922 4,367,511 -397,411

Quick facts

HS code: 090121

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

Description: Roasted coffee beans or ground coffee that still contains caffeine