Import/export HS code 090230: Black tea in small packages

Black tea and partly fermented tea, sold in small packages weighing 3 kg or less

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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 £
Kenya 48,138,337
Sri Lanka 12,625,114
Netherlands 10,656,143
Turkey 9,329,566
India 8,262,150

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 £
Kenya 23,752,417 24,385,920 +633,503
Sri Lanka 6,221,598 6,403,516 +181,918
Netherlands 5,797,474 4,858,669 -938,805
Turkey 5,125,379 4,204,187 -921,192
India 4,469,195 3,792,955 -676,240
Poland 3,705,958 4,521,862 +815,904
Germany 3,889,397 3,712,785 -176,612
Ireland 2,303,894 2,475,656 +171,762
United Arab Emirates 2,014,231 1,856,779 -157,452
France 1,119,580 1,295,162 +175,582

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 £
Kenya 48,562,632
Poland 15,106,888
Sri Lanka 14,627,304
Turkey 9,695,635
Germany 9,591,282

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 £
Kenya 23,984,285 24,578,347 +594,062
Poland 6,965,169 8,141,719 +1,176,550
Sri Lanka 7,015,115 7,612,189 +597,074
Turkey 5,416,658 4,278,977 -1,137,681
Germany 5,231,471 4,359,811 -871,660
India 5,176,659 4,375,833 -800,826
United Arab Emirates 2,047,786 1,594,310 -453,476
Ireland 1,068,770 811,170 -257,600
Singapore 635,993 1,054,041 +418,048
Taiwan 581,400 470,057 -111,343

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 40
Outer London - East and North East 36
Inner London - West 35
Inner London - East 29
Greater Manchester 20

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 28 24 -4
Outer London - East and North East 23 26 +3
Inner London - West 24 24 +0
Inner London - East 21 20 -1
Greater Manchester 15 13 -2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 16 14 -2
Kent 10 11 +1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 6 11 +5
Outer London - South 6 11 +5
West Midlands 10 8 -2

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 97,288,983
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 21,205,329
Other 2,749,020
Air transport 1,955,671
Road transport 54,175

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 47,554,665 49,734,318 +2,179,653
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 11,855,303 9,350,026 -2,505,277
Other 1,252,518 1,496,502 +243,984
Air transport 1,230,981 724,690 -506,291
Road transport 9,057 45,118 +36,061

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 46,007,275
London Gateway Port 33,389,762
Harwich 11,272,847
Southampton 9,193,119
Dover 5,494,295

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 £
Felixstowe 30,629,890 15,377,385 -15,252,505
London Gateway Port 10,195,142 23,194,620 +12,999,478
Harwich 5,588,502 5,684,345 +95,843
Southampton 3,139,855 6,053,264 +2,913,409
Dover 2,571,129 2,923,166 +352,037
London 2,261,247 1,113,368 -1,147,879
Eurotunnel 1,382,752 1,488,783 +106,031
000 1,252,518 1,496,502 +243,984
Purfleet 811,044 986,570 +175,526
Holyhead 754,710 757,112 +2,402

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
184
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
95
Food and beverage service activities
41
Manufacture of food products
26
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
13

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 63
2026-04 57
2026-03 61
2026-02 68
2026-01 49

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 130
0-1m 107
15m-54m 31
54m+ 31
Other 24

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 35,051,157
United States 32,774,231
Canada 30,989,450
France 8,438,943
Germany 7,430,503

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 18,807,252 16,243,905 -2,563,347
United States 19,313,896 13,460,335 -5,853,561
Canada 13,567,765 17,421,685 +3,853,920
France 4,621,735 3,817,208 -804,527
Germany 4,114,234 3,316,269 -797,965
Japan 3,082,724 3,458,400 +375,676
Netherlands 3,427,653 3,058,992 -368,661
Spain 2,231,150 2,379,679 +148,529
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,471,032 1,126,503 -344,529
Switzerland 1,024,062 1,258,713 +234,651

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 3,769,718
Ireland 1,796,324
Poland 42,007
Germany 16,580
Czechia 14,672

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 1,936,333 1,833,385 -102,948
Ireland 1,237,229 559,095 -678,134
Poland 28,291 13,716 -14,575
Germany 5,373 11,207 +5,834
Czechia 8,738 5,934 -2,804
France 7,611 6,522 -1,089
Netherlands 3,006 4,282 +1,276
Italy 3,203 3,959 +756
Belgium 2,522 3,652 +1,130
Kenya 2,202 3,936 +1,734

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 83,922,556
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 67,227,870
Other 6,976,234
Air transport 5,386,655
Rail transport 8,249

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 42,997,055 40,925,501 -2,071,554
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 34,791,553 32,436,317 -2,355,236
Other 3,791,691 3,184,543 -607,148
Air transport 2,583,384 2,803,271 +219,887
Rail transport 8,249 0 -8,249

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Liverpool Docks 53,071,256
Dover / Eurotunnel 28,202,508
Holyhead 21,913,797
Southampton 14,106,435
London Gateway Port 9,155,775

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 £
Liverpool Docks 26,796,842 26,274,414 -522,428
Dover / Eurotunnel 14,911,662 13,290,846 -1,620,816
Holyhead 11,378,086 10,535,711 -842,375
Southampton 7,308,454 6,797,981 -510,473
London Gateway Port 5,024,141 4,131,634 -892,507
000 3,791,691 3,184,543 -607,148
Tyne 2,906,825 3,023,943 +117,118
Felixstowe 2,931,079 2,351,471 -579,608
London Heathrow Airport 1,665,058 1,795,479 +130,421
Dover 1,528,357 1,470,288 -58,069

Quick facts

HS code: 090230

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

Description: Black tea and partly fermented tea, sold in small packages weighing 3 kg or less