Import/export HS code 190230: Various pasta types

Pasta not covered by other codes, including specialty or regional varieties

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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 £
Ireland 100,719,495
South Korea 83,075,273
Germany 76,659,454
China 67,895,979
Lithuania 32,869,957

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 £
Ireland 58,652,811 42,066,684 -16,586,127
South Korea 51,102,455 31,972,818 -19,129,637
Germany 45,018,595 31,640,859 -13,377,736
China 39,510,319 28,385,660 -11,124,659
Lithuania 18,126,549 14,743,408 -3,383,141
Italy 16,921,550 11,663,170 -5,258,380
Belgium 12,677,795 14,984,921 +2,307,126
Thailand 16,121,128 8,673,855 -7,447,273
Singapore 11,337,979 4,350,854 -6,987,125
Netherlands 10,887,881 4,020,561 -6,867,320

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 £
Ireland 93,316,594
South Korea 86,950,270
China 73,063,766
United Kingdom 45,127,026
Italy 35,805,262

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 £
Ireland 54,623,286 38,693,308 -15,929,978
South Korea 52,936,842 34,013,428 -18,923,414
China 43,728,175 29,335,591 -14,392,584
United Kingdom 36,495,932 8,631,094 -27,864,838
Italy 19,232,748 16,572,514 -2,660,234
Lithuania 18,232,118 14,835,777 -3,396,341
Thailand 16,507,560 9,761,796 -6,745,764
Hungary 3,443,656 19,987,717 +16,544,061
Singapore 11,001,544 4,338,441 -6,663,103
Viet Nam 8,870,466 4,844,276 -4,026,190

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 87
Outer London - East and North East 78
Inner London - East 56
Inner London - West 37
Greater Manchester 35

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 69 60 -9
Outer London - East and North East 65 50 -15
Inner London - East 46 41 -5
Inner London - West 25 24 -1
Greater Manchester 29 18 -11
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 28 26 -2
West Midlands 25 21 -4
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 21 21 +0
Essex 21 16 -5
Outer London - South 23 18 -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) 314,281,148
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 245,935,517
Other 13,108,295
Road transport 5,016,911
Air transport 2,578,956

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) 186,424,516 127,856,632 -58,567,884
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 141,973,975 103,961,542 -38,012,433
Other 8,592,612 4,515,683 -4,076,929
Road transport 3,379,268 1,637,643 -1,741,625
Air transport 1,423,472 1,155,484 -267,988

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 114,711,078
Southampton 104,431,328
Liverpool Docks 88,384,668
Dover 56,003,222
Harwich 45,772,596

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 70,870,305 43,840,773 -27,029,532
Southampton 68,609,403 35,821,925 -32,787,478
Liverpool Docks 54,715,671 33,668,997 -21,046,674
Dover 30,168,784 25,834,438 -4,334,346
Harwich 28,349,618 17,422,978 -10,926,640
London Gateway Port 15,825,966 17,704,333 +1,878,367
Middlesbrough 14,873,306 12,163,863 -2,709,443
Immingham Docks 11,572,885 10,615,807 -957,078
London 7,750,839 8,006,672 +255,833
000 8,592,612 4,515,683 -4,076,929

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 384
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 166
Food and beverage service activities 61
Manufacture of food products 59
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 17

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 159
2025-11 165
2025-10 176
2025-09 163
2025-08 171

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 244
0-1m 181
54m+ 87
15m-54m 63
Other 40

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 26,380,380
Netherlands 4,461,698
Germany 2,409,226
Luxembourg 2,008,244
France 1,119,242

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 15,118,336 11,262,044 -3,856,292
Netherlands 2,716,715 1,744,983 -971,732
Germany 1,013,190 1,396,036 +382,846
Luxembourg 972,588 1,035,656 +63,068
France 715,936 403,306 -312,630
United Arab Emirates 548,574 440,754 -107,820
Spain 498,484 378,773 -119,711
Iceland 512,116 361,246 -150,870
Denmark 462,642 251,932 -210,710
Australia 371,722 339,209 -32,513

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 635,877
Ireland 570,740
Italy 452,228
Mauritius 433,892
Singapore 278,779

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 424,981 210,896 -214,085
Ireland 339,630 231,110 -108,520
Italy 243,128 209,100 -34,028
Mauritius 164,301 269,591 +105,290
Singapore 160,931 117,848 -43,083
South Korea 56,627 54,816 -1,811
Greece 32,672 16,858 -15,814
Belgium 25,818 20,124 -5,694
Thailand 15,766 8,051 -7,715
China 9,852 6,889 -2,963

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) 30,281,965
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,928,718
Other 7,796,742
Air transport 153,294

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) 16,814,781 13,467,184 -3,347,597
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,173,681 3,755,037 -1,418,644
Other 4,686,974 3,109,768 -1,577,206
Air transport 119,335 33,959 -85,376

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Liverpool Docks 12,637,506
Dover / Eurotunnel 9,655,921
000 7,796,742
Holyhead 5,002,273
London Gateway Port 2,924,740

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 £
Liverpool Docks 6,700,529 5,936,977 -763,552
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,939,902 4,716,019 -223,883
000 4,686,974 3,109,768 -1,577,206
Holyhead 3,154,296 1,847,977 -1,306,319
London Gateway Port 1,979,456 945,284 -1,034,172
Immingham Docks 1,456,425 641,295 -815,130
Felixstowe 554,869 620,021 +65,152
Southampton 452,869 585,045 +132,176
Heysham 398,239 463,996 +65,757
Dover 350,529 470,591 +120,062

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 190230

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

Description: Pasta not covered by other codes, including specialty or regional varieties