Import/export HS code 21039090: Various sauces and condiments

Other unspecified sauces, condiments, and seasonings

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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 275,482,087
Italy 205,181,094
Belgium 185,350,795
Poland 108,389,393
Germany 98,949,490

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 143,777,222 131,704,865 -12,072,357
Italy 105,095,037 100,086,057 -5,008,980
Belgium 95,191,202 90,159,593 -5,031,609
Poland 59,122,853 49,266,540 -9,856,313
Germany 49,530,166 49,419,324 -110,842
Spain 43,310,733 41,355,038 -1,955,695
Thailand 44,882,552 39,111,882 -5,770,670
Ireland 39,504,687 39,405,389 -99,298
France 37,466,415 30,270,427 -7,195,988
United States 18,545,311 21,418,759 +2,873,448

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 £
Italy 251,821,600
Netherlands 244,276,218
Poland 115,848,012
Germany 109,137,455
Belgium 98,070,767

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 £
Italy 128,593,277 123,228,323 -5,364,954
Netherlands 129,892,492 114,383,726 -15,508,766
Poland 61,918,547 53,929,465 -7,989,082
Germany 56,691,748 52,445,707 -4,246,041
Belgium 49,819,275 48,251,492 -1,567,783
France 47,266,852 46,613,025 -653,827
Spain 45,576,390 42,810,192 -2,766,198
Thailand 46,206,557 40,908,542 -5,298,015
China 22,926,032 22,272,340 -653,692
United States 21,341,968 23,112,792 +1,770,824

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - East 156
Outer London - West and North West 141
Outer London - East and North East 128
Inner London - West 122
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 74

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 - East 123 116 -7
Outer London - West and North West 113 114 +1
Outer London - East and North East 107 101 -6
Inner London - West 96 83 -13
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 64 62 -2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 54 50 -4
West Midlands 52 44 -8
Outer London - South 48 46 -2
Greater Manchester 42 32 -10
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 32 37 +5

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) 789,354,099
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 723,021,753
Other 59,918,637
Road transport 11,793,865
Air transport 7,269,535

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) 398,558,880 390,795,219 -7,763,661
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 375,279,780 347,741,973 -27,537,807
Other 34,151,709 25,766,928 -8,384,781
Road transport 5,158,586 6,635,279 +1,476,693
Air transport 4,030,886 3,238,649 -792,237
Rail transport 1,330 0 -1,330

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 197,783,379
Hull 182,139,529
London 181,193,125
Felixstowe 168,228,847
Dover 155,592,241

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 102,093,449 95,689,930 -6,403,519
Hull 103,853,421 78,286,108 -25,567,313
London 90,657,638 90,535,487 -122,151
Felixstowe 91,847,348 76,381,499 -15,465,849
Dover 80,477,265 75,114,976 -5,362,289
London Gateway Port 66,621,487 68,478,327 +1,856,840
Southampton 53,300,579 66,073,246 +12,772,667
Liverpool Docks 47,334,703 47,796,625 +461,922
Eurotunnel 39,990,489 46,422,887 +6,432,398
000 34,151,709 25,766,928 -8,384,781

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 765
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 338
Food and beverage service activities 192
Manufacture of food products 170
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 46

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 390
2025-11 463
2025-10 454
2025-09 439
2025-08 418

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 562
0-1m 431
54m+ 187
15m-54m 122
Other 80

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 210,299,853
France 76,095,953
Netherlands 60,030,513
Spain 50,540,604
Belgium 36,967,612

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 104,350,748 105,949,105 +1,598,357
France 39,825,399 36,270,554 -3,554,845
Netherlands 32,351,305 27,679,208 -4,672,097
Spain 25,759,080 24,781,524 -977,556
Belgium 17,966,348 19,001,264 +1,034,916
Poland 14,542,871 13,767,870 -775,001
Australia 13,231,579 14,923,163 +1,691,584
United States 11,758,297 10,573,666 -1,184,631
Sweden 10,134,699 11,234,116 +1,099,417
Canada 10,565,986 9,693,551 -872,435

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 19,414,146
Netherlands 3,773,513
Ireland 2,774,631
Italy 629,456
Spain 340,586

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 10,304,369 9,109,777 -1,194,592
Netherlands 2,146,299 1,627,214 -519,085
Ireland 1,467,887 1,306,744 -161,143
Italy 352,419 277,037 -75,382
Spain 196,178 144,408 -51,770
United States 92,595 172,180 +79,585
Germany 114,043 84,872 -29,171
France 117,061 74,971 -42,090
Sri Lanka 76,889 56,551 -20,338
China 71,906 53,172 -18,734

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) 508,361,583
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 207,970,360
Other 38,340,720
Air transport 3,760,993
Road transport 27,481

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) 258,825,522 249,536,061 -9,289,461
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 109,889,218 98,081,142 -11,808,076
Other 20,224,358 18,116,362 -2,107,996
Air transport 1,715,076 2,045,917 +330,841
Road transport 27,481 0 -27,481

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 214,575,306
Liverpool Docks 133,179,752
Holyhead 63,075,940
Immingham Docks 63,014,200
London Gateway Port 56,546,566

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 113,969,208 100,606,098 -13,363,110
Liverpool Docks 69,143,992 64,035,760 -5,108,232
Holyhead 31,385,777 31,690,163 +304,386
Immingham Docks 31,272,468 31,741,732 +469,264
London Gateway Port 23,936,809 32,609,757 +8,672,948
000 20,224,358 18,116,362 -2,107,996
Felixstowe 21,201,047 11,821,070 -9,379,977
Southampton 10,222,710 15,505,980 +5,283,270
London 13,693,737 11,978,856 -1,714,881
Hull 15,279,522 8,052,273 -7,227,249

Quick facts

HS code: 21039090

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

Description: Other unspecified sauces, condiments, and seasonings