Import/export HS code 0910: Spices like ginger, saffron, turmeric, thyme, bay leaves, and curry

Includes all forms of these spices, whether whole, crushed, or ground. Perfect for cooking and seasoning

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 £
China 62,850,282
India 39,154,744
Pakistan 18,559,757
Netherlands 16,414,832
France 15,189,126

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 £
China 36,196,950 26,653,332 -9,543,618
India 21,792,536 17,362,208 -4,430,328
Pakistan 9,349,790 9,209,967 -139,823
Netherlands 7,201,810 9,213,022 +2,011,212
France 8,164,413 7,024,713 -1,139,700
Spain 6,293,248 5,810,081 -483,167
Germany 3,947,452 4,328,232 +380,780
Turkey 3,729,157 3,341,591 -387,566
Belgium 3,489,853 2,957,647 -532,206
Brazil 3,243,547 1,977,580 -1,265,967

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 £
China 73,902,737
India 42,552,340
Pakistan 18,731,389
Spain 14,300,587
Turkey 9,267,725

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 £
China 41,152,692 32,750,045 -8,402,647
India 23,398,114 19,154,226 -4,243,888
Pakistan 9,469,166 9,262,223 -206,943
Spain 7,691,520 6,609,067 -1,082,453
Turkey 4,984,442 4,283,283 -701,159
Germany 2,797,690 3,346,015 +548,325
Peru 2,512,522 3,433,687 +921,165
Brazil 3,582,099 2,197,746 -1,384,353
Viet Nam 2,688,191 2,576,478 -111,713
Thailand 2,861,785 2,361,495 -500,290

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 126
Outer London - East and North East 82
Inner London - East 66
Inner London - West 55
Greater Manchester 48

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 98 93 -5
Outer London - East and North East 64 64 +0
Inner London - East 50 49 -1
Inner London - West 43 34 -9
Greater Manchester 30 34 +4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 32 29 -3
West Midlands 28 31 +3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 27 30 +3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 23 24 +1
Outer London - South 25 23 -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) 158,941,112
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 69,364,288
Air transport 10,141,480
Other 4,033,036
Road transport 1,660,776

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) 84,862,089 74,079,023 -10,783,066
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 36,337,898 33,026,390 -3,311,508
Air transport 5,729,943 4,411,537 -1,318,406
Other 2,185,242 1,847,794 -337,448
Road transport 745,829 914,947 +169,118
Rail transport 50,835 3,988 -46,847

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 99,682,549
Southampton 39,465,696
London Gateway Port 29,234,976
Eurotunnel 18,818,575
Dover 17,387,863

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 55,626,874 44,055,675 -11,571,199
Southampton 19,429,364 20,036,332 +606,968
London Gateway Port 15,897,612 13,337,364 -2,560,248
Eurotunnel 10,839,777 7,978,798 -2,860,979
Dover 8,542,453 8,845,410 +302,957
Harwich 2,179,534 3,487,139 +1,307,605
London Heathrow Airport 3,224,608 2,274,491 -950,117
London 1,557,094 2,848,820 +1,291,726
000 2,185,242 1,847,794 -337,448
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,680,909 2,069,212 +388,303

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
520
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
200
Manufacture of food products
117
Food and beverage service activities
69
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
26

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 194
2026-04 214
2026-03 213
2026-02 191
2026-01 201

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 367
0-1m 225
54m+ 109
15m-54m 96
Other 47

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 £
Netherlands 11,872,040
Ireland 10,200,910
Germany 1,679,425
United Arab Emirates 1,390,235
United States 1,310,908

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 £
Netherlands 6,767,763 5,104,277 -1,663,486
Ireland 5,117,347 5,083,563 -33,784
Germany 394,912 1,284,513 +889,601
United Arab Emirates 744,764 645,471 -99,293
United States 751,561 559,347 -192,214
Australia 692,997 379,386 -313,611
France 389,813 392,532 +2,719
Mexico 759,325 3,710 -755,615
India 167,360 580,493 +413,133
Ghana 200,524 346,138 +145,614

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 £
Ireland 140,342
XI 79,755
Belgium 75,270
Thailand 47,230
France 35,699

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 £
Ireland 61,831 78,511 +16,680
XI 26,119 53,636 +27,517
Belgium 33,444 41,826 +8,382
Thailand 17,580 29,650 +12,070
France 18,556 17,143 -1,413
Turkey 20,357 7,685 -12,672
China 4,580 19,118 +14,538
India 1,768 19,955 +18,187
Poland 2,988 11,626 +8,638
Spain 4,575 9,034 +4,459

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) 24,711,269
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,010,841
Other 2,255,257
Air transport 1,021,864
Rail transport 23,337

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) 12,849,038 11,862,231 -986,807
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,369,969 4,640,872 -729,097
Other 1,186,069 1,069,188 -116,881
Air transport 702,314 319,550 -382,764
Rail transport 23,337 0 -23,337

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 11,426,543
London Gateway Port 5,396,950
Felixstowe 4,746,864
Holyhead 4,161,464
Liverpool Docks 3,558,258

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 5,691,427 5,735,116 +43,689
London Gateway Port 2,893,552 2,503,398 -390,154
Felixstowe 2,819,345 1,927,519 -891,826
Holyhead 1,866,303 2,295,161 +428,858
Liverpool Docks 1,780,963 1,777,295 -3,668
000 1,186,069 1,069,188 -116,881
Southampton 949,309 723,825 -225,484
Harwich 564,913 416,324 -148,589
London Heathrow Airport 535,554 264,236 -271,318
Immingham Docks 253,007 495,935 +242,928

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 0910

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

Description: Includes all forms of these spices, whether whole, crushed, or ground. Perfect for cooking and seasoning