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 187,600,883
Germany 158,580,260
Netherlands 145,536,459
United States 84,649,664
China 74,956,515

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 106,216,951 81,383,932 -24,833,019
Germany 76,731,312 81,848,948 +5,117,636
Netherlands 77,264,450 68,272,009 -8,992,441
United States 42,301,019 42,348,645 +47,626
China 43,819,553 31,136,962 -12,682,591
France 31,247,487 27,618,721 -3,628,766
Belgium 24,789,089 22,683,860 -2,105,229
Italy 21,746,574 22,379,159 +632,585
Poland 22,771,208 21,245,527 -1,525,681
Thailand 21,830,185 17,059,329 -4,770,856

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 £
Ireland 170,210,975
Germany 164,271,094
Netherlands 91,826,495
China 82,376,817
United States 79,391,830

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 £
Ireland 98,078,823 72,132,152 -25,946,671
Germany 81,169,768 83,101,326 +1,931,558
Netherlands 49,240,522 42,585,973 -6,654,549
China 48,057,661 34,319,156 -13,738,505
United States 42,781,016 36,610,814 -6,170,202
Poland 31,767,426 29,660,949 -2,106,477
Italy 23,229,913 24,319,788 +1,089,875
France 24,452,821 21,817,491 -2,635,330
Thailand 22,390,670 17,136,899 -5,253,771
India 14,711,783 18,767,196 +4,055,413

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 92
Inner London - West 88
Inner London - East 75
Outer London - East and North East 62
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 52

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 76 67 -9
Inner London - West 69 58 -11
Inner London - East 48 55 +7
Outer London - East and North East 49 46 -3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 44 37 -7
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 42 37 -5
Greater Manchester 37 41 +4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 35 35 +0
Kent 28 24 -4
West Midlands 26 28 +2

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) 723,619,919
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 322,042,201
Air transport 111,084,131
Other 28,806,435
Road transport 4,389,604

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) 387,836,236 335,783,683 -52,052,553
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 165,085,500 156,956,701 -8,128,799
Air transport 55,908,500 55,175,631 -732,869
Other 16,062,414 12,744,021 -3,318,393
Road transport 1,806,389 2,583,215 +776,826
Rail transport 5,144 68,543 +63,399

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 205,140,026
Liverpool Docks 164,395,911
Felixstowe 163,338,685
Eurotunnel 107,586,749
London 90,493,815

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 107,617,574 97,522,452 -10,095,122
Liverpool Docks 96,815,076 67,580,835 -29,234,241
Felixstowe 100,028,557 63,310,128 -36,718,429
Eurotunnel 58,314,713 49,272,036 -9,042,677
London 34,823,872 55,669,943 +20,846,071
Southampton 32,455,284 28,871,905 -3,583,379
Immingham Docks 30,250,435 29,721,884 -528,551
London Heathrow Airport 23,361,310 21,462,208 -1,899,102
Dover / Eurotunnel 21,295,493 20,712,751 -582,742
London Gateway Port 19,037,646 22,053,196 +3,015,550

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 474
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 240
Manufacture of food products 184
Food and beverage service activities 70
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 47

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 289
2025-11 305
2025-10 317
2025-09 301
2025-08 291

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 406
54m+ 233
0-1m 218
15m-54m 128
Other 60

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 149,344,601
France 113,464,900
Ireland 100,494,054
United States 72,739,364
Netherlands 64,362,979

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 92,303,162 57,041,439 -35,261,723
France 62,988,263 50,476,637 -12,511,626
Ireland 53,439,501 47,054,553 -6,384,948
United States 41,379,845 31,359,519 -10,020,326
Netherlands 35,858,183 28,504,796 -7,353,387
China 26,079,412 24,399,951 -1,679,461
Sweden 20,125,542 19,337,218 -788,324
Switzerland 17,472,001 21,556,665 +4,084,664
Poland 14,246,519 15,314,427 +1,067,908
Australia 16,798,319 12,073,262 -4,725,057

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 1,355,876
XI 1,043,890
Ireland 738,303
Canada 602,037
Thailand 175,761

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 822,645 533,231 -289,414
XI 627,123 416,767 -210,356
Ireland 112,657 625,646 +512,989
Canada 382,792 219,245 -163,547
Thailand 100,086 75,675 -24,411
Germany 98,177 70,450 -27,727
Denmark 55,123 44,542 -10,581
Malaysia 45,454 26,343 -19,111
Switzerland 48,319 0 -48,319
Czechia 17,611 16,361 -1,250

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) 715,403,146
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 290,189,557
Air transport 120,218,074
Other 8,729,958
Road transport 490,157

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) 390,394,027 325,009,119 -65,384,908
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 154,027,048 136,162,509 -17,864,539
Air transport 65,192,027 55,026,047 -10,165,980
Other 4,764,120 3,965,838 -798,282
Road transport 482,406 7,751 -474,655
Rail transport 21,126 86,476 +65,350

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 469,549,192
Immingham Docks 90,550,620
London Gateway Port 81,997,552
London Heathrow Airport 78,528,498
Southampton 70,682,286

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 258,548,623 211,000,569 -47,548,054
Immingham Docks 47,364,582 43,186,038 -4,178,544
London Gateway Port 44,034,722 37,962,830 -6,071,892
London Heathrow Airport 45,469,300 33,059,198 -12,410,102
Southampton 36,782,856 33,899,430 -2,883,426
Liverpool Docks 28,753,454 25,490,856 -3,262,598
Dover 34,568,260 18,847,107 -15,721,153
Holyhead 19,525,377 22,430,696 +2,905,319
Felixstowe 21,061,784 19,244,914 -1,816,870
Middlesbrough 8,848,797 16,679,512 +7,830,715

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