Import/export HS code 21069092: Low-fat, low-sugar food preparations

Food products with minimal milkfat, sugar, or starch content, suitable for special diets

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  • 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 £
Ireland 196,478,020
Germany 179,042,966
Netherlands 159,818,377
United States 98,235,054
China 82,019,755

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 £
Ireland 98,897,986 97,580,034 -1,317,952
Germany 80,906,327 98,136,639 +17,230,312
Netherlands 79,864,615 79,953,762 +89,147
United States 43,169,999 55,065,055 +11,895,056
China 45,436,693 36,583,062 -8,853,631
France 31,225,624 33,181,288 +1,955,664
Belgium 26,237,857 25,723,277 -514,580
Poland 22,234,925 29,407,509 +7,172,584
Italy 22,203,157 29,183,610 +6,980,453
Thailand 21,245,055 23,340,601 +2,095,546

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 182,815,005
Ireland 175,621,199
Netherlands 98,973,142
United States 94,995,182
China 90,033,387

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 85,014,362 97,800,643 +12,786,281
Ireland 90,043,259 85,577,940 -4,465,319
Netherlands 51,100,185 47,872,957 -3,227,228
United States 42,185,081 52,810,101 +10,625,020
China 49,041,410 40,991,977 -8,049,433
Poland 31,668,478 38,758,743 +7,090,265
Italy 24,243,433 31,171,633 +6,928,200
France 23,913,569 25,949,891 +2,036,322
Thailand 21,533,336 23,544,501 +2,011,165
India 16,897,314 23,210,413 +6,313,099

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 94
Inner London - West 92
Inner London - East 75
Outer London - East and North East 66
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 56

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 73 80 +7
Inner London - West 69 65 -4
Inner London - East 47 61 +14
Outer London - East and North East 50 49 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 47 39 -8
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 43 42 -1
Greater Manchester 36 46 +10
Surrey, East and West Sussex 33 42 +9
West Midlands 29 31 +2
West Yorkshire 28 29 +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) 787,699,462
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 364,060,946
Air transport 128,856,488
Other 30,195,532
Road transport 4,964,554

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) 384,070,828 403,628,634 +19,557,806
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 170,393,444 193,667,502 +23,274,058
Air transport 57,729,489 71,126,999 +13,397,510
Other 18,075,771 12,119,761 -5,956,010
Road transport 1,892,843 3,071,711 +1,178,868
Rail transport 12,674 68,138 +55,464

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 231,347,661
Felixstowe 170,618,642
Liverpool Docks 168,430,557
Eurotunnel 111,140,724
London 105,483,123

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 107,261,322 124,086,339 +16,825,017
Felixstowe 94,316,583 76,302,059 -18,014,524
Liverpool Docks 88,972,908 79,457,649 -9,515,259
Eurotunnel 60,799,471 50,341,253 -10,458,218
London 45,667,457 59,815,666 +14,148,209
Immingham Docks 32,015,020 36,989,172 +4,974,152
Southampton 30,766,456 34,074,771 +3,308,315
London Heathrow Airport 23,159,992 27,550,454 +4,390,462
Dover / Eurotunnel 21,320,287 26,630,246 +5,309,959
East Midlands Airport 19,831,895 27,581,826 +7,749,931

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
481
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
257
Manufacture of food products
212
Food and beverage service activities
70
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
48

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 305
2026-04 304
2026-03 305
2026-02 304
2026-01 289

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 417
54m+ 238
0-1m 224
15m-54m 143
Other 75

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 £
Germany 148,588,184
France 118,013,057
Ireland 111,942,070
United States 79,620,508
Netherlands 69,603,160

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 £
Germany 83,497,610 65,090,574 -18,407,036
France 63,194,047 54,819,010 -8,375,037
Ireland 55,534,184 56,407,886 +873,702
United States 41,822,340 37,798,168 -4,024,172
Netherlands 35,428,461 34,174,699 -1,253,762
China 27,006,354 29,185,315 +2,178,961
Switzerland 19,490,995 26,503,308 +7,012,313
Sweden 21,600,283 21,840,598 +240,315
Poland 14,479,601 20,954,996 +6,475,395
Australia 16,381,477 14,623,932 -1,757,545

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 £
Poland 1,329,210
XI 1,117,428
Ireland 1,019,953
Canada 574,365
Thailand 224,143

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 £
Poland 788,310 540,900 -247,410
XI 609,487 507,941 -101,546
Ireland 282,724 737,229 +454,505
Canada 297,776 276,589 -21,187
Thailand 95,504 128,639 +33,135
Germany 99,957 113,971 +14,014
Denmark 53,903 56,471 +2,568
Malaysia 43,749 34,006 -9,743
Czechia 18,077 15,838 -2,239
Sweden 4,386 22,465 +18,079

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) 777,530,377
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 318,245,388
Air transport 135,632,894
Other 9,904,623
Rail transport 107,602

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) 390,160,469 387,369,908 -2,790,561
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 163,721,734 154,523,654 -9,198,080
Air transport 66,656,352 68,976,542 +2,320,190
Other 4,831,834 5,072,789 +240,955
Rail transport 21,126 86,476 +65,350
Road transport 11,860 0 -11,860

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 509,481,295
Immingham Docks 99,139,535
London Gateway Port 95,530,068
London Heathrow Airport 89,414,694
Southampton 77,770,285

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 249,790,925 259,690,370 +9,899,445
Immingham Docks 48,585,836 50,553,699 +1,967,863
London Gateway Port 46,204,147 49,325,921 +3,121,774
London Heathrow Airport 45,577,337 43,837,357 -1,739,980
Southampton 40,089,594 37,680,691 -2,408,903
Liverpool Docks 29,241,361 28,398,927 -842,434
Dover 32,663,954 19,289,704 -13,374,250
Holyhead 21,716,558 26,246,036 +4,529,478
Felixstowe 22,613,635 21,643,302 -970,333
Middlesbrough 17,451,854 7,763,412 -9,688,442

Quick facts

HS code: 21069092

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

Description: Food products with minimal milkfat, sugar, or starch content, suitable for special diets