Import/export HS code 21050010: Low-fat ice cream

Ice cream with little or no milkfat, perfect for those looking for lighter dessert options

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 £
Germany 143,582,571
Belgium 69,269,498
Italy 58,674,233
Slovenia 58,009,503
Spain 47,435,279

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 £
Germany 64,766,804 78,815,767 +14,048,963
Belgium 30,357,928 38,911,570 +8,553,642
Italy 27,431,291 31,242,942 +3,811,651
Slovenia 28,063,247 29,946,256 +1,883,009
Spain 24,140,989 23,294,290 -846,699
Netherlands 26,310,614 17,686,002 -8,624,612
Hungary 15,715,777 9,849,077 -5,866,700
Poland 12,100,558 12,379,777 +279,219
Portugal 6,915,219 5,100,967 -1,814,252
Ireland 4,261,580 6,514,997 +2,253,417

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 £
Germany 106,212,917
Belgium 80,482,771
Slovenia 64,501,307
Italy 63,540,678
Spain 48,579,051

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 £
Germany 51,264,585 54,948,332 +3,683,747
Belgium 34,882,507 45,600,264 +10,717,757
Slovenia 31,878,311 32,622,996 +744,685
Italy 29,098,465 34,442,213 +5,343,748
Spain 24,884,491 23,694,560 -1,189,931
Netherlands 23,264,227 19,244,031 -4,020,196
Hungary 15,269,384 10,592,253 -4,677,131
Poland 12,652,594 12,020,906 -631,688
France 4,946,579 7,911,784 +2,965,205
Portugal 6,754,570 5,965,957 -788,613

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 14
Outer London - East and North East 13
Inner London - West 12
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 11
Inner London - East 11

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 11 9 -2
Outer London - East and North East 10 13 +3
Inner London - West 10 10 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 8 10 +2
Inner London - East 8 10 +2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 6 7 +1
Greater Manchester 8 7 -1
Outer London - South 7 8 +1
West Yorkshire 4 5 +1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 4 3 -1

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) 457,856,974
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 87,581,761
Other 13,869,515
Road transport 1,780,578
Air transport 140,817

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) 223,148,506 234,708,468 +11,559,962
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 39,943,744 47,638,017 +7,694,273
Other 6,897,810 6,971,705 +73,895
Road transport 665,689 1,114,889 +449,200
Air transport 80,145 60,672 -19,473

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 173,930,143
Dover 145,565,573
Eurotunnel 61,506,329
London 51,611,322
Immingham Docks 32,001,540

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 / Eurotunnel 73,454,881 100,475,262 +27,020,381
Dover 74,839,552 70,726,021 -4,113,531
Eurotunnel 34,376,171 27,130,158 -7,246,013
London 27,091,034 24,520,288 -2,570,746
Immingham Docks 14,359,167 17,642,373 +3,283,206
Felixstowe 8,853,277 5,975,177 -2,878,100
Thamesport 6,472,722 8,038,021 +1,565,299
000 6,897,810 6,971,705 +73,895
ZLC 4,705,817 7,090,903 +2,385,086
Hull 4,445,316 3,856,882 -588,434

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
73
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
31
Manufacture of food products
25
Food and beverage service activities
18
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
6

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 56
2026-04 60
2026-03 47
2026-02 45
2026-01 41

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 55
54m+ 36
0-1m 22
15m-54m 19
Other 10

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 63,467,288
Germany 20,281,520
France 11,624,283
Australia 9,644,360
Netherlands 8,671,631

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 32,439,713 31,027,575 -1,412,138
Germany 10,031,209 10,250,311 +219,102
France 6,773,431 4,850,852 -1,922,579
Australia 5,224,817 4,419,543 -805,274
Netherlands 4,760,308 3,911,323 -848,985
Italy 3,040,576 2,229,237 -811,339
Spain 1,544,783 2,943,070 +1,398,287
Saudi Arabia 1,858,848 1,698,433 -160,415
United Arab Emirates 1,504,710 2,048,835 +544,125
China 1,222,871 1,389,672 +166,801

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 1,407,031
Belgium 301,975
Poland 214,683
Ireland 196,128
Spain 123,455

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 716,570 690,461 -26,109
Belgium 206,490 95,485 -111,005
Poland 100,620 114,063 +13,443
Ireland 27,023 169,105 +142,082
Spain 56,300 67,155 +10,855
Netherlands 71,146 38,635 -32,511
Slovenia 27,913 44,645 +16,732
Italy 38,094 30,369 -7,725
Denmark 27,128 21,205 -5,923
Portugal 32,628 1,893 -30,735

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) 126,356,683
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 31,716,291
Other 3,742,448
Air transport 117,736

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) 65,111,544 61,245,139 -3,866,405
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 15,920,138 15,796,153 -123,985
Other 1,953,846 1,788,602 -165,244
Air transport 115,859 1,877 -113,982

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 53,574,541
Milford 25,276,586
London Gateway Port 23,291,414
Holyhead 21,292,881
Liverpool Docks 13,192,861

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 28,245,870 25,328,671 -2,917,199
Milford 12,874,703 12,401,883 -472,820
London Gateway Port 11,820,047 11,471,367 -348,680
Holyhead 6,878,925 14,413,956 +7,535,031
Liverpool Docks 10,643,774 2,549,087 -8,094,687
Dover 5,048,380 6,131,482 +1,083,102
Southampton 2,494,075 2,363,438 -130,637
000 1,953,846 1,788,602 -165,244
Felixstowe 1,251,698 1,364,085 +112,387
Portsmouth 482,881 343,746 -139,135

Quick facts

HS code: 21050010

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

Description: Ice cream with little or no milkfat, perfect for those looking for lighter dessert options