Import/export HS code 21061020: Low-fat, low-sugar protein concentrates

Protein products with minimal milkfat, sugar, or starch content, ideal for dietary needs

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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 £
China 22,161,343
Netherlands 17,656,197
United States 14,302,399
France 8,156,707
Belgium 7,983,334

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 £
China 10,634,960 11,526,383 +891,423
Netherlands 9,564,548 8,091,649 -1,472,899
United States 9,348,201 4,954,198 -4,394,003
France 4,217,499 3,939,208 -278,291
Belgium 4,382,761 3,600,573 -782,188
Germany 2,547,001 4,424,168 +1,877,167
Ireland 2,805,111 2,983,715 +178,604
Slovakia 2,550,268 2,741,798 +191,530
Austria 1,793,056 1,344,621 -448,435
Italy 1,643,665 1,120,179 -523,486

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 £
China 24,273,182
United States 18,691,253
Netherlands 14,321,496
Germany 13,152,812
France 6,881,488

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 £
China 11,866,383 12,406,799 +540,416
United States 12,034,585 6,656,668 -5,377,917
Netherlands 7,189,324 7,132,172 -57,152
Germany 7,025,793 6,127,019 -898,774
France 3,976,173 2,905,315 -1,070,858
Slovakia 2,590,497 3,219,818 +629,321
Ireland 2,024,910 2,200,645 +175,735
Belgium 624,751 2,117,939 +1,493,188
Austria 1,752,745 930,815 -821,930
Japan 1,408,928 1,245,013 -163,915

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 25
Inner London - West 19
Greater Manchester 16
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 14
Outer London - East and North East 14

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 18 21 +3
Inner London - West 14 15 +1
Greater Manchester 12 10 -2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 8 9 +1
Outer London - East and North East 11 10 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 10 8 -2
West Midlands 8 9 +1
Inner London - East 6 8 +2
Outer London - South 11 7 -4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 7 7 +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) 56,739,001
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 54,356,062
Other 4,792,589
Air transport 2,659,493
Road transport 1,254,271

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) 31,660,088 25,078,913 -6,581,175
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 28,088,318 26,267,744 -1,820,574
Other 2,443,494 2,349,095 -94,399
Air transport 1,306,330 1,353,163 +46,833
Road transport 852,703 401,568 -451,135

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 22,839,670
Felixstowe 18,573,133
Southampton 17,474,217
Immingham Docks 8,916,180
Eurotunnel 8,126,357

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 10,583,511 12,256,159 +1,672,648
Felixstowe 10,140,077 8,433,056 -1,707,021
Southampton 10,714,407 6,759,810 -3,954,597
Immingham Docks 4,783,995 4,132,185 -651,810
Eurotunnel 4,599,275 3,527,082 -1,072,193
London Gateway Port 2,516,473 4,978,498 +2,462,025
Liverpool Docks 4,496,243 1,657,388 -2,838,855
London 3,117,654 1,718,246 -1,399,408
000 2,443,494 2,349,095 -94,399
Hull 1,856,943 2,247,817 +390,874

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 127
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 53
Manufacture of food products 51
Food and beverage service activities 18
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 9

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 60
2025-11 63
2025-10 61
2025-09 75
2025-08 70

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 89
54m+ 72
0-1m 48
15m-54m 34
Other 17

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 £
China 37,211,596
Singapore 32,212,304
United Arab Emirates 14,122,402
Germany 6,080,646
Taiwan 5,466,863

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 £
China 19,078,037 18,133,559 -944,478
Singapore 16,210,374 16,001,930 -208,444
United Arab Emirates 5,903,360 8,219,042 +2,315,682
Germany 2,021,661 4,058,985 +2,037,324
Taiwan 2,916,382 2,550,481 -365,901
United States 1,577,477 2,858,021 +1,280,544
Ireland 2,181,517 1,941,949 -239,568
India 2,353,507 1,135,818 -1,217,689
Netherlands 2,527,627 834,905 -1,692,722
Australia 888,682 1,698,244 +809,562

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 1,805,370
Malaysia 147,923
Ireland 39,864
United States 34,225
Netherlands 9,530

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 898,059 907,311 +9,252
Malaysia 58,683 89,240 +30,557
Ireland 7,905 31,959 +24,054
United States 0 34,225 +34,225
Netherlands 6,373 3,157 -3,216
Viet Nam 0 6,916 +6,916
Sweden 4,131 2,408 -1,723
Thailand 0 3,992 +3,992
Georgia 2,453 0 -2,453
Austria 1,833 0 -1,833

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) 97,487,749
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 24,688,368
Air transport 9,427,924
Other 2,254,338
Road transport 11,758

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) 45,032,235 52,455,514 +7,423,279
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 13,654,773 11,033,595 -2,621,178
Air transport 4,496,777 4,931,147 +434,370
Other 1,102,222 1,152,116 +49,894
Road transport 10,764 994 -9,770

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Southampton 41,632,378
London Gateway Port 29,046,545
Felixstowe 22,419,483
Liverpool Docks 11,134,720
Dover / Eurotunnel 10,749,483

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 £
Southampton 20,989,109 20,643,269 -345,840
London Gateway Port 9,591,475 19,455,070 +9,863,595
Felixstowe 10,222,015 12,197,468 +1,975,453
Liverpool Docks 8,469,788 2,664,932 -5,804,856
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,856,587 4,892,896 -963,691
London Heathrow Airport 2,491,610 1,333,925 -1,157,685
Manchester Airport 678,825 2,988,307 +2,309,482
000 1,102,222 1,152,116 +49,894
Middlesbrough 539,925 1,654,149 +1,114,224
Immingham Docks 1,096,553 639,736 -456,817

Quick facts

HS code: 21061020

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

Description: Protein products with minimal milkfat, sugar, or starch content, ideal for dietary needs