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 79,102,828
Germany 66,912,488
France 66,646,444
Belgium 32,372,856
Ireland 21,987,551

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 38,036,514 41,066,314 +3,029,800
Germany 34,666,616 32,245,872 -2,420,744
France 34,887,716 31,758,728 -3,128,988
Belgium 12,827,541 19,545,315 +6,717,774
Ireland 14,139,993 7,847,558 -6,292,435
Czechia 8,771,253 12,609,099 +3,837,846
China 9,734,866 10,407,262 +672,396
Canada 6,469,126 5,821,832 -647,294
Poland 5,889,449 5,899,542 +10,093
Spain 5,011,017 4,849,536 -161,481

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 £
France 84,770,142
Germany 79,046,920
Netherlands 58,998,388
Czechia 27,494,393
China 20,516,113

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 £
France 39,427,274 45,342,868 +5,915,594
Germany 41,814,732 37,232,188 -4,582,544
Netherlands 27,641,517 31,356,871 +3,715,354
Czechia 11,603,715 15,890,678 +4,286,963
China 9,876,858 10,639,255 +762,397
Ireland 11,944,455 5,664,031 -6,280,424
Canada 7,243,079 5,866,431 -1,376,648
Spain 6,992,898 5,370,804 -1,622,094
Poland 6,489,525 3,942,380 -2,547,145
Italy 4,020,989 5,430,333 +1,409,344

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 9
West Yorkshire 7
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 6
Surrey, East and West Sussex 6
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 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 6 7 +1
West Yorkshire 5 6 +1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 5 6 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 4 5 +1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 4 4 +0
Inner London - East 4 3 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 3 4 +1
North Yorkshire 3 3 +0
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 2 2 +0
Norfolk 3 2 -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) 244,963,244
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 112,948,332
Other 5,149,046
Air transport 2,642,278
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) 115,472,725 129,490,519 +14,017,794
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 62,790,962 50,157,370 -12,633,592
Other 2,711,104 2,437,942 -273,162
Air transport 2,200,020 442,258 -1,757,762
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 86,619,365
Immingham Docks 62,818,633
London 61,141,648
Felixstowe 26,172,901
Harwich 23,621,154

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 37,241,013 49,378,352 +12,137,339
Immingham Docks 24,543,142 38,275,491 +13,732,349
London 32,987,530 28,154,118 -4,833,412
Felixstowe 15,246,174 10,926,727 -4,319,447
Harwich 12,423,182 11,197,972 -1,225,210
Liverpool Docks 14,200,887 7,940,983 -6,259,904
Hull 11,093,265 5,749,457 -5,343,808
Southampton 6,770,170 5,106,697 -1,663,473
Middlesbrough 3,642,570 4,274,429 +631,859
Eurotunnel 4,043,417 3,784,252 -259,165

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
27
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
20
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
4
Other manufacturing
3

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 39
2026-04 36
2026-03 35
2026-02 39
2026-01 38

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+ 29
1m-15m 27
15m-54m 16
0-1m 8
Other 3

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 45,295,396
Germany 37,430,119
Ireland 27,169,676
Poland 25,710,519
Italy 10,958,006

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 24,935,572 20,359,824 -4,575,748
Germany 15,902,144 21,527,975 +5,625,831
Ireland 13,696,208 13,473,468 -222,740
Poland 14,510,312 11,200,207 -3,310,105
Italy 4,579,428 6,378,578 +1,799,150
Netherlands 4,153,220 4,973,549 +820,329
Denmark 3,667,187 3,986,787 +319,600
Japan 5,893,596 1,351,019 -4,542,577
Sweden 2,963,488 2,977,962 +14,474
Czechia 2,513,488 2,844,916 +331,428

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 214,065
United States 176,497
Germany 153,933
France 147,535
Netherlands 142,686

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 118,075 95,990 -22,085
United States 118,887 57,610 -61,277
Germany 81,957 71,976 -9,981
France 89,916 57,619 -32,297
Netherlands 79,863 62,823 -17,040
China 55,220 37,179 -18,041
Poland 44,485 40,928 -3,557
XI 12,870 64,448 +51,578
Austria 45,709 26,895 -18,814
Lithuania 17,712 13,699 -4,013

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) 190,966,221
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 15,138,416
Other 2,101,889
Air transport 253,745

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) 94,252,590 96,713,631 +2,461,041
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,430,264 5,708,152 -3,722,112
Other 1,211,771 890,118 -321,653
Air transport 86,446 167,299 +80,853

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 118,472,591
Dover 24,902,536
Liverpool Docks 16,809,464
Immingham Docks 14,259,136
London 9,242,654

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 52,533,523 65,939,068 +13,405,545
Dover 16,059,798 8,842,738 -7,217,060
Liverpool Docks 6,602,034 10,207,430 +3,605,396
Immingham Docks 7,143,944 7,115,192 -28,752
London 6,315,557 2,927,097 -3,388,460
Holyhead 5,198,066 1,960,620 -3,237,446
Southampton 5,987,064 867,302 -5,119,762
London Gateway Port 1,062,239 1,873,182 +810,943
000 1,211,771 890,118 -321,653
Felixstowe 512,208 995,800 +483,592

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