Import/export HS code 240491: Oral tobacco or nicotine products

Tobacco or nicotine products designed for oral use, like chewing or dissolving

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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 £
Sweden 108,676,607
Poland 29,349,784
Hungary 29,304,293
Switzerland 25,222,086
Denmark 25,132,773

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 £
Sweden 54,222,356 54,454,251 +231,895
Poland 15,591,270 13,758,514 -1,832,756
Hungary 12,450,508 16,853,785 +4,403,277
Switzerland 8,950,125 16,271,961 +7,321,836
Denmark 15,823,236 9,309,537 -6,513,699
Estonia 1,074,964 9,131,464 +8,056,500
Belgium 1,103,733 1,000,013 -103,720
United States 1,061,552 915,711 -145,841
India 1,384,903 524,929 -859,974
Germany 411,730 1,070,577 +658,847

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 £
Sweden 110,718,352
Hungary 31,230,224
Poland 29,121,039
Switzerland 21,565,579
Denmark 21,308,002

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 £
Sweden 55,552,391 55,165,961 -386,430
Hungary 12,588,744 18,641,480 +6,052,736
Poland 15,333,807 13,787,232 -1,546,575
Switzerland 8,645,955 12,919,624 +4,273,669
Denmark 10,118,735 11,189,267 +1,070,532
Estonia 7,003,519 11,872,140 +4,868,621
United States 1,137,993 937,391 -200,602
India 1,313,590 492,013 -821,577
China 993,483 737,085 -256,398
Lithuania 851,197 419,009 -432,188

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 12
Greater Manchester 7
Inner London - West 7
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 6
Inner London - East 5

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 5 10 +5
Greater Manchester 7 2 -5
Inner London - West 3 6 +3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 3 5 +2
Inner London - East 3 4 +1
Lancashire 2 3 +1
Devon 2 3 +1
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 1 3 +2
Outer London - East and North East 2 1 -1
Outer London - South 3 0 -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) 212,655,324
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 21,101,364
Air transport 8,133,370
Road transport 632,188
Other 249,314

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) 103,882,255 108,773,069 +4,890,814
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,841,345 13,260,019 +5,418,674
Air transport 3,087,272 5,046,098 +1,958,826
Road transport 139,232 492,956 +353,724
Other 249,286 28 -249,258

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 94,498,318
Harwich 60,253,302
Immingham Docks 28,703,739
Felixstowe 13,658,363
Eurotunnel 10,715,549

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 29,245,470 65,252,848 +36,007,378
Harwich 41,054,210 19,199,092 -21,855,118
Immingham Docks 14,853,054 13,850,685 -1,002,369
Felixstowe 5,331,064 8,327,299 +2,996,235
Eurotunnel 4,779,814 5,935,735 +1,155,921
ZLC 8,353,322 415,000 -7,938,322
Killingholme 3,832,034 4,931,398 +1,099,364
London Heathrow Airport 2,265,013 2,472,305 +207,292
Hull 2,068,755 1,424,167 -644,588
East Midlands Airport 396,526 1,563,152 +1,166,626

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 49
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 30
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 4
Other manufacturing 4
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 2

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 13
2026-03 10
2026-02 10
2026-01 14
2025-12 13

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 29
54m+ 18
1m-15m 16
Other 10
15m-54m 3

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 £
Canada 50,825,277
Sweden 9,151,159
Hungary 8,210,408
United States 7,134,119
Belgium 5,394,990

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 £
Canada 32,826,873 17,998,404 -14,828,469
Sweden 4,694,201 4,456,958 -237,243
Hungary 4,132,327 4,078,081 -54,246
United States 1,583,277 5,550,842 +3,967,565
Belgium 2,828,572 2,566,418 -262,154
Italy 3,069,886 13,562 -3,056,324
Luxembourg 1,005,102 661,983 -343,119
Estonia 268,110 579,452 +311,342
Australia 1,368 654,410 +653,042
Ireland 520,370 107,276 -413,094

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 22,149,913

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 12,680,638 9,469,275 -3,211,363

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 59,646,125
Other 22,167,318
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 7,302,856
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 915,953
Road transport 15,579

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 £
Air transport 35,064,472 24,581,653 -10,482,819
Other 12,684,281 9,483,037 -3,201,244
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,868,295 3,434,561 -433,734
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 133,419 782,534 +649,115
Road transport 7,705 7,874 +169

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Belfast Airport 56,201,285
000 22,167,318
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,415,438
London Heathrow Airport 2,748,604
Southampton 643,833

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 £
Belfast Airport 34,096,994 22,104,291 -11,992,703
000 12,684,281 9,483,037 -3,201,244
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,251,865 3,163,573 -88,292
London Heathrow Airport 711,412 2,037,192 +1,325,780
Southampton 29,013 614,820 +585,807
Holyhead 437,619 62,378 -375,241
Dover 137,248 271,202 +133,954
East Midlands Airport 137,392 142,789 +5,397
Birmingham Airport 0 217,296 +217,296
Immingham Docks 70,006 44,948 -25,058

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 240491

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

Description: Tobacco or nicotine products designed for oral use, like chewing or dissolving