Import/export HS code 04061030: Mozzarella cheese

Mozzarella cheese, whether stored in liquid or not, commonly used in pizzas and salads

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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 £
Denmark 227,427,223
Italy 159,253,651
Belgium 50,639,613
Ireland 41,402,634
Germany 36,712,434

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 £
Denmark 115,679,090 111,748,133 -3,930,957
Italy 79,185,347 80,068,304 +882,957
Belgium 26,970,353 23,669,260 -3,301,093
Ireland 16,769,572 24,633,062 +7,863,490
Germany 19,309,766 17,402,668 -1,907,098
Netherlands 15,865,933 10,879,941 -4,985,992
Poland 8,555,829 8,839,035 +283,206
France 3,694,589 10,481,077 +6,786,488
Spain 1,296,905 3,719,895 +2,422,990
Switzerland 1,901,869 2,100,423 +198,554

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 £
Denmark 229,688,378
Italy 170,435,200
Germany 52,101,234
Belgium 38,098,528
Ireland 37,334,969

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 £
Denmark 116,342,075 113,346,303 -2,995,772
Italy 83,947,498 86,487,702 +2,540,204
Germany 26,523,323 25,577,911 -945,412
Belgium 18,598,079 19,500,449 +902,370
Ireland 14,422,695 22,912,274 +8,489,579
Netherlands 14,022,753 8,434,648 -5,588,105
Poland 8,592,379 8,821,891 +229,512
Switzerland 1,920,899 2,130,372 +209,473
Spain 1,165,672 2,843,566 +1,677,894
Hungary 445,904 771,496 +325,592

Importers across UK regions

What this shows: Number of importing companies by UK ITL2 region.

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - East 17
Inner London - West 13
Outer London - West and North West 13
Surrey, East and West Sussex 8
Outer London - East and North East 7

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
Inner London - East 14 17 +3
Inner London - West 11 9 -2
Outer London - West and North West 11 8 -3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 8 5 -3
Outer London - East and North East 5 4 -1
West Yorkshire 7 5 -2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 4 6 +2
Outer London - South 4 6 +2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 3 4 +1
North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset 5 3 -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) 425,515,757
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 148,802,210
Other 5,623,072
Road transport 3,618,405
Air transport 23,359

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) 258,144,425 167,371,332 -90,773,093
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 26,477,606 122,324,604 +95,846,998
Other 3,156,066 2,467,006 -689,060
Road transport 1,634,395 1,984,010 +349,615
Air transport 2,800 20,559 +17,759

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 251,400,370
Dover 111,758,378
Dover / Eurotunnel 57,469,601
Eurotunnel 53,185,979
Killingholme 26,810,655

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 122,443,561 128,956,809 +6,513,248
Dover 50,098,399 61,659,979 +11,561,580
Dover / Eurotunnel 29,971,454 27,498,147 -2,473,307
Eurotunnel 25,761,573 27,424,406 +1,662,833
Killingholme 22,601,795 4,208,860 -18,392,935
London 11,336,549 14,099,628 +2,763,079
Holyhead 8,939,298 13,314,431 +4,375,133
Liverpool Docks 5,074,967 7,599,859 +2,524,892
000 3,156,066 2,467,006 -689,060
Middlesbrough 4,368,969 1,229,412 -3,139,557

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
84
Food and beverage service activities
23
Manufacture of food products
19
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
11
Other personal service activities
4

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 69
2026-04 60
2026-03 66
2026-02 56
2026-01 64

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 59
54m+ 36
15m-54m 15
0-1m 14
Other 6

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 £
Belgium 96,785,873
Ireland 84,009,025
Italy 42,587,204
China 12,425,100
Netherlands 6,980,660

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 £
Belgium 49,316,257 47,469,616 -1,846,641
Ireland 43,795,062 40,213,963 -3,581,099
Italy 24,114,041 18,473,163 -5,640,878
China 2,226,993 10,198,107 +7,971,114
Netherlands 3,954,210 3,026,450 -927,760
Spain 3,676,891 2,267,136 -1,409,755
Germany 2,398,645 3,294,934 +896,289
United Arab Emirates 3,374,818 1,505,595 -1,869,223
France 2,450,194 1,696,507 -753,687
Dominican Republic 1,767,041 1,056,611 -710,430

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 122,553,545
Ireland 6,419,652
Italy 94,100
Cyprus 10,377
Greece 7,171

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 62,700,804 59,852,741 -2,848,063
Ireland 5,976,804 442,848 -5,533,956
Italy 34,032 60,068 +26,036
Cyprus 4,233 6,144 +1,911
Greece 2,497 4,674 +2,177
Belgium 2,888 0 -2,888
France 603 0 -603
Spain 180 393 +213
Netherlands 0 61 +61
Denmark 0 10 +10

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Other 140,001,975
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 111,758,992
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 33,099,118
Air transport 2,730,437

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 £
Other 74,030,218 65,971,757 -8,058,461
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 58,730,476 53,028,516 -5,701,960
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,707,083 22,392,035 +11,684,952
Air transport 2,435,024 295,413 -2,139,611

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 140,001,975
Dover / Eurotunnel 105,129,347
London Gateway Port 18,128,622
Southampton 8,253,896
Felixstowe 4,272,410

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 74,030,218 65,971,757 -8,058,461
Dover / Eurotunnel 54,949,559 50,179,788 -4,769,771
London Gateway Port 6,032,209 12,096,413 +6,064,204
Southampton 1,945,666 6,308,230 +4,362,564
Felixstowe 1,339,329 2,933,081 +1,593,752
London Heathrow Airport 2,368,118 230,682 -2,137,436
Portsmouth 1,278,577 1,157,325 -121,252
Eurotunnel 1,047,217 1,217,166 +169,949
Holyhead 1,368,861 420,551 -948,310
Liverpool Docks 1,142,988 362,526 -780,462

Quick facts

HS code: 04061030

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

Description: Mozzarella cheese, whether stored in liquid or not, commonly used in pizzas and salads