Import/export HS code 2304: Soybean oilcake and residues

Solid leftovers from soybean oil extraction, used as animal feed or fertilizer. Includes ground or pellet forms

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 £
Argentina 787,155,643
Brazil 171,913,505
Netherlands 112,022,330
United States 95,372,096
Ireland 60,876,629

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 £
Argentina 466,469,770 320,685,873 -145,783,897
Brazil 86,841,747 85,071,758 -1,769,989
Netherlands 63,430,134 48,592,196 -14,837,938
United States 54,708,534 40,663,562 -14,044,972
Ireland 21,092,453 39,784,176 +18,691,723
Germany 25,751,294 16,641,491 -9,109,803
Canada 7,822,471 17,442,275 +9,619,804
China 10,185,540 7,952,955 -2,232,585
France 813,086 10,984,339 +10,171,253
Turkey 4,630,289 5,767,058 +1,136,769

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 £
Argentina 677,749,689
Brazil 233,607,672
Paraguay 129,790,624
United States 94,402,898
Netherlands 47,218,801

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 £
Argentina 391,072,284 286,677,405 -104,394,879
Brazil 127,673,252 105,934,420 -21,738,832
Paraguay 84,799,861 44,990,763 -39,809,098
United States 53,735,773 40,667,125 -13,068,648
Netherlands 18,000,427 29,218,374 +11,217,947
Canada 11,322,314 18,158,862 +6,836,548
Germany 10,348,352 12,292,392 +1,944,040
China 9,632,995 8,445,237 -1,187,758
Turkey 4,630,289 5,765,107 +1,134,818
Ukraine 10,315,327 0 -10,315,327

Importers across UK regions

What this shows: Number of importing companies by UK ITL2 region.

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 7
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 4
North Yorkshire 3
West Central Scotland 2
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 1

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
Inner London - West 7 5 -2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 3 3 +0
North Yorkshire 3 3 +0
West Central Scotland 1 2 +1
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 1 1 +0
East Central Scotland 1 1 +0
Eastern Scotland 1 1 +0
East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire 1 1 +0
Essex 0 1 +1
Greater Manchester 1 0 -1

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,298,419,035
Other 80,230,930
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 4,965,136
Road transport 51,981
Air transport 1,190

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 737,727,038 560,691,997 -177,035,041
Other 34,088,388 46,142,542 +12,054,154
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 2,479,553 2,485,583 +6,030
Road transport 22,495 29,486 +6,991
Air transport 1,190 0 -1,190

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Belfast Port 317,819,539
Liverpool Docks 210,318,025
Avonmouth Docks 160,056,111
Immingham Docks 134,675,840
London 112,762,260

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 £
Belfast Port 193,123,045 124,696,494 -68,426,551
Liverpool Docks 127,970,113 82,347,912 -45,622,201
Avonmouth Docks 86,774,961 73,281,150 -13,493,811
Immingham Docks 89,797,870 44,877,970 -44,919,900
London 56,654,956 56,107,304 -547,652
Middlesbrough 54,231,783 42,008,522 -12,223,261
000 34,088,388 46,142,542 +12,054,154
WEY 33,074,353 35,029,929 +1,955,576
Ipswich Dock 12,877,023 26,131,899 +13,254,876
Aberdeen Docks 15,517,096 14,419,348 -1,097,748

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 12
Manufacture of food products 10
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 5
Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations 2
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 2

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 14
2025-11 15
2025-10 15
2025-09 17
2025-08 14

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
54m+ 19
1m-15m 7
Other 3
15m-54m 2
0-1m 1

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 £
Ireland 46,431,133
Spain 2,151,142
Germany 275,601
United States 256,366
Mexico 97,056

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 £
Ireland 25,325,767 21,105,366 -4,220,401
Spain 2,151,142 0 -2,151,142
Germany 133,504 142,097 +8,593
United States 0 256,366 +256,366
Mexico 97,056 0 -97,056
Japan 23,520 11,760 -11,760
Netherlands 0 25,194 +25,194
Belgium 17,854 0 -17,854
Canada 0 14,145 +14,145
Portugal 0 5,605 +5,605

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 37,849,061
Germany 876,075
United States 805,590
Netherlands 528,698
Russia 246,823

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 19,308,858 18,540,203 -768,655
Germany 208,604 667,471 +458,867
United States 805,590 0 -805,590
Netherlands 528,698 0 -528,698
Russia 246,823 0 -246,823
Brazil 138,922 58,780 -80,142
Argentina 97,003 11,228 -85,775
Ireland 23,689 41,704 +18,015
Portugal 4,990 0 -4,990

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Other 40,682,563
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,140,371
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 479,040
Air transport 15,194

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 £
Other 21,363,177 19,319,386 -2,043,791
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,152,710 1,987,661 -4,165,049
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 233,229 245,811 +12,582
Air transport 1,049 14,145 +13,096

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 40,682,563
Liverpool Docks 7,775,199
Dover / Eurotunnel 296,279
Belfast Port 256,366
Felixstowe 120,576

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 £
000 21,363,177 19,319,386 -2,043,791
Liverpool Docks 6,068,269 1,706,930 -4,361,339
Dover / Eurotunnel 133,777 162,502 +28,725
Belfast Port 0 256,366 +256,366
Felixstowe 120,576 0 -120,576
Heysham 41,983 76,166 +34,183
Immingham Docks 17,854 2,047 -15,807
London Heathrow Airport 0 14,145 +14,145
Harwich 0 13,711 +13,711
London Gateway Port 0 11,760 +11,760

Quick facts

HS code: 2304

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

Description: Solid leftovers from soybean oil extraction, used as animal feed or fertilizer. Includes ground or pellet forms