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 321,795,526
Italy 108,195,117
Belgium 107,820,228
Germany 78,946,923
Netherlands 75,398,049

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 176,303,974 145,491,552 -30,812,422
Italy 46,141,882 62,053,235 +15,911,353
Belgium 54,688,211 53,132,017 -1,556,194
Germany 37,789,950 41,156,973 +3,367,023
Netherlands 17,818,904 57,579,145 +39,760,241
Bulgaria 38,952,206 33,902,780 -5,049,426
Czechia 16,806,697 18,262,598 +1,455,901
Turkey 12,499,922 9,896,054 -2,603,868
Luxembourg 7,471,480 10,056,186 +2,584,706
Egypt 4,837,465 9,944,846 +5,107,381

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 216,258,237
Netherlands 91,111,495
Italy 78,123,500
Bulgaria 75,002,313
Belgium 66,900,184

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 119,328,263 96,929,974 -22,398,289
Netherlands 26,572,344 64,539,151 +37,966,807
Italy 34,289,050 43,834,450 +9,545,400
Bulgaria 40,083,108 34,919,205 -5,163,903
Belgium 33,935,801 32,964,383 -971,418
Germany 33,344,054 33,516,361 +172,307
Czechia 20,248,093 18,736,868 -1,511,225
Turkey 12,837,602 9,996,061 -2,841,541
Egypt 4,991,836 9,946,072 +4,954,236
Thailand 5,164,755 4,205,662 -959,093

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 59
Outer London - East and North East 51
Inner London - East 45
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 44
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 43 44 +1
Outer London - East and North East 39 40 +1
Inner London - East 36 33 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 35 35 +0
Greater Manchester 27 30 +3
Inner London - West 26 27 +1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 15 19 +4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 16 20 +4
Essex 18 16 -2
West Midlands 14 14 +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) 634,921,292
Other 192,550,509
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 84,982,598
Road transport 10,637,730
Air transport 716,309

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) 311,216,465 323,704,827 +12,488,362
Other 90,815,557 101,734,952 +10,919,395
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 41,466,738 43,515,860 +2,049,122
Road transport 6,017,933 4,619,797 -1,398,136
Air transport 331,572 384,737 +53,165

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 409,835,280
000 192,550,509
Immingham Docks 71,249,762
Eurotunnel 51,439,857
London 42,896,904

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 212,433,249 197,402,031 -15,031,218
000 90,815,557 101,734,952 +10,919,395
Immingham Docks 15,674,603 55,575,159 +39,900,556
Eurotunnel 27,226,647 24,213,210 -3,013,437
London 19,967,839 22,929,065 +2,961,226
Middlesbrough 16,075,177 16,480,041 +404,864
Felixstowe 15,071,974 14,368,746 -703,228
Harwich 9,591,216 12,136,732 +2,545,516
London Gateway Port 7,429,164 8,831,018 +1,401,854
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,624,574 7,315,851 +691,277

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
335
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
139
Manufacture of food products
50
Food and beverage service activities
47
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
19

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 151
2026-04 159
2026-03 170
2026-02 153
2026-01 151

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 123
15m-54m 64
54m+ 64
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 58,991,092
Italy 13,660,335
Netherlands 13,566,582
France 13,560,025
Spain 10,236,332

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 31,685,891 27,305,201 -4,380,690
Italy 6,556,149 7,104,186 +548,037
Netherlands 6,186,393 7,380,189 +1,193,796
France 4,988,261 8,571,764 +3,583,503
Spain 5,816,434 4,419,898 -1,396,536
United Arab Emirates 4,525,419 3,845,188 -680,231
Canada 4,882,380 3,062,065 -1,820,315
Saudi Arabia 3,909,449 4,012,696 +103,247
Germany 4,219,503 2,852,131 -1,367,372
Sweden 2,187,678 4,110,617 +1,922,939

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 1,480,576
Poland 981,935
Germany 513,237
Italy 380,150
France 180,825

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 769,879 710,697 -59,182
Poland 607,295 374,640 -232,655
Germany 270,626 242,611 -28,015
Italy 212,007 168,143 -43,864
France 112,754 68,071 -44,683
Ireland 51,544 47,501 -4,043
Belgium 40,204 57,284 +17,080
Czechia 51,431 35,622 -15,809
Bulgaria 30,765 37,781 +7,016
Netherlands 26,428 22,077 -4,351

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) 134,658,354
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 53,384,652
Other 6,602,267
Air transport 1,390,108
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) 65,728,134 68,930,220 +3,202,086
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 28,425,106 24,959,546 -3,465,560
Other 3,428,621 3,173,646 -254,975
Air transport 976,324 413,784 -562,540
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 49,860,882
Dover / Eurotunnel 48,922,701
Dover 28,360,861
London Gateway Port 20,666,941
Grangemouth Docks 8,004,034

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 27,849,855 22,011,027 -5,838,828
Dover / Eurotunnel 18,027,616 30,895,085 +12,867,469
Dover 16,794,660 11,566,201 -5,228,459
London Gateway Port 8,279,057 12,387,884 +4,108,827
Grangemouth Docks 6,043,070 1,960,964 -4,082,106
000 3,428,621 3,173,646 -254,975
Holyhead 3,237,338 2,737,757 -499,581
Southampton 3,619,485 1,525,655 -2,093,830
Immingham Docks 1,671,549 3,349,499 +1,677,950
Felixstowe 3,552,125 1,319,042 -2,233,083

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