Import/export HS code 2102: Yeasts and baking powders

Includes active or inactive yeasts, dead single-cell microorganisms (not vaccines), and prepared baking powders. Used in baking and food production

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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 £
Belgium 61,844,074
France 24,341,156
Netherlands 20,115,255
Brazil 12,636,351
Ireland 12,419,072

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 £
Belgium 30,953,773 30,890,301 -63,472
France 13,671,826 10,669,330 -3,002,496
Netherlands 10,929,231 9,186,024 -1,743,207
Brazil 7,167,595 5,468,756 -1,698,839
Ireland 5,996,076 6,422,996 +426,920
Switzerland 5,481,003 5,976,243 +495,240
Italy 5,362,314 5,883,256 +520,942
China 6,806,476 3,392,349 -3,414,127
United States 4,624,314 2,927,001 -1,697,313
Germany 2,500,980 2,243,706 -257,274

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 £
Belgium 59,528,566
Brazil 16,214,949
China 15,696,989
Italy 13,199,979
South Korea 9,179,383

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 £
Belgium 30,598,269 28,930,297 -1,667,972
Brazil 9,935,226 6,279,723 -3,655,503
China 10,131,899 5,565,090 -4,566,809
Italy 6,654,364 6,545,615 -108,749
South Korea 6,218,928 2,960,455 -3,258,473
Estonia 3,567,484 4,106,064 +538,580
France 3,847,925 3,813,693 -34,232
Germany 3,571,723 3,484,489 -87,234
United States 3,940,093 3,046,383 -893,710
Denmark 2,760,137 3,340,154 +580,017

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 25
Outer London - West and North West 25
Inner London - West 24
Inner London - East 22
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 15

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 19 20 +1
Outer London - West and North West 21 20 -1
Inner London - West 19 16 -3
Inner London - East 16 16 +0
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 11 15 +4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 14 10 -4
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 8 10 +2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 8 9 +1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 9 9 +0
Essex 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) 115,798,571
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 60,967,173
Other 26,975,629
Air transport 5,958,571
Road transport 277,133

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) 58,082,730 57,715,841 -366,889
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 36,598,634 24,368,539 -12,230,095
Other 15,343,744 11,631,885 -3,711,859
Air transport 2,493,182 3,465,389 +972,207
Road transport 102,586 174,547 +71,961
Rail transport 11,234 45,522 +34,288

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 43,355,296
Eurotunnel 32,296,651
000 26,975,629
Grangemouth Docks 21,310,507
Purfleet 14,043,466

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 22,430,566 20,924,730 -1,505,836
Eurotunnel 16,957,329 15,339,322 -1,618,007
000 15,343,744 11,631,885 -3,711,859
Grangemouth Docks 14,139,374 7,171,133 -6,968,241
Purfleet 5,675,404 8,368,062 +2,692,658
Felixstowe 8,319,968 5,469,018 -2,850,950
Southampton 4,324,468 4,372,037 +47,569
Immingham Docks 3,979,085 4,685,133 +706,048
London 4,259,878 2,909,892 -1,349,986
Hull 3,616,869 3,542,047 -74,822

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 152
Manufacture of food products 90
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 58
Manufacture of beverages 17
Food and beverage service activities 15

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 87
2026-03 90
2026-02 78
2026-01 73
2025-12 82

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 151
54m+ 83
0-1m 46
15m-54m 42
Other 23

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 18,653,546
Belgium 18,564,147
Denmark 7,203,371
Russia 6,872,845
United States 5,288,742

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 9,877,806 8,775,740 -1,102,066
Belgium 9,080,479 9,483,668 +403,189
Denmark 3,756,063 3,447,308 -308,755
Russia 3,893,214 2,979,631 -913,583
United States 1,816,974 3,471,768 +1,654,794
Poland 1,700,638 2,256,514 +555,876
France 1,209,931 1,234,335 +24,404
Japan 1,232,843 970,494 -262,349
Netherlands 854,266 1,050,519 +196,253
Italy 817,082 1,063,031 +245,949

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 £
France 2,876,868
XI 1,504,490
China 214,061
Italy 189,963
Spain 140,523

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 £
France 1,806,126 1,070,742 -735,384
XI 1,173,135 331,355 -841,780
China 114,767 99,294 -15,473
Italy 183,848 6,115 -177,733
Spain 83,863 56,660 -27,203
Belgium 27,021 36,340 +9,319
Ireland 26,765 32,926 +6,161
Hungary 6,888 4,952 -1,936
Thailand 3,763 3,595 -168
Germany 1,034 1,625 +591

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) 55,142,040
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 16,899,593
Other 7,115,484
Air transport 3,090,789

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) 26,956,857 28,185,183 +1,228,326
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,503,338 9,396,255 +1,892,917
Other 4,095,045 3,020,439 -1,074,606
Air transport 1,114,632 1,976,157 +861,525

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 29,430,675
Immingham Docks 9,255,176
Holyhead 8,167,459
000 7,115,484
Dover 4,821,231

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 £
Dover / Eurotunnel 13,520,236 15,910,439 +2,390,203
Immingham Docks 4,944,771 4,310,405 -634,366
Holyhead 3,745,616 4,421,843 +676,227
000 4,095,045 3,020,439 -1,074,606
Dover 2,576,274 2,244,957 -331,317
Liverpool Docks 2,541,979 2,234,830 -307,149
Southampton 807,474 2,968,536 +2,161,062
Felixstowe 1,582,550 1,997,228 +414,678
London Gateway Port 1,830,794 1,403,377 -427,417
London 1,582,393 1,171,718 -410,675

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 2102

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

Description: Includes active or inactive yeasts, dead single-cell microorganisms (not vaccines), and prepared baking powders. Used in baking and food production