Import/export HS code 210320: Tomato ketchup and sauces

Tomato-based sauces, including ketchup, used as condiments

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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 183,635,599
Portugal 52,879,624
Italy 42,713,987
Belgium 38,368,774
Spain 29,971,095

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 113,425,654 70,209,945 -43,215,709
Portugal 28,577,730 24,301,894 -4,275,836
Italy 23,765,244 18,948,743 -4,816,501
Belgium 24,766,055 13,602,719 -11,163,336
Spain 18,026,422 11,944,673 -6,081,749
Ireland 8,528,687 6,925,854 -1,602,833
Poland 8,546,025 5,986,825 -2,559,200
Malta 6,389,424 4,159,431 -2,229,993
Germany 4,290,507 2,907,477 -1,383,030
Turkey 2,095,794 1,415,411 -680,383

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 171,072,817
Portugal 50,507,191
Italy 48,670,054
Germany 31,543,515
Spain 30,688,100

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 106,358,742 64,714,075 -41,644,667
Portugal 27,736,472 22,770,719 -4,965,753
Italy 26,784,717 21,885,337 -4,899,380
Germany 20,530,658 11,012,857 -9,517,801
Spain 18,114,187 12,573,913 -5,540,274
Poland 12,001,398 8,683,584 -3,317,814
Turkey 8,300,140 6,512,273 -1,787,867
Malta 6,397,120 4,372,448 -2,024,672
Cyprus 2,432,067 827,398 -1,604,669
Belgium 1,362,395 1,755,035 +392,640

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 41
Inner London - East 37
Outer London - East and North East 35
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 27
Inner London - West 27

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 31 27 -4
Inner London - East 29 33 +4
Outer London - East and North East 27 27 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 25 21 -4
Inner London - West 20 17 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 24 16 -8
West Midlands 16 12 -4
Greater Manchester 13 10 -3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 10 11 +1
Outer London - South 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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 257,867,166
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 138,116,865
Other 15,811,642
Air transport 90,714
Road transport 9,523

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) 154,876,597 102,990,569 -51,886,028
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 81,157,312 56,959,553 -24,197,759
Other 9,025,352 6,786,290 -2,239,062
Air transport 31,024 59,690 +28,666
Road transport 4,764 4,759 -5

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Hull 121,347,537
London 72,051,401
Liverpool Docks 48,941,632
Immingham Docks 43,472,434
Felixstowe 21,469,345

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 74,583,144 46,764,393 -27,818,751
London 45,000,998 27,050,403 -17,950,595
Liverpool Docks 26,157,541 22,784,091 -3,373,450
Immingham Docks 25,399,537 18,072,897 -7,326,640
Felixstowe 12,756,033 8,713,312 -4,042,721
Thamesport 11,545,306 7,550,585 -3,994,721
Dover 8,923,113 7,577,781 -1,345,332
London Gateway Port 9,020,596 7,089,108 -1,931,488
000 9,025,352 6,786,290 -2,239,062
Middlesbrough 5,941,714 4,135,919 -1,805,795

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 240
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 77
Food and beverage service activities 47
Manufacture of food products 31
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 17

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 93
2025-11 113
2025-10 117
2025-09 108
2025-08 102

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 170
0-1m 82
54m+ 68
15m-54m 38
Other 16

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 19,709,616
Netherlands 9,682,679
Germany 6,554,372
France 5,462,279
Italy 3,978,662

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 11,508,806 8,200,810 -3,307,996
Netherlands 4,705,108 4,977,571 +272,463
Germany 3,634,006 2,920,366 -713,640
France 2,668,358 2,793,921 +125,563
Italy 2,213,353 1,765,309 -448,044
Belgium 992,246 892,679 -99,567
United Arab Emirates 957,554 807,757 -149,797
Poland 705,060 613,794 -91,266
Saudi Arabia 482,594 390,564 -92,030
Spain 226,834 417,536 +190,702

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 £
Netherlands 1,301,959
XI 1,085,118
Ireland 755,352
Portugal 150,060
United States 123,272

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 £
Netherlands 796,348 505,611 -290,737
XI 640,689 444,429 -196,260
Ireland 474,496 280,856 -193,640
Portugal 80,180 69,880 -10,300
United States 74,266 49,006 -25,260
Italy 86,251 34,770 -51,481
Switzerland 54,628 689 -53,939
France 50,836 409 -50,427
Poland 30,840 13,466 -17,374
Spain 20,815 22,444 +1,629

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 26,641,568
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 25,294,914
Other 6,541,814
Air transport 261,914

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 12,189,942 14,451,626 +2,261,684
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 15,661,247 9,633,667 -6,027,580
Other 3,950,400 2,591,414 -1,358,986
Air transport 200,292 61,622 -138,670

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 9,115,728
Hull 8,646,168
Dover 7,978,354
Liverpool Docks 6,987,781
000 6,541,814

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 £
Immingham Docks 3,677,244 5,438,484 +1,761,240
Hull 4,798,279 3,847,889 -950,390
Dover 3,806,889 4,171,465 +364,576
Liverpool Docks 3,436,962 3,550,819 +113,857
000 3,950,400 2,591,414 -1,358,986
Holyhead 3,970,658 1,662,174 -2,308,484
London Gateway Port 1,597,633 1,687,641 +90,008
Felixstowe 1,473,297 787,703 -685,594
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,213,894 973,145 -240,749
Eurotunnel 1,309,834 136,862 -1,172,972

Quick facts

HS code: 210320

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

Description: Tomato-based sauces, including ketchup, used as condiments