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 62,150,407
India 38,188,119
Pakistan 18,314,836
Netherlands 14,303,225
France 13,932,796

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 37,649,937 24,500,470 -13,149,467
India 18,795,652 19,392,467 +596,815
Pakistan 9,899,941 8,414,895 -1,485,046
Netherlands 7,026,844 7,276,381 +249,537
France 7,696,753 6,236,043 -1,460,710
Spain 6,300,792 5,074,013 -1,226,779
Germany 3,545,114 4,045,269 +500,155
Belgium 4,618,835 2,648,971 -1,969,864
Turkey 3,994,033 2,939,475 -1,054,558
Brazil 3,767,219 1,290,620 -2,476,599

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 71,333,502
India 41,467,842
Pakistan 18,500,270
Spain 13,383,065
Turkey 8,978,181

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 42,279,387 29,054,115 -13,225,272
India 20,124,323 21,343,519 +1,219,196
Pakistan 10,063,354 8,436,916 -1,626,438
Spain 7,465,040 5,918,025 -1,547,015
Turkey 5,111,027 3,867,154 -1,243,873
Brazil 3,898,413 1,532,755 -2,365,658
Germany 2,103,582 3,218,221 +1,114,639
Viet Nam 2,309,366 2,894,897 +585,531
Thailand 2,869,644 2,308,923 -560,721
Belgium 2,950,360 1,859,339 -1,091,021

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 130
Outer London - East and North East 88
Inner London - East 63
Inner London - West 54
Greater Manchester 44

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 99 92 -7
Outer London - East and North East 69 61 -8
Inner London - East 53 42 -11
Inner London - West 40 38 -2
Greater Manchester 28 33 +5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 36 28 -8
West Midlands 30 27 -3
Outer London - South 27 19 -8
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 25 29 +4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 21 26 +5

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) 152,157,352
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 64,909,245
Air transport 12,429,186
Other 3,620,957
Road transport 1,599,083

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) 82,635,589 69,521,763 -13,113,826
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 35,947,297 28,961,948 -6,985,349
Air transport 8,168,119 4,261,067 -3,907,052
Other 1,886,267 1,734,690 -151,577
Road transport 703,235 895,848 +192,613
Rail transport 49,958 4,865 -45,093

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 97,921,221
Southampton 36,413,110
London Gateway Port 27,346,743
Eurotunnel 18,490,769
Dover 15,677,760

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 54,089,153 43,832,068 -10,257,085
Southampton 18,770,338 17,642,772 -1,127,566
London Gateway Port 15,519,935 11,826,808 -3,693,127
Eurotunnel 9,969,403 8,521,366 -1,448,037
Dover 8,969,918 6,707,842 -2,262,076
London Heathrow Airport 5,449,449 2,127,163 -3,322,286
Harwich 1,973,319 2,354,469 +381,150
000 1,886,267 1,734,690 -151,577
London 2,001,660 1,533,388 -468,272
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,379,704 1,923,650 +543,946

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 510
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 193
Manufacture of food products 117
Food and beverage service activities 66
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 27

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 201
2025-11 204
2025-10 249
2025-09 206
2025-08 196

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 362
0-1m 229
54m+ 110
15m-54m 94
Other 38

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 12,066,082
Ireland 9,318,315
United States 1,488,574
United Arab Emirates 1,321,107
Australia 1,272,712

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 5,392,443 6,673,639 +1,281,196
Ireland 5,000,904 4,317,411 -683,493
United States 1,004,827 483,747 -521,080
United Arab Emirates 725,655 595,452 -130,203
Australia 782,833 489,879 -292,954
Germany 362,790 648,578 +285,788
Mexico 759,325 3,710 -755,615
France 402,352 316,572 -85,780
Thailand 391,194 137,845 -253,349
Italy 276,310 217,234 -59,076

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 121,435
Belgium 70,919
XI 59,969
Turkey 28,538
France 27,718

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 58,264 63,171 +4,907
Belgium 37,840 33,079 -4,761
XI 19,950 40,019 +20,069
Turkey 20,505 8,033 -12,472
France 14,914 12,804 -2,110
China 4,048 9,706 +5,658
Spain 3,697 3,742 +45
India 4,419 1,976 -2,443
Netherlands 2,422 3,794 +1,372
Poland 2,408 2,534 +126

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) 23,451,543
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,509,636
Other 2,003,473
Air transport 1,071,150
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) 11,278,694 12,172,849 +894,155
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,950,305 3,559,331 -2,390,974
Other 1,138,261 865,212 -273,049
Air transport 691,917 379,233 -312,684
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 11,140,459
London Gateway Port 4,937,481
Felixstowe 4,395,349
Holyhead 3,865,216
Liverpool Docks 3,112,143

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 4,635,372 6,505,087 +1,869,715
London Gateway Port 3,138,065 1,799,416 -1,338,649
Felixstowe 2,423,339 1,972,010 -451,329
Holyhead 2,086,592 1,778,624 -307,968
Liverpool Docks 1,565,561 1,546,582 -18,979
000 1,138,261 865,212 -273,049
Southampton 970,017 627,742 -342,275
Harwich 614,910 322,140 -292,770
London Heathrow Airport 508,822 314,962 -193,860
Immingham Docks 301,144 402,691 +101,547

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