Import/export HS code 190420: Foods made from unroasted cereal flakes or mixed with roasted flakes

Includes muesli-type mixes and other grain-based foods made from unroasted flakes

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 £
Lithuania 40,782,054
Spain 31,543,628
Switzerland 11,827,065
Belgium 7,011,129
Germany 6,641,572

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 £
Lithuania 22,607,680 18,174,374 -4,433,306
Spain 17,051,603 14,492,025 -2,559,578
Switzerland 5,972,242 5,854,823 -117,419
Belgium 2,951,409 4,059,720 +1,108,311
Germany 3,196,873 3,444,699 +247,826
Ireland 939,166 1,131,052 +191,886
Poland 212,105 1,587,960 +1,375,855
United States 787,888 746,919 -40,969
South Korea 844,048 608,232 -235,816
Netherlands 870,609 566,789 -303,820

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 £
Lithuania 40,212,421
Spain 37,374,077
Switzerland 11,972,429
Germany 6,104,857
Poland 3,252,755

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 £
Lithuania 22,559,650 17,652,771 -4,906,879
Spain 19,700,670 17,673,407 -2,027,263
Switzerland 6,117,606 5,854,823 -262,783
Germany 2,726,833 3,378,024 +651,191
Poland 365,628 2,887,127 +2,521,499
France 1,148,368 600,404 -547,964
United States 776,675 745,744 -30,931
South Korea 844,048 608,232 -235,816
Netherlands 317,727 497,915 +180,188
Mexico 384,622 270,304 -114,318

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 21
Greater Manchester 15
West Midlands 13
Inner London - East 12
Inner London - West 12

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 16 14 -2
Greater Manchester 13 6 -7
West Midlands 9 5 -4
Inner London - East 8 9 +1
Inner London - West 9 9 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 6 8 +2
Outer London - South 9 5 -4
Outer London - West and North West 7 9 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 8 6 -2
Essex 8 4 -4

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) 60,730,982
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 45,063,352
Road transport 3,417,043
Other 1,761,820
Air transport 86,966

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) 28,927,951 31,803,031 +2,875,080
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 26,405,737 18,657,615 -7,748,122
Road transport 1,877,555 1,539,488 -338,067
Other 703,774 1,058,046 +354,272
Air transport 29,018 57,948 +28,930

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Liverpool Docks 29,596,331
London 19,121,181
Dover 17,519,813
Immingham Docks 12,166,199
Middlesbrough 12,049,228

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 £
Liverpool Docks 16,861,317 12,735,014 -4,126,303
London 9,866,765 9,254,416 -612,349
Dover 9,529,701 7,990,112 -1,539,589
Immingham Docks 6,870,425 5,295,774 -1,574,651
Middlesbrough 5,602,666 6,446,562 +843,896
Eurotunnel 2,191,514 2,289,852 +98,338
Southampton 2,027,178 1,596,996 -430,182
ZLC 1,897,293 1,548,755 -348,538
000 703,774 1,058,046 +354,272
Dover / Eurotunnel 295,233 1,301,368 +1,006,135

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 117
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 66
Manufacture of food products 20
Food and beverage service activities 17
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 10

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 36
2025-11 39
2025-10 31
2025-09 39
2025-08 31

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
0-1m 68
1m-15m 67
54m+ 38
Other 17
15m-54m 16

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 13,133,204
France 8,925,184
Netherlands 3,824,080
United Arab Emirates 2,825,926
Spain 1,923,332

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 7,317,275 5,815,929 -1,501,346
France 4,826,830 4,098,354 -728,476
Netherlands 2,034,887 1,789,193 -245,694
United Arab Emirates 1,664,395 1,161,531 -502,864
Spain 1,186,875 736,457 -450,418
Germany 827,771 561,109 -266,662
Canada 900 1,382,182 +1,381,282
Italy 651,710 717,413 +65,703
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 579,040 532,317 -46,723
Finland 796,655 259,619 -537,036

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 1,928,725
Spain 218,275
Ireland 72,816
Lithuania 36,630
Belgium 4,421

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 818,976 1,109,749 +290,773
Spain 122,953 95,322 -27,631
Ireland 39,573 33,243 -6,330
Lithuania 20,271 16,359 -3,912
Belgium 4,021 400 -3,621
Czechia 577 687 +110
Germany 455 0 -455
Italy 0 289 +289
Georgia 135 0 -135

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) 29,266,012
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,645,883
Other 2,861,417
Air transport 140,695

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) 15,824,942 13,441,070 -2,383,872
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,084,614 6,561,269 -1,523,345
Other 1,385,927 1,475,490 +89,563
Air transport 109,987 30,708 -79,279

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 13,604,290
Liverpool Docks 8,547,749
London Gateway Port 7,104,045
000 2,861,417
Felixstowe 2,726,005

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 7,256,537 6,347,753 -908,784
Liverpool Docks 4,979,709 3,568,040 -1,411,669
London Gateway Port 4,198,100 2,905,945 -1,292,155
000 1,385,927 1,475,490 +89,563
Felixstowe 691,145 2,034,860 +1,343,715
Holyhead 1,127,861 874,114 -253,747
Immingham Docks 958,888 822,953 -135,935
Southampton 892,516 475,971 -416,545
Poole 760,178 521,898 -238,280
Middlesbrough 968,802 54,577 -914,225

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 190420

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

Description: Includes muesli-type mixes and other grain-based foods made from unroasted flakes