Import/export HS code 21069098: Various miscellaneous food preparations

Various food items not covered by other specific categories, including unique or specialty products

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  • It helps you understand the market size for your product in the UK.
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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 £
Denmark 364,309,849
Germany 278,277,454
Netherlands 242,682,435
Belgium 149,325,123
Ireland 126,342,757

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 £
Denmark 197,977,694 166,332,155 -31,645,539
Germany 144,703,360 133,574,094 -11,129,266
Netherlands 125,019,664 117,662,771 -7,356,893
Belgium 72,397,927 76,927,196 +4,529,269
Ireland 67,782,009 58,560,748 -9,221,261
France 62,849,691 61,275,806 -1,573,885
United States 42,354,988 41,767,991 -586,997
Italy 37,373,364 35,964,788 -1,408,576
China 18,432,712 35,227,548 +16,794,836
Poland 21,092,074 20,903,494 -188,580

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 £
Denmark 366,690,240
Germany 307,396,622
Netherlands 174,762,040
Belgium 118,949,557
Ireland 107,336,693

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 £
Denmark 199,162,436 167,527,804 -31,634,632
Germany 159,713,826 147,682,796 -12,031,030
Netherlands 87,677,951 87,084,089 -593,862
Belgium 55,339,781 63,609,776 +8,269,995
Ireland 57,840,734 49,495,959 -8,344,775
France 51,170,403 52,109,128 +938,725
Italy 51,062,777 48,791,360 -2,271,417
United States 46,685,508 44,047,010 -2,638,498
China 19,959,138 37,334,137 +17,374,999
Hungary 22,341,266 21,921,054 -420,212

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 183
Inner London - West 180
Inner London - East 153
Outer London - East and North East 114
Greater Manchester 98

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 126 149 +23
Inner London - West 132 139 +7
Inner London - East 111 121 +10
Outer London - East and North East 84 87 +3
Greater Manchester 73 72 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 63 77 +14
West Midlands 62 66 +4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 68 68 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 60 62 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 55 51 -4

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) 1,199,540,282
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 510,077,975
Air transport 111,633,236
Other 47,869,975
Road transport 5,229,524

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) 695,398,897 504,141,385 -191,257,512
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 174,854,867 335,223,108 +160,368,241
Air transport 51,869,558 59,763,678 +7,894,120
Other 28,981,940 18,888,035 -10,093,905
Road transport 2,247,886 2,981,638 +733,752
Rail transport 309,137 116,442 -192,695

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 491,999,035
Dover 369,406,721
Eurotunnel 176,243,995
Hull 102,376,044
Felixstowe 97,614,734

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 £
Immingham Docks 261,626,408 230,372,627 -31,253,781
Dover 182,374,111 187,032,610 +4,658,499
Eurotunnel 90,207,664 86,036,331 -4,171,333
Hull 51,601,716 50,774,328 -827,388
Felixstowe 44,257,313 53,357,421 +9,100,108
Holyhead 35,788,839 33,034,697 -2,754,142
Southampton 28,337,681 32,660,939 +4,323,258
Liverpool Docks 35,500,503 21,164,625 -14,335,878
Harwich 27,589,917 25,300,645 -2,289,272
London 25,426,420 26,478,226 +1,051,806

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
870
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
505
Manufacture of food products
385
Food and beverage service activities
210
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
76

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 577
2026-04 556
2026-03 571
2026-02 541
2026-01 520

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 792
0-1m 580
54m+ 318
15m-54m 189
Other 108

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 200,061,595
Ireland 132,271,336
China 118,000,854
United States 112,129,044
France 72,137,488

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 107,449,311 92,612,284 -14,837,027
Ireland 65,830,620 66,440,716 +610,096
China 55,522,729 62,478,125 +6,955,396
United States 49,218,434 62,910,610 +13,692,176
France 35,082,112 37,055,376 +1,973,264
Germany 34,606,384 35,666,159 +1,059,775
Saudi Arabia 24,885,583 25,049,640 +164,057
United Arab Emirates 15,521,395 16,846,413 +1,325,018
Australia 13,958,595 14,570,406 +611,811
Brazil 15,504,980 10,872,064 -4,632,916

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 51,365,756
Ireland 1,405,240
Italy 1,167,610
Canada 821,449
Germany 750,027

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 24,025,541 27,340,215 +3,314,674
Ireland 932,702 472,538 -460,164
Italy 635,566 532,044 -103,522
Canada 409,560 411,889 +2,329
Germany 427,195 322,832 -104,363
Belgium 212,873 306,478 +93,605
Netherlands 87,527 82,779 -4,748
Norway 75,841 40,041 -35,800
Poland 55,225 5,220 -50,005
Spain 43,847 12,349 -31,498

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) 691,613,712
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 492,003,110
Air transport 92,019,687
Other 63,419,364
Rail transport 3,228,557

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) 349,131,150 342,482,562 -6,648,588
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 250,899,090 241,104,020 -9,795,070
Air transport 42,492,475 49,527,212 +7,034,737
Other 30,849,006 32,570,358 +1,721,352
Rail transport 1,157,030 2,071,527 +914,497
Road transport 15,417 2,313 -13,104

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 283,337,764
London Gateway Port 249,350,634
Hull 116,945,842
Southampton 111,499,930
Belfast Port 82,972,328

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 141,616,814 141,720,950 +104,136
London Gateway Port 102,379,040 146,971,594 +44,592,554
Hull 63,347,943 53,597,899 -9,750,044
Southampton 58,443,117 53,056,813 -5,386,304
Belfast Port 42,276,160 40,696,168 -1,579,992
Liverpool Docks 53,794,487 27,681,206 -26,113,281
London Heathrow Airport 27,340,127 37,120,577 +9,780,450
000 30,849,006 32,570,358 +1,721,352
Felixstowe 30,960,652 20,532,607 -10,428,045
Dover 23,509,536 20,684,374 -2,825,162

Quick facts

HS code: 21069098

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

Description: Various food items not covered by other specific categories, including unique or specialty products