Import/export HS code 190490: Various prepared cereal foods

Includes all other cereal-based foods not listed elsewhere, such as rice-based snacks or grain mixes

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 £
France 34,459,687
Belgium 27,988,009
Spain 17,988,574
South Korea 6,410,889
Italy 6,014,687

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 15,290,904 19,168,783 +3,877,879
Belgium 11,707,890 16,280,119 +4,572,229
Spain 7,937,925 10,050,649 +2,112,724
South Korea 2,821,748 3,589,141 +767,393
Italy 2,369,094 3,645,593 +1,276,499
Denmark 2,481,861 2,428,011 -53,850
Germany 1,168,096 2,187,793 +1,019,697
Ireland 870,022 2,306,825 +1,436,803
India 1,200,249 1,843,433 +643,184
Greece 1,655,356 1,050,756 -604,600

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 34,075,408
Spain 21,085,893
Belgium 15,500,186
Italy 14,095,141
South Korea 6,210,290

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 13,545,727 20,529,681 +6,983,954
Spain 11,052,155 10,033,738 -1,018,417
Belgium 5,961,427 9,538,759 +3,577,332
Italy 6,666,469 7,428,672 +762,203
South Korea 2,667,483 3,542,807 +875,324
Thailand 905,754 2,133,684 +1,227,930
India 1,191,427 1,825,833 +634,406
Greece 1,667,790 1,175,392 -492,398
Bulgaria 1,246,167 1,107,090 -139,077
Germany 898,793 1,040,539 +141,746

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 55
Outer London - West and North West 38
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 28
Inner London - East 25
Inner London - West 19

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 37 45 +8
Outer London - West and North West 31 26 -5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 21 24 +3
Inner London - East 18 19 +1
Inner London - West 9 16 +7
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 15 14 -1
Outer London - South 13 12 -1
West Midlands 10 12 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 7 7 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 9 9 +0

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) 82,291,060
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 38,784,988
Other 3,852,655
Air transport 959,439
Road transport 2,287

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) 36,991,276 45,299,784 +8,308,508
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 16,373,303 22,411,685 +6,038,382
Other 1,310,828 2,541,827 +1,230,999
Air transport 365,885 593,554 +227,669
Road transport 2,287 0 -2,287

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 31,713,068
Eurotunnel 22,314,789
Felixstowe 11,672,350
Dover / Eurotunnel 11,145,527
London 9,778,852

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 13,225,608 18,487,460 +5,261,852
Eurotunnel 10,690,533 11,624,256 +933,723
Felixstowe 4,018,454 7,653,896 +3,635,442
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,644,679 6,500,848 +1,856,169
London 4,665,871 5,112,981 +447,110
Southampton 3,892,892 4,830,053 +937,161
Immingham Docks 4,564,515 3,908,363 -656,152
London Gateway Port 2,849,932 2,081,016 -768,916
000 1,310,828 2,541,827 +1,230,999
Liverpool Docks 1,467,460 2,079,286 +611,826

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
196
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
78
Manufacture of food products
51
Food and beverage service activities
39
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
12

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 87
2026-04 88
2026-03 83
2026-02 95
2026-01 76

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 139
54m+ 69
0-1m 65
15m-54m 42
Other 24

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 £
Germany 32,879,968
United States 32,443,838
United Arab Emirates 23,676,070
Nigeria 16,027,219
Ireland 15,545,625

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 £
Germany 15,942,030 16,937,938 +995,908
United States 14,724,767 17,719,071 +2,994,304
United Arab Emirates 11,703,292 11,972,778 +269,486
Nigeria 7,594,149 8,433,070 +838,921
Ireland 8,171,383 7,374,242 -797,141
Ghana 2,038,874 4,831,631 +2,792,757
Australia 3,118,287 3,344,086 +225,799
India 3,477,629 2,854,857 -622,772
Canada 3,772,282 1,502,205 -2,270,077
Netherlands 1,910,797 2,974,129 +1,063,332

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 74,020
India 34,284
Poland 17,565
Italy 15,680
Belgium 11,271

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 29,872 44,148 +14,276
India 16,524 17,760 +1,236
Poland 8,221 9,344 +1,123
Italy 6,995 8,685 +1,690
Belgium 5,340 5,931 +591
France 3,518 4,633 +1,115
Ireland 4,801 2,397 -2,404
Uruguay 4,219 2,717 -1,502
Germany 4,220 9 -4,211
South Africa 811 0 -811

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) 169,717,239
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 24,440,351
Air transport 1,733,573
Other 1,270,008

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) 81,520,377 88,196,862 +6,676,485
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 13,421,834 11,018,517 -2,403,317
Air transport 1,510,997 222,576 -1,288,421
Other 758,302 511,706 -246,596

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Gateway Port 56,021,951
London 49,908,118
Liverpool Docks 33,578,955
Southampton 16,729,486
Dover / Eurotunnel 10,162,174

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 £
London Gateway Port 22,945,297 33,076,654 +10,131,357
London 23,487,427 26,420,691 +2,933,264
Liverpool Docks 17,990,841 15,588,114 -2,402,727
Southampton 8,817,295 7,912,191 -905,104
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,859,841 4,302,333 -1,557,508
Felixstowe 5,744,871 3,394,635 -2,350,236
Immingham Docks 4,522,358 1,003,799 -3,518,559
Holyhead 1,220,776 2,004,417 +783,641
Milford 1,655,426 1,398,942 -256,484
Belfast Port 1,271,735 1,429,674 +157,939

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 190490

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

Description: Includes all other cereal-based foods not listed elsewhere, such as rice-based snacks or grain mixes