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.
  • 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 £
Denmark 382,725,773
Germany 292,137,911
Netherlands 256,167,586
Belgium 155,145,091
France 131,809,162

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 197,023,297 185,702,476 -11,320,821
Germany 146,597,513 145,540,398 -1,057,115
Netherlands 127,184,918 128,982,668 +1,797,750
Belgium 71,743,496 83,401,595 +11,658,099
France 63,651,621 68,157,541 +4,505,920
Ireland 63,941,148 64,896,687 +955,539
United States 41,143,865 45,587,646 +4,443,781
Italy 36,076,565 40,812,636 +4,736,071
China 16,526,597 35,467,249 +18,940,652
Poland 21,229,849 22,882,552 +1,652,703

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 385,771,025
Germany 322,340,844
Netherlands 182,952,504
Belgium 122,482,122
Ireland 109,386,629

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 198,632,060 187,138,965 -11,493,095
Germany 162,735,416 159,605,428 -3,129,988
Netherlands 87,433,743 95,518,761 +8,085,018
Belgium 54,968,010 67,514,112 +12,546,102
Ireland 54,135,078 55,251,551 +1,116,473
France 49,853,388 57,840,775 +7,987,387
Italy 50,035,521 55,456,096 +5,420,575
United States 44,928,256 48,190,074 +3,261,818
China 18,630,448 37,349,492 +18,719,044
Hungary 22,429,548 22,874,611 +445,063

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 188
Inner London - West 182
Inner London - East 157
Outer London - East and North East 115
Greater Manchester 95

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 126 154 +28
Inner London - West 129 142 +13
Inner London - East 113 125 +12
Outer London - East and North East 79 91 +12
Greater Manchester 73 69 -4
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 64 74 +10
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 68 73 +5
West Midlands 58 65 +7
Surrey, East and West Sussex 59 62 +3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 53 49 -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) 1,274,132,510
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 506,944,755
Air transport 116,228,921
Other 51,347,898
Road transport 5,493,861

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) 692,500,397 581,632,113 -110,868,284
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 169,370,674 337,574,081 +168,203,407
Air transport 51,020,123 65,208,798 +14,188,675
Other 28,624,586 22,723,312 -5,901,274
Road transport 2,116,109 3,377,752 +1,261,643
Rail transport 275,842 147,075 -128,767

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 514,440,585
Dover 385,244,805
Eurotunnel 183,986,192
Hull 107,702,373
Felixstowe 99,924,735

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 259,086,810 255,353,775 -3,733,035
Dover 179,131,248 206,113,557 +26,982,309
Eurotunnel 88,499,966 95,486,226 +6,986,260
Hull 53,033,720 54,668,653 +1,634,933
Felixstowe 43,890,502 56,034,233 +12,143,731
Holyhead 32,587,994 37,677,786 +5,089,792
Southampton 27,361,510 34,489,950 +7,128,440
Liverpool Docks 32,443,149 24,856,713 -7,586,436
Harwich 30,406,367 26,849,456 -3,556,911
London 25,319,741 29,259,693 +3,939,952

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 867
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 511
Manufacture of food products 390
Food and beverage service activities 217
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
2026-04 556
2026-03 570
2026-02 541
2026-01 520
2025-12 559

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 588
54m+ 325
15m-54m 186
Other 111

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 209,693,483
Ireland 137,108,616
China 120,611,375
United States 115,412,544
France 75,411,024

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 110,451,120 99,242,363 -11,208,757
Ireland 66,728,634 70,379,982 +3,651,348
China 57,102,013 63,509,362 +6,407,349
United States 49,534,687 65,877,857 +16,343,170
France 35,511,862 39,899,162 +4,387,300
Germany 34,875,388 38,028,746 +3,153,358
Saudi Arabia 25,727,233 24,783,546 -943,687
United Arab Emirates 15,314,363 18,077,196 +2,762,833
Australia 16,483,009 14,633,857 -1,849,152
Brazil 14,322,394 12,306,200 -2,016,194

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 52,410,267
Ireland 1,433,451
Italy 1,183,796
Canada 834,498
Germany 800,320

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 23,680,160 28,730,107 +5,049,947
Ireland 931,009 502,442 -428,567
Italy 604,602 579,194 -25,408
Canada 408,496 426,002 +17,506
Germany 440,818 359,502 -81,316
Belgium 189,425 310,717 +121,292
Netherlands 91,062 94,485 +3,423
Norway 76,728 48,172 -28,556
Poland 55,701 3,934 -51,767
Spain 45,708 12,541 -33,167

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) 712,425,246
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 512,867,546
Air transport 94,277,071
Other 64,994,977
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) 351,107,820 361,317,426 +10,209,606
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 253,993,321 258,874,225 +4,880,904
Air transport 43,353,098 50,923,973 +7,570,875
Other 30,533,063 34,461,914 +3,928,851
Rail transport 1,157,030 2,071,527 +914,497
Road transport 9,543 8,187 -1,356

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 295,232,121
London Gateway Port 246,265,760
Hull 121,523,009
Southampton 115,160,163
Liverpool Docks 91,408,918

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 142,213,104 153,019,017 +10,805,913
London Gateway Port 95,524,740 150,741,020 +55,216,280
Hull 63,051,445 58,471,564 -4,579,881
Southampton 58,413,869 56,746,294 -1,667,575
Liverpool Docks 61,577,088 29,831,830 -31,745,258
Belfast Port 39,836,515 45,667,901 +5,831,386
London Heathrow Airport 26,834,473 38,599,763 +11,765,290
000 30,533,063 34,461,914 +3,928,851
Felixstowe 32,706,143 22,125,941 -10,580,202
Dover 24,963,457 21,945,222 -3,018,235

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