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

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

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 £
Ireland 189,507,927
Germany 172,779,121
Netherlands 151,243,640
United States 95,161,793
China 74,581,374

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 99,553,766 89,954,161 -9,599,605
Germany 82,372,630 90,406,491 +8,033,861
Netherlands 77,283,313 73,960,327 -3,322,986
United States 44,147,971 51,013,822 +6,865,851
China 41,499,119 33,082,255 -8,416,864
France 31,086,224 30,254,163 -832,061
Poland 22,935,831 26,922,255 +3,986,424
Belgium 25,634,993 23,993,295 -1,641,698
Italy 22,685,446 26,795,584 +4,110,138
Thailand 20,976,504 21,682,627 +706,123

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 176,282,464
Ireland 169,457,506
Netherlands 92,718,882
United States 91,724,999
China 82,447,796

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 86,252,717 90,029,747 +3,777,030
Ireland 90,481,665 78,975,841 -11,505,824
Netherlands 48,756,351 43,962,531 -4,793,820
United States 42,231,307 49,493,692 +7,262,385
China 45,229,913 37,217,883 -8,012,030
Poland 32,288,819 35,522,495 +3,233,676
Italy 24,798,852 28,534,873 +3,736,021
France 23,638,588 23,611,577 -27,011
Thailand 21,267,139 21,835,217 +568,078
India 16,574,465 22,153,250 +5,578,785

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 93
Inner London - West 90
Inner London - East 75
Outer London - East and North East 61
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 55

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 78 +5
Inner London - West 66 65 -1
Inner London - East 48 58 +10
Outer London - East and North East 49 45 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 44 42 -2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 46 39 -7
Greater Manchester 36 44 +8
Surrey, East and West Sussex 32 41 +9
West Yorkshire 29 28 -1
West Midlands 29 30 +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) 753,569,569
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 349,345,522
Air transport 122,781,548
Other 28,641,649
Road transport 4,912,422

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) 382,489,233 371,080,336 -11,408,897
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 169,438,614 179,906,908 +10,468,294
Air transport 57,122,594 65,658,954 +8,536,360
Other 18,124,194 10,517,455 -7,606,739
Road transport 2,071,414 2,841,008 +769,594
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 221,413,542
Liverpool Docks 161,835,891
Felixstowe 159,723,503
Eurotunnel 105,064,768
London 103,294,778

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 107,026,222 114,387,320 +7,361,098
Liverpool Docks 88,785,575 73,050,316 -15,735,259
Felixstowe 89,109,023 70,614,480 -18,494,543
Eurotunnel 60,289,492 44,775,276 -15,514,216
London 50,063,270 53,231,508 +3,168,238
Immingham Docks 31,119,266 34,667,132 +3,547,866
Southampton 29,856,242 32,706,689 +2,850,447
London Heathrow Airport 21,889,925 25,298,592 +3,408,667
Dover / Eurotunnel 21,649,775 24,588,519 +2,938,744
East Midlands Airport 20,515,238 25,547,896 +5,032,658

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
469
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
256
Manufacture of food products
210
Food and beverage service activities
67
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
46

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 307
2026-04 305
2026-03 306
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 407
54m+ 237
0-1m 215
15m-54m 138
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 141,802,537
France 112,749,572
Ireland 107,204,537
United States 75,363,054
Netherlands 66,660,706

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 83,084,235 58,718,302 -24,365,933
France 63,064,378 49,685,194 -13,379,184
Ireland 55,506,888 51,697,649 -3,809,239
United States 41,364,014 33,999,040 -7,364,974
Netherlands 35,807,752 30,852,954 -4,954,798
China 26,914,350 26,922,138 +7,788
Switzerland 19,771,404 25,148,820 +5,377,416
Sweden 21,004,763 20,214,958 -789,805
Poland 13,889,421 20,124,037 +6,234,616
Australia 15,991,579 13,092,837 -2,898,742

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 1,270,261
XI 1,076,908
Ireland 1,013,246
Canada 551,656
Thailand 217,643

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 799,123 471,138 -327,985
XI 632,802 444,106 -188,696
Ireland 337,827 675,419 +337,592
Canada 310,288 241,368 -68,920
Thailand 94,628 123,015 +28,387
Germany 96,067 108,704 +12,637
Denmark 53,660 53,106 -554
Malaysia 41,672 32,174 -9,498
Czechia 18,325 14,109 -4,216
Sweden 6,468 20,383 +13,915

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) 744,965,746
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 304,585,287
Air transport 129,109,163
Other 9,564,080
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) 387,281,601 357,684,145 -29,597,456
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 162,979,550 141,605,737 -21,373,813
Air transport 66,792,526 62,316,637 -4,475,889
Other 4,974,970 4,589,110 -385,860
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 488,441,874
Immingham Docks 94,458,264
London Gateway Port 90,896,823
London Heathrow Airport 84,470,232
Southampton 74,626,343

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 247,266,045 241,175,829 -6,090,216
Immingham Docks 48,497,356 45,960,908 -2,536,448
London Gateway Port 44,612,566 46,284,257 +1,671,691
London Heathrow Airport 44,629,698 39,840,534 -4,789,164
Southampton 41,492,413 33,133,930 -8,358,483
Liverpool Docks 29,853,359 25,589,758 -4,263,601
Dover 31,386,522 17,732,524 -13,653,998
Holyhead 21,661,612 24,282,275 +2,620,663
Felixstowe 22,376,935 19,993,457 -2,383,478
Middlesbrough 17,081,709 7,311,606 -9,770,103

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