Import/export HS code 293690: Various vitamin products

Natural vitamin concentrates and other vitamin-related products not specified elsewhere

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 £
United States 9,253,953
China 7,596,885
Netherlands 4,499,721
Germany 4,123,457
Spain 2,096,634

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 £
United States 6,174,921 3,079,032 -3,095,889
China 4,281,370 3,315,515 -965,855
Netherlands 2,018,866 2,480,855 +461,989
Germany 1,807,539 2,315,918 +508,379
Spain 1,277,337 819,297 -458,040
Taiwan 715,071 1,359,681 +644,610
Ireland 812,782 811,608 -1,174
India 676,902 782,543 +105,641
Denmark 1,004,339 330,390 -673,949
Italy 300,429 935,094 +634,665

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 £
United States 9,267,423
China 9,130,210
Germany 2,937,597
Taiwan 2,853,634
Switzerland 1,806,449

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 £
United States 6,075,517 3,191,906 -2,883,611
China 5,320,186 3,810,024 -1,510,162
Germany 853,450 2,084,147 +1,230,697
Taiwan 1,033,394 1,820,240 +786,846
Switzerland 1,127,208 679,241 -447,967
India 772,724 798,352 +25,628
Italy 272,694 926,868 +654,174
France 524,144 599,095 +74,951
Spain 477,288 408,195 -69,093
Ireland 213,463 509,485 +296,022

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 25
Inner London - East 24
Surrey, East and West Sussex 20
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 14
Outer London - West and North West 14

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 13 18 +5
Inner London - East 12 19 +7
Surrey, East and West Sussex 15 14 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 10 8 -2
Outer London - West and North West 5 12 +7
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 6 7 +1
Norfolk 8 6 -2
Essex 4 6 +2
Greater Manchester 7 5 -2
North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset 7 4 -3

Import volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 14,315,619
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,126,402
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 9,043,529
Other 4,833,034
Road transport 57,618

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 £
Air transport 7,773,782 6,541,837 -1,231,945
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,406,920 4,719,482 -1,687,438
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,667,652 5,375,877 +1,708,225
Other 2,975,398 1,857,636 -1,117,762
Road transport 21,447 36,171 +14,724

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 8,994,302
000 4,833,034
Felixstowe 3,738,996
Dover 3,654,256
Southampton 3,242,437

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 4,721,457 4,272,845 -448,612
000 2,975,398 1,857,636 -1,117,762
Felixstowe 2,535,840 1,203,156 -1,332,684
Dover 1,680,300 1,973,956 +293,656
Southampton 1,735,755 1,506,682 -229,073
London Gateway Port 803,348 1,313,647 +510,299
London Stansted Airport 887,580 471,419 -416,161
Immingham Docks 535,393 749,987 +214,594
Thamesport 747,184 534,187 -212,997
East Midlands Airport 844,507 319,753 -524,754

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
85
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
69
Manufacture of food products
34
Human health activities
20
Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations
16

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 28
2026-04 27
2026-03 28
2026-02 33
2026-01 40

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 93
0-1m 79
54m+ 46
15m-54m 26
Other 13

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 £
United States 11,747,984
Qatar 6,423,495
Ireland 4,227,192
Netherlands 2,516,643
Viet Nam 2,290,464

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 £
United States 3,233,535 8,514,449 +5,280,914
Qatar 3,590,362 2,833,133 -757,229
Ireland 1,785,495 2,441,697 +656,202
Netherlands 524,251 1,992,392 +1,468,141
Viet Nam 1,483,675 806,789 -676,886
United Arab Emirates 1,322,273 576,238 -746,035
India 1,113,856 761,188 -352,668
Germany 641,173 1,054,143 +412,970
Turkey 1,070,994 488,780 -582,214
Thailand 858,863 577,337 -281,526

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 159,955
Ireland 92,552
Netherlands 53,277
Spain 2,450
Norway 2,205

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 120,313 39,642 -80,671
Ireland 50,260 42,292 -7,968
Netherlands 27,581 25,696 -1,885
Spain 1,447 1,003 -444
Norway 1,141 1,064 -77
Bulgaria 0 2,082 +2,082
China 679 763 +84
Indonesia 0 727 +727
United States 0 725 +725
India 0 638 +638

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 29,852,983
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 10,857,149
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,849,200
Other 325,064

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 £
Air transport 13,841,938 16,011,045 +2,169,107
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 4,458,082 6,399,067 +1,940,985
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,631,573 2,217,627 -413,946
Other 204,900 120,164 -84,736

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 20,640,589
Manchester Airport 6,932,894
London Gateway Port 2,937,093
Holyhead 2,853,464
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,493,397

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 9,812,578 10,828,011 +1,015,433
Manchester Airport 2,641,912 4,290,982 +1,649,070
London Gateway Port 1,605,689 1,331,404 -274,285
Holyhead 1,128,800 1,724,664 +595,864
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,172,381 1,321,016 +148,635
East Midlands Airport 993,079 515,831 -477,248
Immingham Docks 88,492 1,417,093 +1,328,601
Felixstowe 641,672 485,003 -156,669
Dover 823,935 179,623 -644,312
Eurotunnel 324,505 670,255 +345,750

Quick facts

HS code: 293690

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

Description: Natural vitamin concentrates and other vitamin-related products not specified elsewhere