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 113,076,353
Ireland 70,860,071
Germany 63,929,703
Denmark 48,935,354
Belgium 47,173,293

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 67,807,379 45,268,974 -22,538,405
Ireland 42,696,566 28,163,505 -14,533,061
Germany 37,943,750 25,985,953 -11,957,797
Denmark 25,475,201 23,460,153 -2,015,048
Belgium 22,325,269 24,848,024 +2,522,755
Italy 23,251,229 22,714,996 -536,233
Netherlands 20,890,427 22,251,496 +1,361,069
Spain 9,881,880 8,859,898 -1,021,982
Poland 5,647,089 3,887,719 -1,759,370
Switzerland 5,346,239 3,600,834 -1,745,405

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 103,658,167
Germany 70,667,144
Belgium 57,620,829
Ireland 56,288,923
Denmark 49,531,275

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 62,427,625 41,230,542 -21,197,083
Germany 41,751,884 28,915,260 -12,836,624
Belgium 26,919,564 30,701,265 +3,781,701
Ireland 33,784,370 22,504,553 -11,279,817
Denmark 25,844,721 23,686,554 -2,158,167
Italy 23,604,044 22,843,614 -760,430
Spain 10,469,663 9,400,647 -1,069,016
Switzerland 8,735,926 7,368,388 -1,367,538
Netherlands 7,897,571 6,904,937 -992,634
Poland 6,088,584 4,268,642 -1,819,942

Importers across UK regions

What this shows: Number of importing companies by UK ITL2 region.

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Outer London - East and North East 56
Outer London - West and North West 54
Inner London - East 33
Inner London - West 32
Greater Manchester 31

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 - East and North East 39 41 +2
Outer London - West and North West 46 46 +0
Inner London - East 23 28 +5
Inner London - West 26 24 -2
Greater Manchester 24 23 -1
Outer London - South 21 24 +3
West Midlands 22 14 -8
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 22 14 -8
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 18 17 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 17 18 +1

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) 389,366,652
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 99,879,269
Other 18,026,290
Air transport 2,701,742
Road transport 2,230,529

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) 223,289,251 166,077,401 -57,211,850
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 48,766,782 51,112,487 +2,345,705
Other 10,269,459 7,756,831 -2,512,628
Air transport 1,361,010 1,340,732 -20,278
Road transport 1,551,519 679,010 -872,509
Rail transport 2,323 5,036 +2,713

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 152,795,393
Eurotunnel 76,439,584
Immingham Docks 64,460,665
Liverpool Docks 35,011,617
London 31,298,460

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 82,576,428 70,218,965 -12,357,463
Eurotunnel 42,454,286 33,985,298 -8,468,988
Immingham Docks 33,353,365 31,107,300 -2,246,065
Liverpool Docks 20,524,031 14,487,586 -6,036,445
London 16,827,675 14,470,785 -2,356,890
Holyhead 12,095,607 8,462,860 -3,632,747
Felixstowe 10,764,205 8,634,063 -2,130,142
000 10,269,459 7,756,831 -2,512,628
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,215,084 6,274,874 -1,940,210
Portsmouth 8,123,973 5,848,754 -2,275,219

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 290
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 111
Manufacture of food products 104
Food and beverage service activities 55
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 19

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 174
2025-11 185
2025-10 187
2025-09 175
2025-08 164

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 204
0-1m 125
54m+ 125
15m-54m 54
Other 30

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 80,358,985
China 30,532,873
France 27,358,335
Thailand 22,995,650
Germany 20,003,850

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 50,051,768 30,307,217 -19,744,551
China 13,757,623 16,775,250 +3,017,627
France 13,089,139 14,269,196 +1,180,057
Thailand 13,297,692 9,697,958 -3,599,734
Germany 10,108,040 9,895,810 -212,230
Denmark 9,373,496 7,584,330 -1,789,166
Mali 9,553,751 2,891,017 -6,662,734
Netherlands 6,806,465 5,633,069 -1,173,396
Spain 5,035,869 6,437,397 +1,401,528
United Arab Emirates 5,663,967 5,522,460 -141,507

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 42,891,588
Bangladesh 1,801,408
China 1,176,054
Cambodia 696,248
Germany 500,185

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 23,195,523 19,696,065 -3,499,458
Bangladesh 1,801,408 0 -1,801,408
China 1,176,045 9 -1,176,036
Cambodia 696,248 0 -696,248
Germany 327,016 173,169 -153,847
India 446,300 0 -446,300
Ireland 173,999 246,844 +72,845
Turkey 340,484 0 -340,484
Italy 290,971 46,925 -244,046
Sri Lanka 333,966 0 -333,966

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) 183,220,368
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 141,057,306
Other 59,535,338
Air transport 15,537,869

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) 105,650,797 77,569,571 -28,081,226
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 70,392,420 70,664,886 +272,466
Other 38,049,706 21,485,632 -16,564,074
Air transport 6,700,196 8,837,673 +2,137,477

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 71,180,982
Belfast Port 68,923,238
000 59,535,338
Felixstowe 34,907,399
London Gateway Port 33,155,751

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 33,816,273 37,364,709 +3,548,436
Belfast Port 37,704,119 31,219,119 -6,485,000
000 38,049,706 21,485,632 -16,564,074
Felixstowe 22,402,162 12,505,237 -9,896,925
London Gateway Port 17,416,284 15,739,467 -1,676,817
Liverpool Docks 13,950,556 14,474,916 +524,360
Immingham Docks 13,183,641 12,591,993 -591,648
Southampton 10,916,252 7,498,268 -3,417,984
Holyhead 8,372,453 3,012,452 -5,360,001
London Heathrow Airport 5,145,712 4,779,583 -366,129

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