Import/export HS code 19059045: Biscuits

Covers all types of biscuits, both sweet and savory, not listed elsewhere

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 £
Canada 41,658,175
France 30,476,828
Belgium 28,015,833
Netherlands 24,985,768
Italy 23,452,908

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 £
Canada 22,994,105 18,664,070 -4,330,035
France 15,009,827 15,467,001 +457,174
Belgium 14,570,324 13,445,509 -1,124,815
Netherlands 11,954,063 13,031,705 +1,077,642
Italy 10,074,619 13,378,289 +3,303,670
Portugal 4,113,741 7,847,886 +3,734,145
Poland 4,166,488 5,461,246 +1,294,758
Switzerland 3,503,666 3,123,701 -379,965
Spain 2,817,970 3,077,952 +259,982
Germany 1,942,183 1,027,593 -914,590

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 £
Canada 41,653,998
Italy 40,970,083
France 34,932,266
Netherlands 25,559,427
Portugal 12,279,910

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 £
Canada 22,984,915 18,669,083 -4,315,832
Italy 19,133,149 21,836,934 +2,703,785
France 16,571,609 18,360,657 +1,789,048
Netherlands 13,564,769 11,994,658 -1,570,111
Portugal 4,302,239 7,977,671 +3,675,432
Poland 4,177,801 5,467,919 +1,290,118
Switzerland 4,167,530 4,568,906 +401,376
Spain 2,717,437 2,969,534 +252,097
China 1,444,807 1,288,478 -156,329
South Africa 1,077,005 1,581,156 +504,151

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 46
Outer London - East and North East 44
Inner London - East 36
Inner London - West 29
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 26

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 35 36 +1
Outer London - East and North East 33 35 +2
Inner London - East 26 25 -1
Inner London - West 18 23 +5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 22 20 -2
Greater Manchester 16 19 +3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 12 11 -1
West Midlands 9 10 +1
West Yorkshire 12 12 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 14 8 -6

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) 116,338,815
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 86,344,159
Other 1,980,597
Air transport 563,264
Road transport 397,279

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) 58,573,679 57,765,136 -808,543
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 40,515,168 45,828,991 +5,313,823
Other 1,018,299 962,298 -56,001
Air transport 344,105 219,159 -124,946
Road transport 249,649 147,630 -102,019
Rail transport 7,428 0 -7,428

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 48,759,826
Liverpool Docks 45,349,837
London 27,199,556
Eurotunnel 18,452,922
Thamesport 12,507,815

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 24,572,780 24,187,046 -385,734
Liverpool Docks 25,454,716 19,895,121 -5,559,595
London 11,219,085 15,980,471 +4,761,386
Eurotunnel 7,575,892 10,877,030 +3,301,138
Thamesport 4,320,643 8,187,172 +3,866,529
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,993,846 5,170,992 +177,146
Immingham Docks 4,206,208 4,801,234 +595,026
Southampton 3,254,116 3,220,397 -33,719
Harwich 3,788,914 2,280,820 -1,508,094
London Gateway Port 2,305,667 2,619,169 +313,502

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 236
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 101
Manufacture of food products 47
Food and beverage service activities 42
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 10

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 83
2026-03 93
2026-02 82
2026-01 92
2025-12 97

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 165
0-1m 96
54m+ 63
15m-54m 49
Other 21

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 £
United States 33,759,534
Ireland 14,292,678
Netherlands 4,342,150
United Arab Emirates 4,074,188
Canada 3,409,936

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 £
United States 18,225,833 15,533,701 -2,692,132
Ireland 7,004,656 7,288,022 +283,366
Netherlands 2,296,442 2,045,708 -250,734
United Arab Emirates 2,835,549 1,238,639 -1,596,910
Canada 1,972,218 1,437,718 -534,500
France 819,656 961,134 +141,478
Australia 875,639 665,750 -209,889
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 757,149 614,600 -142,549
Spain 493,476 575,359 +81,883
Belgium 479,384 569,788 +90,404

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 454,810
Germany 239,638
Netherlands 117,808
France 68,821
Portugal 38,629

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 226,124 228,686 +2,562
Germany 361 239,277 +238,916
Netherlands 45,171 72,637 +27,466
France 21,329 47,492 +26,163
Portugal 21,746 16,883 -4,863
Ireland 19,356 10,285 -9,071
Greece 6,359 6,772 +413
Italy 3,954 5,038 +1,084
United States 6,575 933 -5,642
Switzerland 1,273 2,463 +1,190

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) 53,661,288
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 25,023,972
Other 1,509,074
Air transport 1,343,972

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) 28,672,056 24,989,232 -3,682,824
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 12,401,549 12,622,423 +220,874
Other 590,737 918,337 +327,600
Air transport 824,343 519,629 -304,714

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Southampton 31,983,660
Liverpool Docks 12,996,107
London Gateway Port 9,411,973
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,600,521
Immingham Docks 4,844,086

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 £
Southampton 16,337,380 15,646,280 -691,100
Liverpool Docks 7,123,314 5,872,793 -1,250,521
London Gateway Port 5,835,156 3,576,817 -2,258,339
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,431,884 3,168,637 +736,753
Immingham Docks 2,662,629 2,181,457 -481,172
Felixstowe 2,382,115 1,862,585 -519,530
Holyhead 1,655,411 2,019,795 +364,384
London 574,340 1,092,362 +518,022
000 590,737 918,337 +327,600
Dover 590,142 766,846 +176,704

Quick facts

HS code: 19059045

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

Description: Covers all types of biscuits, both sweet and savory, not listed elsewhere