Import/export HS code 2103: Sauces, condiments, and seasonings

Includes sauces, mixed condiments, seasonings, and mustard products

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  • It helps you understand the market size for your product in the UK.
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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 £
Netherlands 507,210,998
Italy 262,584,688
Belgium 238,823,703
Poland 142,016,050
Spain 124,792,306

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 260,421,726 246,789,272 -13,632,454
Italy 131,595,294 130,989,394 -605,900
Belgium 118,992,657 119,831,046 +838,389
Poland 71,901,820 70,114,230 -1,787,590
Spain 57,818,002 66,974,304 +9,156,302
Germany 59,341,788 64,438,213 +5,096,425
Ireland 49,719,587 58,694,918 +8,975,331
France 45,227,648 53,263,652 +8,036,004
Thailand 45,035,410 44,334,452 -700,958
Portugal 33,033,140 33,605,020 +571,880

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 467,466,970
Italy 320,542,277
Poland 161,763,070
Germany 152,287,294
Spain 129,608,481

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 239,876,788 227,590,182 -12,286,606
Italy 157,206,796 163,335,481 +6,128,685
Poland 78,048,328 83,714,742 +5,666,414
Germany 80,747,680 71,539,614 -9,208,066
Spain 59,935,583 69,672,898 +9,737,315
France 54,937,404 63,374,985 +8,437,581
Belgium 52,023,272 54,994,779 +2,971,507
Thailand 46,311,261 45,892,268 -418,993
China 34,184,786 34,317,054 +132,268
Portugal 32,165,818 30,771,812 -1,394,006

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - East 173
Outer London - West and North West 154
Outer London - East and North East 151
Inner London - West 142
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 83

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 130 132 +2
Outer London - West and North West 124 136 +12
Outer London - East and North East 115 126 +11
Inner London - West 106 104 -2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 72 66 -6
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 61 56 -5
West Midlands 61 45 -16
Outer London - South 52 46 -6
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 41 42 +1
Greater Manchester 44 38 -6

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,166,512,821
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 996,187,542
Other 84,461,387
Road transport 14,109,183
Air transport 7,832,576

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 584,336,681 582,176,140 -2,160,541
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 486,396,976 509,790,566 +23,393,590
Other 44,788,217 39,673,170 -5,115,047
Road transport 6,477,425 7,631,758 +1,154,333
Air transport 4,106,490 3,726,086 -380,404
Rail transport 1,330 0 -1,330

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Hull 299,033,652
London 293,398,300
Immingham Docks 284,684,431
Felixstowe 215,166,039
Dover 190,215,400

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 £
Hull 166,443,414 132,590,238 -33,853,176
London 145,094,963 148,303,337 +3,208,374
Immingham Docks 138,433,341 146,251,090 +7,817,749
Felixstowe 113,028,027 102,138,012 -10,890,015
Dover 91,985,440 98,229,960 +6,244,520
London Gateway Port 81,110,491 90,855,850 +9,745,359
Liverpool Docks 78,459,154 92,119,066 +13,659,912
Southampton 75,790,428 83,075,495 +7,285,067
Eurotunnel 47,150,609 53,036,676 +5,886,067
000 44,788,217 39,673,170 -5,115,047

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 869
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 397
Food and beverage service activities 223
Manufacture of food products 198
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 53

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 503
2026-03 514
2026-02 477
2026-01 456
2025-12 520

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 644
0-1m 515
54m+ 211
15m-54m 136
Other 86

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 252,908,650
France 89,198,715
Netherlands 79,791,904
Spain 59,098,154
Belgium 42,854,327

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 119,327,850 133,580,800 +14,252,950
France 43,241,988 45,956,727 +2,714,739
Netherlands 40,628,579 39,163,325 -1,465,254
Spain 28,390,146 30,708,008 +2,317,862
Belgium 20,881,120 21,973,207 +1,092,087
Poland 14,911,909 16,732,252 +1,820,343
Australia 13,138,331 18,443,109 +5,304,778
United States 13,974,554 14,342,155 +367,601
Italy 13,568,843 13,236,904 -331,939
Sweden 11,615,021 14,533,943 +2,918,922

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 21,473,172
Netherlands 5,409,475
Ireland 4,015,598
Italy 937,965
United States 506,182

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 10,812,512 10,660,660 -151,852
Netherlands 2,944,731 2,464,744 -479,987
Ireland 2,013,681 2,001,917 -11,764
Italy 472,282 465,683 -6,599
United States 207,779 298,403 +90,624
Spain 220,416 234,221 +13,805
France 224,009 186,093 -37,916
China 102,076 170,979 +68,903
Germany 123,348 129,556 +6,208
Poland 111,833 116,074 +4,241

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) 597,619,978
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 260,464,304
Other 50,632,970
Air transport 6,925,810
Rail transport 64,368

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) 289,488,011 308,131,967 +18,643,956
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 130,412,739 130,051,565 -361,174
Other 24,399,472 26,233,498 +1,834,026
Air transport 3,178,386 3,747,424 +569,038
Rail transport 0 64,368 +64,368
Road transport 13,995 0 -13,995

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 235,023,108
Liverpool Docks 162,586,898
Immingham Docks 82,868,583
Holyhead 73,298,766
London Gateway Port 70,403,283

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 117,206,881 117,816,227 +609,346
Liverpool Docks 80,494,977 82,091,921 +1,596,944
Immingham Docks 36,567,453 46,301,130 +9,733,677
Holyhead 36,466,602 36,832,164 +365,562
London Gateway Port 27,581,806 42,821,477 +15,239,671
000 24,399,472 26,233,498 +1,834,026
Felixstowe 20,772,128 14,352,478 -6,419,650
Hull 21,250,860 13,127,499 -8,123,361
Dover 13,389,967 19,023,741 +5,633,774
Southampton 15,245,602 16,865,481 +1,619,879

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 2103

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

Description: Includes sauces, mixed condiments, seasonings, and mustard products