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 335,842,581
Italy 113,487,592
Belgium 112,450,607
Germany 80,592,908
Netherlands 76,494,778

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 173,560,693 162,281,888 -11,278,805
Italy 49,839,883 63,647,709 +13,807,826
Belgium 53,238,709 59,211,898 +5,973,189
Germany 36,856,699 43,736,209 +6,879,510
Netherlands 17,430,790 59,063,988 +41,633,198
Bulgaria 33,266,168 42,487,480 +9,221,312
Czechia 16,431,037 19,445,824 +3,014,787
Turkey 12,328,949 10,727,953 -1,600,996
Luxembourg 7,448,267 10,085,148 +2,636,881
Egypt 2,784,852 11,172,043 +8,387,191

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 226,213,151
Netherlands 93,919,988
Italy 82,435,509
Bulgaria 77,861,654
Belgium 70,020,939

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 118,628,779 107,584,372 -11,044,407
Netherlands 27,002,986 66,917,002 +39,914,016
Italy 36,471,906 45,963,603 +9,491,697
Bulgaria 34,390,464 43,471,190 +9,080,726
Belgium 33,096,473 36,924,466 +3,827,993
Germany 31,761,402 37,002,349 +5,240,947
Czechia 19,300,289 20,489,718 +1,189,429
Turkey 12,572,867 10,895,395 -1,677,472
Egypt 3,073,804 11,253,176 +8,179,372
Thailand 5,585,721 4,498,203 -1,087,518

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 62
Outer London - East and North East 53
Inner London - East 46
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 41
Greater Manchester 38

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 44 46 +2
Outer London - East and North East 41 42 +1
Inner London - East 36 34 -2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 30 34 +4
Greater Manchester 25 30 +5
Inner London - West 25 27 +2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 15 19 +4
Essex 19 18 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 15 19 +4
West Midlands 17 14 -3

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) 661,808,682
Other 196,835,787
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 87,089,071
Road transport 10,782,850
Air transport 737,598

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) 305,095,263 356,713,419 +51,618,156
Other 89,252,991 107,582,796 +18,329,805
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 38,648,007 48,441,064 +9,793,057
Road transport 5,821,134 4,961,716 -859,418
Air transport 329,290 408,308 +79,018

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 429,827,623
000 196,835,787
Immingham Docks 72,246,626
Eurotunnel 52,654,783
London 44,202,949

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 209,979,113 219,848,510 +9,869,397
000 89,252,991 107,582,796 +18,329,805
Immingham Docks 14,547,129 57,699,497 +43,152,368
Eurotunnel 24,413,179 28,241,604 +3,828,425
London 18,947,816 25,255,133 +6,307,317
Middlesbrough 14,270,729 18,493,941 +4,223,212
Felixstowe 14,521,620 15,826,048 +1,304,428
Harwich 9,772,439 12,766,792 +2,994,353
London Gateway Port 5,263,886 10,471,847 +5,207,961
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,348,834 7,584,652 +1,235,818

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 336
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 141
Manufacture of food products 52
Food and beverage service activities 50
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 20

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 159
2026-03 170
2026-02 153
2026-01 151
2025-12 166

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 257
0-1m 130
54m+ 64
15m-54m 62
Other 42

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 61,030,551
France 14,086,584
Italy 13,724,852
Netherlands 13,466,613
Spain 10,393,841

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 30,703,724 30,326,827 -376,897
France 5,212,399 8,874,185 +3,661,786
Italy 6,113,796 7,611,056 +1,497,260
Netherlands 4,641,547 8,825,066 +4,183,519
Spain 4,121,822 6,272,019 +2,150,197
United Arab Emirates 4,576,081 4,792,445 +216,364
Saudi Arabia 4,499,306 3,960,433 -538,873
Canada 5,023,503 3,299,117 -1,724,386
Germany 1,856,480 4,965,710 +3,109,230
Sweden 1,220,193 5,143,742 +3,923,549

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 1,586,629
Poland 1,027,745
Germany 521,029
Italy 415,143
France 199,294

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 782,729 803,900 +21,171
Poland 600,666 427,079 -173,587
Germany 282,684 238,345 -44,339
Italy 216,710 198,433 -18,277
France 123,591 75,703 -47,888
Ireland 50,050 53,814 +3,764
Belgium 35,676 62,984 +27,308
Czechia 53,309 32,211 -21,098
Bulgaria 28,283 36,868 +8,585
Netherlands 26,095 24,010 -2,085

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) 137,454,810
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 56,332,840
Other 6,854,133
Air transport 1,436,396
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) 57,215,539 80,239,271 +23,023,732
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 28,785,690 27,547,150 -1,238,540
Other 3,450,835 3,403,298 -47,537
Air transport 986,460 449,936 -536,524
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 51,670,130
Dover / Eurotunnel 48,890,701
Dover 29,216,591
London Gateway Port 21,521,802
Grangemouth Docks 8,751,534

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 26,895,188 24,774,942 -2,120,246
Dover / Eurotunnel 13,078,669 35,812,032 +22,733,363
Dover 14,660,629 14,555,962 -104,667
London Gateway Port 8,448,751 13,073,051 +4,624,300
Grangemouth Docks 6,225,886 2,525,648 -3,700,238
000 3,450,835 3,403,298 -47,537
Holyhead 2,680,326 3,429,703 +749,377
Southampton 3,536,904 1,986,983 -1,549,921
Felixstowe 3,681,140 1,509,262 -2,171,878
Immingham Docks 1,418,968 3,564,769 +2,145,801

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