Import/export HS code 2202: Flavored and sweetened waters and non-alcoholic drinks

Includes mineral water, soda, and other flavored drinks with added sugar or sweeteners. Excludes fruit, nut, or vegetable juices

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 £
Netherlands 814,223,770
Germany 495,028,776
Belgium 479,171,223
Ireland 329,015,049
France 282,648,786

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 £
Netherlands 407,842,990 406,380,780 -1,462,210
Germany 241,206,034 253,822,742 +12,616,708
Belgium 269,333,138 209,838,085 -59,495,053
Ireland 160,487,282 168,527,767 +8,040,485
France 139,375,646 143,273,140 +3,897,494
Italy 67,051,753 59,245,385 -7,806,368
Denmark 62,152,077 60,181,669 -1,970,408
Spain 54,135,872 63,757,886 +9,622,014
Switzerland 30,535,678 26,699,708 -3,835,970
Austria 24,572,628 30,827,729 +6,255,101

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 £
Netherlands 689,705,427
Germany 477,755,866
France 347,375,094
Switzerland 245,398,704
Belgium 234,817,430

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 £
Netherlands 349,085,169 340,620,258 -8,464,911
Germany 229,234,137 248,521,729 +19,287,592
France 178,240,333 169,134,761 -9,105,572
Switzerland 157,247,918 88,150,786 -69,097,132
Belgium 108,246,944 126,570,486 +18,323,542
Spain 66,212,245 78,345,250 +12,133,005
Denmark 75,093,665 69,294,872 -5,798,793
Italy 65,499,275 64,583,773 -915,502
Austria 52,747,574 55,506,043 +2,758,469
Ireland 38,465,924 39,486,972 +1,021,048

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 227
Outer London - East and North East 198
Inner London - East 181
Inner London - West 122
Greater Manchester 110

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 170 180 +10
Outer London - East and North East 146 153 +7
Inner London - East 137 138 +1
Inner London - West 89 92 +3
Greater Manchester 74 82 +8
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 83 87 +4
West Midlands 78 78 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 54 56 +2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 55 57 +2
Essex 51 49 -2

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) 1,980,456,682
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,067,918,681
Other 266,449,865
Road transport 40,970,909
Rail transport 20,277,437

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) 1,053,612,025 926,844,657 -126,767,368
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 519,368,811 548,549,870 +29,181,059
Other 130,162,655 136,287,210 +6,124,555
Road transport 17,626,775 23,344,134 +5,717,359
Rail transport 68,194 20,209,243 +20,141,049
Air transport 4,621,667 8,557,815 +3,936,148
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 0 5,724 +5,724

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 660,033,873
London 597,688,897
Dover 529,984,230
000 266,449,865
Felixstowe 206,375,983

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 £
Immingham Docks 363,514,182 296,519,691 -66,994,491
London 295,856,093 301,832,804 +5,976,711
Dover 265,901,676 264,082,554 -1,819,122
000 130,162,655 136,287,210 +6,124,555
Felixstowe 114,666,928 91,709,055 -22,957,873
Dover / Eurotunnel 94,059,545 76,463,121 -17,596,424
Eurotunnel 71,954,653 61,964,037 -9,990,616
Hull 63,564,411 66,842,651 +3,278,240
Thamesport 65,165,076 59,192,016 -5,973,060
London Gateway Port 38,950,014 53,561,216 +14,611,202

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
1166
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
516
Food and beverage service activities
178
Manufacture of food products
113
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
82

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 576
2026-04 552
2026-03 535
2026-02 496
2026-01 511

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
0-1m 705
1m-15m 589
Other 297
54m+ 197
15m-54m 135

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 629,954,223
United States 154,257,794
Belgium 59,713,797
Netherlands 52,069,558
France 41,692,920

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 312,504,783 317,449,440 +4,944,657
United States 77,428,032 76,829,762 -598,270
Belgium 28,299,946 31,413,851 +3,113,905
Netherlands 30,312,013 21,757,545 -8,554,468
France 17,750,192 23,942,728 +6,192,536
Germany 18,112,740 13,452,967 -4,659,773
Canada 13,504,264 17,075,351 +3,571,087
United Arab Emirates 11,827,554 11,421,438 -406,116
Denmark 11,408,054 10,773,304 -634,750
Australia 10,833,002 8,925,101 -1,907,901

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 250,098,920
Ireland 67,399,378
Netherlands 4,628,022
Germany 2,959,777
Austria 2,276,955

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 90,408,767 159,690,153 +69,281,386
Ireland 36,074,869 31,324,509 -4,750,360
Netherlands 1,220,481 3,407,541 +2,187,060
Germany 1,040,395 1,919,382 +878,987
Austria 1,199,024 1,077,931 -121,093
France 682,163 890,478 +208,315
Belgium 415,494 749,183 +333,689
Spain 437,687 721,165 +283,478
Sweden 345,384 460,971 +115,587
Greece 430,231 274,822 -155,409

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) 476,379,397
Other 444,505,000
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 399,649,981
Air transport 8,713,002
Road transport 35,820

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) 244,152,997 232,226,400 -11,926,597
Other 224,918,194 219,586,806 -5,331,388
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 195,724,516 203,925,465 +8,200,949
Air transport 4,651,626 4,061,376 -590,250
Road transport 35,820 0 -35,820
Rail transport 0 11,490 +11,490

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 444,505,000
Dover / Eurotunnel 168,438,081
Liverpool Docks 128,058,712
Southampton 123,757,395
London Gateway Port 107,334,716

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 £
000 224,918,194 219,586,806 -5,331,388
Dover / Eurotunnel 87,202,172 81,235,909 -5,966,263
Liverpool Docks 63,076,116 64,982,596 +1,906,480
Southampton 54,545,292 69,212,103 +14,666,811
London Gateway Port 59,921,405 47,413,311 -12,508,094
Immingham Docks 40,733,297 31,586,565 -9,146,732
Holyhead 23,195,062 25,527,648 +2,332,586
London 18,435,220 23,980,406 +5,545,186
Felixstowe 25,765,815 13,711,209 -12,054,606
Dover 11,767,540 19,421,019 +7,653,479

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 2202

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

Description: Includes mineral water, soda, and other flavored drinks with added sugar or sweeteners. Excludes fruit, nut, or vegetable juices