Import/export HS code 190532: Waffles and wafers

Includes both sweet and savory waffles and wafers, often used as snacks or desserts

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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 £
Poland 301,297,605
Belgium 97,808,569
Italy 94,661,013
Netherlands 70,993,734
Germany 68,497,757

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 £
Poland 173,991,792 127,305,813 -46,685,979
Belgium 54,285,156 43,523,413 -10,761,743
Italy 51,460,090 43,200,923 -8,259,167
Netherlands 17,545,199 53,448,535 +35,903,336
Germany 36,039,391 32,458,366 -3,581,025
Bulgaria 33,564,975 31,340,318 -2,224,657
Czechia 15,835,864 15,476,847 -359,017
Turkey 11,852,607 8,986,777 -2,865,830
Luxembourg 8,279,578 7,940,076 -339,502
France 5,742,407 5,776,720 +34,313

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 £
Poland 202,786,348
Netherlands 87,462,188
Italy 70,890,967
Bulgaria 66,435,563
Belgium 60,864,980

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 £
Poland 118,811,159 83,975,189 -34,835,970
Netherlands 27,429,379 60,032,809 +32,603,430
Italy 37,329,015 33,561,952 -3,767,063
Bulgaria 34,475,393 31,960,170 -2,515,223
Belgium 33,703,912 27,161,068 -6,542,844
Germany 31,459,337 28,054,919 -3,404,418
Czechia 18,879,782 16,341,284 -2,538,498
Turkey 12,096,891 9,154,491 -2,942,400
Egypt 2,217,749 8,191,801 +5,974,052
Thailand 5,703,799 3,401,073 -2,302,726

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 60
Outer London - East and North East 46
Inner London - East 45
Inner London - West 38
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 37

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 45 43 -2
Outer London - East and North East 41 34 -7
Inner London - East 37 32 -5
Inner London - West 24 26 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 31 30 -1
Greater Manchester 25 25 +0
Essex 19 18 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 16 16 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 17 17 +0
West Midlands 17 13 -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) 587,330,481
Other 168,784,222
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 74,401,078
Road transport 9,567,778
Air transport 685,624

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) 305,608,208 281,722,273 -23,885,935
Other 90,836,566 77,947,656 -12,888,910
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 38,899,203 35,501,875 -3,397,328
Road transport 5,392,665 4,175,113 -1,217,552
Air transport 353,157 332,467 -20,690

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 376,290,517
000 168,784,222
Immingham Docks 67,917,928
Eurotunnel 46,639,969
London 35,937,360

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 210,176,883 166,113,634 -44,063,249
000 90,836,566 77,947,656 -12,888,910
Immingham Docks 14,635,697 53,282,231 +38,646,534
Eurotunnel 23,461,890 23,178,079 -283,811
London 19,294,426 16,642,934 -2,651,492
Middlesbrough 13,261,852 14,413,906 +1,152,054
Felixstowe 14,799,428 12,368,240 -2,431,188
Harwich 10,520,881 8,656,695 -1,864,186
London Gateway Port 4,283,452 9,852,135 +5,568,683
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,240,180 5,514,654 -725,526

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 316
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 122
Food and beverage service activities 50
Manufacture of food products 49
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 18

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 151
2025-11 173
2025-10 177
2025-09 166
2025-08 134

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 240
0-1m 117
54m+ 62
15m-54m 58
Other 38

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 54,046,206
France 12,743,455
Italy 12,170,682
Netherlands 11,026,958
Spain 10,210,855

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 30,556,067 23,490,139 -7,065,928
France 5,354,047 7,389,408 +2,035,361
Italy 5,451,817 6,718,865 +1,267,048
Netherlands 4,408,626 6,618,332 +2,209,706
Spain 3,921,405 6,289,450 +2,368,045
United Arab Emirates 4,776,629 3,429,912 -1,346,717
Canada 5,190,095 2,643,753 -2,546,342
Saudi Arabia 4,463,262 2,332,774 -2,130,488
Germany 1,766,083 4,727,945 +2,961,862
Portugal 822,205 4,288,996 +3,466,791

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 1,381,797
Poland 993,939
Germany 457,290
Italy 373,954
France 192,574

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 730,449 651,348 -79,101
Poland 631,258 362,681 -268,577
Germany 288,547 168,743 -119,804
Italy 222,355 151,599 -70,756
France 131,028 61,546 -69,482
Ireland 50,690 39,037 -11,653
Czechia 59,836 21,873 -37,963
Belgium 35,374 39,976 +4,602
Bulgaria 27,187 30,225 +3,038
Netherlands 26,787 18,099 -8,688

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) 121,848,593
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 49,504,581
Other 5,979,035
Air transport 1,327,398
Road transport 24,171

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) 55,235,900 66,612,693 +11,376,793
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 29,195,313 20,309,268 -8,886,045
Other 3,440,825 2,538,210 -902,615
Air transport 926,980 400,418 -526,562
Road transport 24,171 0 -24,171

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Liverpool Docks 46,314,382
Dover / Eurotunnel 41,611,165
Dover 27,446,667
London Gateway Port 17,643,265
Grangemouth Docks 8,591,557

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 26,556,392 19,757,990 -6,798,402
Dover / Eurotunnel 11,543,546 30,067,619 +18,524,073
Dover 14,404,708 13,041,959 -1,362,749
London Gateway Port 8,712,148 8,931,117 +218,969
Grangemouth Docks 6,111,532 2,480,025 -3,631,507
000 3,440,825 2,538,210 -902,615
Holyhead 2,678,890 3,047,211 +368,321
Southampton 3,613,448 1,774,277 -1,839,171
Felixstowe 3,760,275 1,073,973 -2,686,302
Immingham Docks 1,394,334 2,251,055 +856,721

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 190532

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

Description: Includes both sweet and savory waffles and wafers, often used as snacks or desserts