Import/export HS code 35: Natural and modified starches, glues, and enzymes

Includes albumins, modified starches, glues, and enzymes used in various industries

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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 £
Germany 410,794,613
Netherlands 367,462,774
United States 184,859,820
France 165,418,726
Ireland 136,951,908

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 £
Germany 207,850,011 202,944,602 -4,905,409
Netherlands 171,671,009 195,791,765 +24,120,756
United States 88,067,901 96,791,919 +8,724,018
France 79,933,112 85,485,614 +5,552,502
Ireland 53,760,540 83,191,368 +29,430,828
Belgium 50,230,073 63,290,394 +13,060,321
Denmark 46,837,490 52,932,662 +6,095,172
China 44,712,007 45,017,950 +305,943
Poland 51,369,205 33,792,231 -17,576,974
Italy 36,785,387 36,885,084 +99,697

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 344,438,849
United States 258,876,673
Netherlands 244,489,251
France 160,391,115
Denmark 120,465,207

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 168,364,226 176,074,623 +7,710,397
United States 122,456,274 136,420,399 +13,964,125
Netherlands 115,881,657 128,607,594 +12,725,937
France 76,419,093 83,972,022 +7,552,929
Denmark 55,987,640 64,477,567 +8,489,927
Ireland 35,836,277 74,232,833 +38,396,556
China 54,706,437 53,095,803 -1,610,634
Poland 56,792,915 37,421,798 -19,371,117
Italy 41,857,850 42,112,411 +254,561
Belgium 39,772,290 43,290,498 +3,518,208

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 171
Inner London - West 157
Greater Manchester 138
West Yorkshire 103
West Midlands 98

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
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 139 135 -4
Inner London - West 121 105 -16
Greater Manchester 111 105 -6
West Yorkshire 90 73 -17
West Midlands 74 79 +5
Surrey, East and West Sussex 72 69 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 64 78 +14
Outer London - West and North West 63 68 +5
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 59 64 +5
Inner London - East 50 61 +11

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) 1,395,676,584
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 354,236,802
Air transport 238,752,195
Other 58,877,097
Road transport 12,150,064

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) 664,345,908 731,330,676 +66,984,768
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 156,753,598 197,483,204 +40,729,606
Air transport 117,297,565 121,454,630 +4,157,065
Other 32,727,909 26,149,188 -6,578,721
Road transport 4,649,419 7,500,645 +2,851,226
Rail transport 36,485 198,941 +162,456

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 415,223,284
Dover 399,777,521
Felixstowe 149,358,842
Eurotunnel 124,815,812
Harwich 108,884,061

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 179,141,342 236,081,942 +56,940,600
Dover 190,633,804 209,143,717 +18,509,913
Felixstowe 72,521,358 76,837,484 +4,316,126
Eurotunnel 54,255,383 70,560,429 +16,305,046
Harwich 55,721,498 53,162,563 -2,558,935
London Heathrow Airport 52,615,102 54,716,662 +2,101,560
Killingholme 70,444,465 18,459,223 -51,985,242
Liverpool Docks 27,620,444 34,580,027 +6,959,583
Southampton 26,282,384 35,388,789 +9,106,405
000 32,712,552 25,940,954 -6,771,598

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 724
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 280
Manufacture of food products 244
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 167
Other manufacturing 144

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 654
2026-03 694
2026-02 610
2026-01 592
2025-12 580

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 862
54m+ 792
15m-54m 279
0-1m 274
Other 158

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 191,199,278
Denmark 127,355,833
Netherlands 113,867,783
Germany 112,773,613
China 81,498,128

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 87,001,805 104,197,473 +17,195,668
Denmark 26,856,274 100,499,559 +73,643,285
Netherlands 58,204,701 55,663,082 -2,541,619
Germany 64,424,603 48,349,010 -16,075,593
China 33,931,378 47,566,750 +13,635,372
Ireland 36,633,016 26,166,279 -10,466,737
France 25,956,928 25,403,345 -553,583
Poland 28,657,934 18,464,243 -10,193,691
Turkey 24,833,103 20,285,956 -4,547,147
India 19,392,836 24,160,412 +4,767,576

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 3,622,622
Netherlands 3,328,106
Finland 796,318
United States 429,044
Ireland 356,222

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 2,093,711 1,528,911 -564,800
Netherlands 1,017,228 2,310,878 +1,293,650
Finland 344,041 452,277 +108,236
United States 281,161 147,883 -133,278
Ireland 144,988 211,234 +66,246
China 24,022 39,904 +15,882
Belgium 30,153 32,807 +2,654
Nicaragua 2,941 57,067 +54,126
Germany 13,488 21,073 +7,585
Italy 16,412 15,251 -1,161

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) 607,216,161
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 394,589,476
Air transport 255,781,101
Other 11,496,953
Road transport 107,822

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) 292,047,882 315,168,279 +23,120,397
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 189,726,057 204,863,419 +15,137,362
Air transport 126,439,396 129,341,705 +2,902,309
Other 5,312,571 6,184,382 +871,811
Road transport 106,918 904 -106,014
Rail transport 67,232 0 -67,232

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 407,794,568
London Heathrow Airport 134,494,372
London Gateway Port 132,415,183
Immingham Docks 131,457,095
Southampton 119,353,536

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 189,470,558 218,324,010 +28,853,452
London Heathrow Airport 67,023,328 67,471,044 +447,716
London Gateway Port 57,852,877 74,562,306 +16,709,429
Immingham Docks 62,702,376 68,754,719 +6,052,343
Southampton 46,712,297 72,641,239 +25,928,942
Liverpool Docks 46,305,996 22,622,158 -23,683,838
East Midlands Airport 25,857,781 20,057,158 -5,800,623
Felixstowe 28,325,320 16,857,832 -11,467,488
London Stansted Airport 13,550,367 17,545,061 +3,994,694
Holyhead 14,738,049 11,392,362 -3,345,687

Related HS codes

What this shows: Sibling or child HS codes in the same classification branch.

Quick facts

HS code: 35

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

Description: Includes albumins, modified starches, glues, and enzymes used in various industries