Import/export HS code 23091031: Dog or cat food with little or no milk

Dog or cat food containing less than 10% milk products by weight

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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 £
Netherlands 69,765,636
Germany 64,269,121
France 60,284,812
Belgium 28,541,888
Ireland 23,368,014

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 £
Netherlands 35,802,420 33,963,216 -1,839,204
Germany 37,242,171 27,026,950 -10,215,221
France 35,679,536 24,605,276 -11,074,260
Belgium 15,010,601 13,531,287 -1,479,314
Ireland 15,765,103 7,602,911 -8,162,192
Czechia 7,936,377 12,028,521 +4,092,144
China 9,964,106 7,509,513 -2,454,593
Canada 7,594,356 4,910,129 -2,684,227
Poland 5,763,500 4,454,531 -1,308,969
Spain 4,519,835 4,217,300 -302,535

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 76,285,772
France 74,067,784
Netherlands 51,199,922
Czechia 25,567,042
Ireland 19,342,921

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 46,525,881 29,759,891 -16,765,990
France 41,427,527 32,640,257 -8,787,270
Netherlands 25,081,663 26,118,259 +1,036,596
Czechia 10,663,802 14,903,240 +4,239,438
Ireland 13,637,772 5,705,149 -7,932,623
China 10,110,368 7,696,806 -2,413,562
Canada 8,349,238 4,930,165 -3,419,073
Spain 6,834,300 4,813,123 -2,021,177
Poland 6,401,764 4,345,497 -2,056,267
United States 6,253,495 3,431,844 -2,821,651

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
Surrey, East and West Sussex 6
West Yorkshire 6
Inner London - East 5
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 5

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 5 6 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 4 6 +2
West Yorkshire 6 5 -1
Inner London - East 4 3 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 4 5 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 3 4 +1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 3 3 +0
Norfolk 3 3 +0
North Yorkshire 3 2 -1
Shropshire and Staffordshire 2 3 +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) 220,001,807
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 108,896,314
Other 4,877,814
Air transport 3,471,430
Road transport 18,922

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) 119,255,051 100,746,756 -18,508,295
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 63,061,424 45,834,890 -17,226,534
Other 2,708,660 2,169,154 -539,506
Air transport 3,200,048 271,382 -2,928,666
Road transport 0 18,922 +18,922

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 78,450,727
London 56,729,766
Immingham Docks 49,233,108
Liverpool Docks 24,226,009
Felixstowe 24,107,600

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 37,118,300 41,332,427 +4,214,127
London 34,600,954 22,128,812 -12,472,142
Immingham Docks 23,204,480 26,028,628 +2,824,148
Liverpool Docks 16,404,776 7,821,233 -8,583,543
Felixstowe 16,211,649 7,895,951 -8,315,698
Harwich 12,200,325 9,978,119 -2,222,206
Hull 11,707,912 6,598,944 -5,108,968
Southampton 6,594,965 6,076,195 -518,770
Eurotunnel 3,958,109 3,530,645 -427,464
Middlesbrough 3,688,077 2,941,756 -746,321

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 38
Manufacture of food products 22
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 20
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 4
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 2

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 38
2025-11 39
2025-10 38
2025-09 42
2025-08 37

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+ 25
1m-15m 24
15m-54m 15
0-1m 9
Other 4

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 £
France 44,748,985
Germany 34,707,523
Ireland 25,336,986
Poland 24,141,207
Japan 10,577,790

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 £
France 27,432,287 17,316,698 -10,115,589
Germany 17,109,292 17,598,231 +488,939
Ireland 13,742,299 11,594,687 -2,147,612
Poland 14,701,892 9,439,315 -5,262,577
Japan 9,352,165 1,225,625 -8,126,540
Italy 4,740,676 5,157,403 +416,727
Netherlands 4,440,313 3,936,230 -504,083
Denmark 3,851,410 2,849,130 -1,002,280
Sweden 2,815,147 2,912,759 +97,612
Czechia 2,417,056 2,626,466 +209,410

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 £
Ireland 209,513
United States 183,169
France 161,386
Germany 151,221
Netherlands 144,104

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 £
Ireland 121,300 88,213 -33,087
United States 126,107 57,062 -69,045
France 89,466 71,920 -17,546
Germany 85,111 66,110 -19,001
Netherlands 84,707 59,397 -25,310
Poland 60,697 38,877 -21,820
China 55,779 37,120 -18,659
Austria 46,857 32,086 -14,771
XI 12,925 28,218 +15,293
Lithuania 18,709 15,299 -3,410

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) 178,455,426
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 19,312,749
Other 2,107,812
Air transport 215,712

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) 96,194,268 82,261,158 -13,933,110
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,998,684 4,314,065 -10,684,619
Other 1,263,441 844,371 -419,070
Air transport 60,755 154,957 +94,202

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 106,853,284
Dover 26,403,182
Liverpool Docks 14,324,474
Immingham Docks 13,246,671
Southampton 10,846,808

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 53,664,923 53,188,361 -476,562
Dover 17,732,826 8,670,356 -9,062,470
Liverpool Docks 6,493,923 7,830,551 +1,336,628
Immingham Docks 7,265,449 5,981,222 -1,284,227
Southampton 10,030,999 815,809 -9,215,190
London 6,874,280 3,547,948 -3,326,332
Holyhead 5,347,966 2,593,350 -2,754,616
London Gateway Port 814,442 1,564,569 +750,127
000 1,263,441 844,371 -419,070
Hull 984,995 498,206 -486,789

Quick facts

HS code: 23091031

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

Description: Dog or cat food containing less than 10% milk products by weight