Import/export HS code 1101: Wheat or Mixed Grain Flour

Flour made from wheat or a mix of wheat and other grains like rye. Commonly used for baking bread, pastries, and other foods

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  • 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 £
Italy 33,533,156
Poland 15,458,212
France 10,140,447
Canada 6,218,016
India 6,121,983

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 £
Italy 18,259,664 15,273,492 -2,986,172
Poland 8,699,018 6,759,194 -1,939,824
France 5,551,654 4,588,793 -962,861
Canada 38,952 6,179,064 +6,140,112
India 3,116,644 3,005,339 -111,305
Netherlands 2,559,813 2,288,562 -271,251
Germany 2,642,478 1,933,026 -709,452
Ireland 1,177,157 1,058,160 -118,997
Lithuania 867,552 728,179 -139,373
Austria 821,419 684,898 -136,521

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 £
Italy 33,952,013
Poland 15,824,831
France 8,650,918
Germany 7,681,657
Canada 6,232,502

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 £
Italy 18,527,371 15,424,642 -3,102,729
Poland 8,909,400 6,915,431 -1,993,969
France 4,671,903 3,979,015 -692,888
Germany 4,217,725 3,463,932 -753,793
Canada 48,087 6,184,415 +6,136,328
India 2,863,195 3,004,295 +141,100
Romania 952,739 754,205 -198,534
Lithuania 938,323 727,603 -210,720
Austria 803,323 695,211 -108,112
United Arab Emirates 1,036,994 391,662 -645,332

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 52
Outer London - East and North East 48
Inner London - East 37
Inner London - West 25
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 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 42 41 -1
Outer London - East and North East 41 38 -3
Inner London - East 32 26 -6
Inner London - West 20 17 -3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 18 15 -3
Outer London - South 18 17 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 18 15 -3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 13 15 +2
Greater Manchester 16 13 -3
West Yorkshire 15 13 -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) 50,022,123
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 43,182,689
Other 3,030,770
Road transport 252,176
Air transport 234,175

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) 23,570,284 26,451,839 +2,881,555
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 24,022,529 19,160,160 -4,862,369
Other 1,771,409 1,259,361 -512,048
Road transport 193,135 59,041 -134,094
Air transport 141,398 92,777 -48,621
Rail transport 15,781 0 -15,781

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Gateway Port 23,924,401
Dover 21,833,193
London 11,317,473
Felixstowe 10,373,448
Eurotunnel 5,650,885

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 £
London Gateway Port 13,646,134 10,278,267 -3,367,867
Dover 12,085,264 9,747,929 -2,337,335
London 2,709,746 8,607,727 +5,897,981
Felixstowe 4,797,260 5,576,188 +778,928
Eurotunnel 3,426,835 2,224,050 -1,202,785
Immingham Docks 2,653,563 2,071,464 -582,099
Hull 1,881,691 1,824,764 -56,927
000 1,771,409 1,259,361 -512,048
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,384,473 1,370,640 -13,833
Purfleet 1,057,088 800,436 -256,652

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 253
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 86
Manufacture of food products 60
Food and beverage service activities 46
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 11

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 122
2025-11 167
2025-10 139
2025-09 144
2025-08 126

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 198
0-1m 104
54m+ 58
15m-54m 36
Other 10

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 179,240,632
France 5,518,621
Netherlands 4,803,097
Italy 2,728,659
Poland 1,542,059

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 99,628,761 79,611,871 -20,016,890
France 3,227,994 2,290,627 -937,367
Netherlands 2,597,830 2,205,267 -392,563
Italy 1,562,726 1,165,933 -396,793
Poland 636,351 905,708 +269,357
Thailand 544,022 369,207 -174,815
Saudi Arabia 405,089 472,591 +67,502
United Arab Emirates 347,591 403,448 +55,857
Spain 160,720 315,627 +154,907
Germany 223,056 159,498 -63,558

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 49,735,108
Netherlands 143,440
Ireland 102,936
Italy 38,947
Belgium 31,576

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 28,633,950 21,101,158 -7,532,792
Netherlands 74,899 68,541 -6,358
Ireland 45,217 57,719 +12,502
Italy 21,255 17,692 -3,563
Belgium 14,705 16,871 +2,166
Sweden 3,329 5,194 +1,865
India 5,061 0 -5,061
France 2,218 1,806 -412
China 3,657 0 -3,657
Turkey 2,306 0 -2,306

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) 114,183,441
Other 78,556,095
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,100,955
Air transport 250,042

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) 58,543,564 55,639,877 -2,903,687
Other 48,249,069 30,307,026 -17,942,043
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,412,969 2,687,986 -724,983
Air transport 113,872 136,170 +22,298

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 78,556,095
Liverpool Docks 74,179,955
Dover / Eurotunnel 11,535,015
Heysham 9,449,675
Milford 7,235,244

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 £
000 48,249,069 30,307,026 -17,942,043
Liverpool Docks 35,312,093 38,867,862 +3,555,769
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,087,892 5,447,123 -640,769
Heysham 6,361,858 3,087,817 -3,274,041
Milford 4,132,223 3,103,021 -1,029,202
Fishguard 3,594,109 1,900,129 -1,693,980
Holyhead 2,007,460 2,449,426 +441,966
London Gateway Port 1,120,608 961,783 -158,825
Immingham Docks 714,028 767,831 +53,803
Felixstowe 637,401 514,620 -122,781

Quick facts

HS code: 1101

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

Description: Flour made from wheat or a mix of wheat and other grains like rye. Commonly used for baking bread, pastries, and other foods