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 316,222,624
Netherlands 283,094,813
Italy 194,538,649
Belgium 93,200,863
Germany 76,494,771

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 141,920,772 174,301,852 +32,381,080
Netherlands 131,132,643 151,962,170 +20,829,527
Italy 85,934,623 108,604,026 +22,669,403
Belgium 42,074,190 51,126,673 +9,052,483
Germany 28,232,578 48,262,193 +20,029,615
France 29,497,051 36,370,733 +6,873,682
Ireland 14,831,808 20,610,284 +5,778,476
Poland 7,330,160 6,316,420 -1,013,740
Denmark 6,756,019 6,547,708 -208,311
Portugal 6,481,149 6,636,288 +155,139

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 340,331,135
Germany 288,482,755
Italy 222,704,382
Netherlands 92,608,216
France 42,121,824

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 154,217,299 186,113,836 +31,896,537
Germany 129,243,655 159,239,100 +29,995,445
Italy 100,712,946 121,991,436 +21,278,490
Netherlands 41,109,822 51,498,394 +10,388,572
France 17,238,219 24,883,605 +7,645,386
Belgium 11,643,306 17,259,413 +5,616,107
Poland 9,757,881 13,098,110 +3,340,229
Portugal 9,648,585 9,946,947 +298,362
Ireland 7,065,610 9,120,444 +2,054,834
Spain 6,339,106 7,070,460 +731,354

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 43
Outer London - East and North East 35
Inner London - West 34
Inner London - East 29
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 26

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 32 35 +3
Outer London - East and North East 27 31 +4
Inner London - West 24 27 +3
Inner London - East 21 21 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 22 18 -4
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 11 10 -1
Greater Manchester 9 10 +1
Outer London - South 10 11 +1
West Midlands 8 6 -2
Kent 5 6 +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) 862,270,843
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 202,517,183
Air transport 76,370,007
Other 24,764,155
Road transport 9,193,216

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) 356,807,818 505,463,025 +148,655,207
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 81,297,395 121,219,788 +39,922,393
Air transport 71,393,101 4,976,906 -66,416,195
Other 10,835,834 13,928,321 +3,092,487
Road transport 4,408,303 4,784,913 +376,610

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 424,957,152
Immingham Docks 283,301,228
Felixstowe 108,008,507
London 89,536,450
Birmingham Airport 71,406,161

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 147,861,482 277,095,670 +129,234,188
Immingham Docks 132,134,273 151,166,955 +19,032,682
Felixstowe 49,453,322 58,555,185 +9,101,863
London 36,790,130 52,746,320 +15,956,190
Birmingham Airport 69,519,636 1,886,525 -67,633,111
Eurotunnel 11,824,969 14,716,014 +2,891,045
000 10,835,834 13,928,321 +3,092,487
Harwich 9,852,632 9,831,438 -21,194
Liverpool Docks 8,813,484 10,107,769 +1,294,285
Hull 9,125,681 8,064,122 -1,061,559

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 179
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 89
Food and beverage service activities 49
Manufacture of food products 21
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 12

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 85
2026-03 79
2026-02 73
2026-01 81
2025-12 94

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 70
54m+ 44
15m-54m 26
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 69,700,837
France 51,995,662
Poland 38,212,508
Netherlands 26,108,401
United Arab Emirates 11,752,184

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 36,135,976 33,564,861 -2,571,115
France 19,772,840 32,222,822 +12,449,982
Poland 19,101,447 19,111,061 +9,614
Netherlands 11,400,279 14,708,122 +3,307,843
United Arab Emirates 6,014,127 5,738,057 -276,070
Belgium 5,677,230 5,329,464 -347,766
Sweden 4,436,877 4,611,916 +175,039
Saudi Arabia 4,766,250 3,433,719 -1,332,531
Turkey 3,056,367 4,130,480 +1,074,113
Germany 3,159,094 2,076,290 -1,082,804

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 6,307,981
Italy 1,942,826
Ireland 254,234
Germany 247,615
Netherlands 184,281

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 2,889,149 3,418,832 +529,683
Italy 758,697 1,184,129 +425,432
Ireland 102,455 151,779 +49,324
Germany 121,195 126,420 +5,225
Netherlands 123,488 60,793 -62,695
Belgium 28,387 30,640 +2,253
Poland 31,520 2,787 -28,733
Brazil 14,836 16,087 +1,251
Spain 1,129 26,122 +24,993
Peru 6,539 18,637 +12,098

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) 243,184,069
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 59,694,067
Other 11,053,935
Air transport 7,085,581

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) 112,480,598 130,703,471 +18,222,873
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 31,305,888 28,388,179 -2,917,709
Other 5,031,191 6,022,744 +991,553
Air transport 3,055,815 4,029,766 +973,951

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 81,880,883
London Gateway Port 33,816,098
Dover 31,128,727
Harwich 30,985,689
Immingham Docks 28,617,255

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 27,141,141 54,739,742 +27,598,601
London Gateway Port 15,965,626 17,850,472 +1,884,846
Dover 19,244,287 11,884,440 -7,359,847
Harwich 14,136,188 16,849,501 +2,713,313
Immingham Docks 14,799,558 13,817,697 -981,861
Holyhead 12,242,040 15,008,406 +2,766,366
Liverpool Docks 7,647,200 7,598,601 -48,599
000 5,031,191 6,022,744 +991,553
Fishguard 8,266,137 1,857,383 -6,408,754
Southampton 4,431,158 5,076,715 +645,557

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