Import/export HS code 190190: Various food preparations

Various food products not listed elsewhere, made from cereals, flour, starch, or malt extract

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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 £
France 109,898,976
Ireland 67,295,878
Germany 63,919,255
Belgium 54,025,957
Denmark 51,285,101

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 £
France 58,879,224 51,019,752 -7,859,472
Ireland 35,485,333 31,810,545 -3,674,788
Germany 36,157,201 27,762,054 -8,395,147
Belgium 23,862,522 30,163,435 +6,300,913
Denmark 25,269,068 26,016,033 +746,965
Italy 24,179,874 24,977,962 +798,088
Netherlands 22,442,885 25,559,565 +3,116,680
Spain 9,576,485 9,302,701 -273,784
Poland 4,952,781 4,117,528 -835,253
India 4,687,456 4,319,341 -368,115

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 £
France 99,781,591
Germany 70,922,644
Belgium 66,845,534
Ireland 51,994,404
Denmark 51,987,771

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 £
France 54,616,483 45,165,108 -9,451,375
Germany 38,995,568 31,927,076 -7,068,492
Belgium 28,968,549 37,876,985 +8,908,436
Ireland 27,151,516 24,842,888 -2,308,628
Denmark 25,705,694 26,282,077 +576,383
Italy 24,616,694 24,924,941 +308,247
Spain 10,106,175 10,042,528 -63,647
Switzerland 8,981,587 8,519,649 -461,938
Netherlands 7,952,785 6,847,526 -1,105,259
India 5,092,530 4,705,496 -387,034

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 58
Outer London - East and North East 57
Inner London - West 36
Inner London - East 34
Greater Manchester 32

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 44 52 +8
Outer London - East and North East 41 45 +4
Inner London - West 31 27 -4
Inner London - East 21 31 +10
Greater Manchester 25 23 -2
Outer London - South 21 26 +5
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 19 20 +1
West Midlands 20 17 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 21 14 -7
Essex 13 16 +3

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) 385,678,679
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 114,106,703
Other 19,262,617
Air transport 2,770,453
Road transport 1,919,696

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) 207,631,719 178,046,960 -29,584,759
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 48,933,788 65,172,915 +16,239,127
Other 10,696,100 8,566,517 -2,129,583
Air transport 1,619,463 1,150,990 -468,473
Road transport 1,179,534 740,162 -439,372
Rail transport 3,285 4,074 +789

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 160,252,090
Eurotunnel 78,635,999
Immingham Docks 69,412,889
Liverpool Docks 33,626,466
London 32,420,160

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 80,132,431 80,119,659 -12,772
Eurotunnel 40,667,017 37,968,982 -2,698,035
Immingham Docks 34,099,164 35,313,725 +1,214,561
Liverpool Docks 18,308,198 15,318,268 -2,989,930
London 16,287,674 16,132,486 -155,188
Felixstowe 10,281,419 11,058,804 +777,385
000 10,696,100 8,566,517 -2,129,583
Holyhead 8,654,658 9,688,661 +1,034,003
Dover / Eurotunnel 7,903,285 6,664,557 -1,238,728
Portsmouth 7,057,196 5,491,855 -1,565,341

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
307
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
122
Manufacture of food products
110
Food and beverage service activities
62
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
20

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 173
2026-04 178
2026-03 186
2026-02 168
2026-01 174

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 216
54m+ 129
0-1m 128
15m-54m 55
Other 36

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 80,745,539
France 27,155,609
China 26,349,432
Thailand 21,267,737
Germany 20,052,688

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 47,076,657 33,668,882 -13,407,775
France 15,276,937 11,878,672 -3,398,265
China 20,739,866 5,609,566 -15,130,300
Thailand 13,138,442 8,129,295 -5,009,147
Germany 10,498,545 9,554,143 -944,402
Denmark 9,175,263 8,624,853 -550,410
Mali 6,765,999 6,727,231 -38,768
Netherlands 6,946,774 5,992,254 -954,520
Spain 6,952,753 4,711,022 -2,241,731
United States 6,494,440 4,866,922 -1,627,518

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 42,693,565
Bangladesh 1,508,916
China 1,039,845
Cambodia 636,506
Germany 503,728

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 23,883,046 18,810,519 -5,072,527
Bangladesh 1,508,916 0 -1,508,916
China 1,039,845 0 -1,039,845
Cambodia 636,506 0 -636,506
Germany 316,406 187,322 -129,084
Ireland 214,777 283,597 +68,820
India 314,160 0 -314,160
Viet Nam 278,119 0 -278,119
Italy 208,564 61,379 -147,185
Netherlands 186,165 54,946 -131,219

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) 181,143,751
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 146,073,256
Other 57,486,905
Air transport 15,224,766

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) 108,992,711 72,151,040 -36,841,671
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 77,391,820 68,681,436 -8,710,384
Other 36,401,793 21,085,112 -15,316,681
Air transport 8,817,547 6,407,219 -2,410,328

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 71,747,509
Belfast Port 68,600,589
000 57,486,905
London Gateway Port 35,121,470
Liverpool Docks 32,065,097

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 38,810,954 32,936,555 -5,874,399
Belfast Port 45,722,254 22,878,335 -22,843,919
000 36,401,793 21,085,112 -15,316,681
London Gateway Port 18,987,694 16,133,776 -2,853,918
Liverpool Docks 15,491,783 16,573,314 +1,081,531
Felixstowe 19,427,895 11,864,374 -7,563,521
Immingham Docks 14,052,560 13,729,549 -323,011
Southampton 10,112,460 7,704,297 -2,408,163
Holyhead 6,306,149 3,995,852 -2,310,297
London Heathrow Airport 5,917,104 3,649,251 -2,267,853

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 190190

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

Description: Various food products not listed elsewhere, made from cereals, flour, starch, or malt extract