Import/export HS code 210690: Various food preparations

Miscellaneous food items, including specialty or unique products not classified elsewhere

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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 £
Germany 497,016,859
Netherlands 440,805,047
Denmark 400,705,789
Ireland 335,406,502
France 266,044,833

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 237,672,375 259,344,484 +21,672,109
Netherlands 216,928,721 223,876,326 +6,947,605
Denmark 207,535,716 193,170,073 -14,365,643
Ireland 170,223,261 165,183,241 -5,040,020
France 127,951,558 138,093,275 +10,141,717
Belgium 97,551,542 110,931,449 +13,379,907
United States 84,310,238 100,620,055 +16,309,817
China 65,375,320 73,695,230 +8,319,910
Italy 60,308,857 69,665,824 +9,356,967
Poland 46,190,528 53,558,229 +7,367,701

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 533,357,900
Denmark 406,916,301
Netherlands 304,149,814
Ireland 285,679,005
France 218,421,132

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 258,713,696 274,644,204 +15,930,508
Denmark 210,067,254 196,849,047 -13,218,207
Netherlands 148,007,543 156,142,271 +8,134,728
Ireland 146,838,258 138,840,747 -7,997,511
France 101,993,889 116,427,243 +14,433,354
United States 87,554,051 100,115,231 +12,561,180
Italy 76,110,126 86,355,180 +10,245,054
Belgium 71,054,437 84,168,058 +13,113,621
China 71,507,986 80,417,862 +8,909,876
Poland 56,066,934 65,137,900 +9,070,966

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 230
Inner London - West 227
Inner London - East 189
Outer London - East and North East 141
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 121

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 158 191 +33
Inner London - West 170 176 +6
Inner London - East 137 154 +17
Outer London - East and North East 97 109 +12
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 92 88 -4
Greater Manchester 91 91 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 93 91 -2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 80 84 +4
West Midlands 74 77 +3
West Yorkshire 59 71 +12

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) 2,191,867,425
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 896,043,666
Air transport 245,087,758
Other 98,947,360
Road transport 10,510,321

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) 1,136,281,454 1,055,585,971 -80,695,483
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 351,430,271 544,613,395 +193,183,124
Air transport 108,857,099 136,230,659 +27,373,560
Other 55,876,692 43,070,668 -12,806,024
Road transport 4,005,900 6,504,421 +2,498,521
Rail transport 289,769 224,752 -65,017

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 687,076,445
Immingham Docks 596,725,341
Eurotunnel 319,361,230
Felixstowe 286,486,739
Liverpool Docks 227,112,449

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 320,113,598 366,962,847 +46,849,249
Immingham Docks 296,606,145 300,119,196 +3,513,051
Eurotunnel 158,441,639 160,919,591 +2,477,952
Felixstowe 147,555,301 138,931,438 -8,623,863
Liverpool Docks 124,479,252 102,633,197 -21,846,055
London 69,666,380 91,120,752 +21,454,372
Southampton 60,897,998 72,511,069 +11,613,071
Hull 56,492,668 59,520,447 +3,027,779
Dover / Eurotunnel 48,904,692 62,191,734 +13,287,042
London Heathrow Airport 42,450,442 60,860,930 +18,410,488

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 1089
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 616
Manufacture of food products 448
Food and beverage service activities 256
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 97

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 744
2026-03 753
2026-02 721
2026-01 694
2025-12 755

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 976
0-1m 719
54m+ 408
15m-54m 234
Other 143

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 £
Netherlands 294,374,586
Ireland 261,110,279
Germany 226,404,016
France 198,116,568
United States 198,024,700

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 £
Netherlands 154,177,833 140,196,753 -13,981,080
Ireland 129,254,106 131,856,173 +2,602,067
Germany 117,099,810 109,304,206 -7,795,604
France 100,451,434 97,665,134 -2,786,300
United States 92,958,996 105,065,704 +12,106,708
China 84,809,655 92,061,814 +7,252,159
Australia 32,503,427 29,719,854 -2,783,573
Saudi Arabia 30,267,089 29,592,524 -674,565
Sweden 27,352,542 27,561,943 +209,401
Poland 24,227,170 30,423,047 +6,195,877

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 58,260,684
Ireland 2,442,828
Canada 1,436,229
Poland 1,436,212
Italy 1,201,373

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 25,211,199 33,049,485 +7,838,286
Ireland 1,162,921 1,279,907 +116,986
Canada 741,090 695,139 -45,951
Poland 874,865 561,347 -313,518
Italy 606,757 594,616 -12,141
Germany 540,787 473,077 -67,710
France 383,960 178,202 -205,758
Belgium 206,481 329,112 +122,631
Thailand 97,426 134,288 +36,862
Netherlands 91,509 94,741 +3,232

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) 1,330,007,308
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,040,882,910
Air transport 234,266,196
Other 80,594,758
Rail transport 3,336,159

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) 663,264,208 666,743,100 +3,478,892
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 519,616,179 521,266,731 +1,650,552
Air transport 112,953,299 121,312,897 +8,359,598
Other 36,848,203 43,746,555 +6,898,352
Rail transport 1,178,156 2,158,003 +979,847
Road transport 70,821 8,187 -62,634

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 829,438,320
London Gateway Port 346,911,587
Southampton 194,123,511
London Heathrow Airport 157,096,990
Liverpool Docks 152,730,441

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 404,253,299 425,185,021 +20,931,722
London Gateway Port 144,366,738 202,544,849 +58,178,111
Southampton 97,981,815 96,141,696 -1,840,119
London Heathrow Airport 74,674,204 82,422,786 +7,748,582
Liverpool Docks 92,683,144 60,047,297 -32,635,847
Immingham Docks 73,107,849 70,744,388 -2,363,461
Hull 64,380,641 59,820,443 -4,560,198
Dover 58,628,818 42,274,862 -16,353,956
Felixstowe 55,163,998 45,481,312 -9,682,686
Holyhead 42,381,803 48,983,822 +6,602,019

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 210690

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

Description: Miscellaneous food items, including specialty or unique products not classified elsewhere