Import/export HS code 21050010: Low-fat ice cream

Ice cream with little or no milkfat, perfect for those looking for lighter dessert options

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 £
Germany 136,806,700
Belgium 68,758,126
Italy 58,420,534
Netherlands 53,679,826
Slovenia 52,551,436

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 60,364,753 76,441,947 +16,077,194
Belgium 27,864,122 40,894,004 +13,029,882
Italy 31,033,110 27,387,424 -3,645,686
Netherlands 32,434,699 21,245,127 -11,189,572
Slovenia 25,953,580 26,597,856 +644,276
Spain 21,844,148 28,570,741 +6,726,593
Hungary 14,528,069 13,248,551 -1,279,518
Poland 12,236,964 10,382,319 -1,854,645
Portugal 6,678,154 6,509,099 -169,055
Greece 5,127,777 5,057,682 -70,095

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 106,773,522
Belgium 80,102,076
Italy 61,934,374
Slovenia 59,201,229
Spain 51,504,877

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 47,337,619 59,435,903 +12,098,284
Belgium 32,630,913 47,471,163 +14,840,250
Italy 32,013,880 29,920,494 -2,093,386
Slovenia 29,731,767 29,469,462 -262,305
Spain 22,379,822 29,125,055 +6,745,233
Netherlands 28,671,491 19,921,757 -8,749,734
Hungary 14,594,599 13,145,670 -1,448,929
Poland 12,603,714 10,594,129 -2,009,585
Portugal 6,587,616 6,384,108 -203,508
France 5,135,180 5,497,831 +362,651

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Outer London - West and North West 14
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 13
Inner London - West 13
Outer London - East and North East 12
Inner London - East 10

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
Outer London - West and North West 11 11 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 9 10 +1
Inner London - West 12 9 -3
Outer London - East and North East 11 11 +0
Inner London - East 9 8 -1
Greater Manchester 6 9 +3
Outer London - South 8 8 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 3 7 +4
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 6 2 -4
West Yorkshire 3 4 +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) 461,662,701
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 80,222,163
Other 13,123,685
Road transport 1,407,615
Air transport 139,056

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) 227,786,379 233,876,322 +6,089,943
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 31,820,853 48,401,310 +16,580,457
Other 5,601,327 7,522,358 +1,921,031
Road transport 240,841 1,166,774 +925,933
Air transport 58,236 80,820 +22,584

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 152,326,334
Dover / Eurotunnel 149,813,147
Eurotunnel 72,752,184
London 54,218,942
Immingham Docks 29,044,319

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 86,764,015 65,562,319 -21,201,696
Dover / Eurotunnel 55,158,321 94,654,826 +39,496,505
Eurotunnel 39,074,152 33,678,032 -5,396,120
London 29,638,666 24,580,276 -5,058,390
Immingham Docks 12,213,282 16,831,037 +4,617,755
Felixstowe 14,023,762 7,688,594 -6,335,168
000 5,601,327 7,522,358 +1,921,031
Thamesport 132,851 11,270,363 +11,137,512
ZLC 4,091,753 6,761,081 +2,669,328
Hull 6,167,395 4,669,587 -1,497,808

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 71
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 27
Manufacture of food products 24
Food and beverage service activities 22
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 6

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 41
2025-11 45
2025-10 48
2025-09 42
2025-08 51

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 51
54m+ 38
0-1m 26
15m-54m 19
Other 8

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 63,930,005
Germany 20,739,042
France 12,680,558
Netherlands 9,973,325
Australia 8,481,023

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 29,316,818 34,613,187 +5,296,369
Germany 12,162,061 8,576,981 -3,585,080
France 7,055,274 5,625,284 -1,429,990
Netherlands 6,637,152 3,336,173 -3,300,979
Australia 4,313,609 4,167,414 -146,195
Italy 2,410,597 2,939,570 +528,973
Spain 1,366,656 2,823,322 +1,456,666
Saudi Arabia 2,668,958 1,292,756 -1,376,202
United Arab Emirates 2,172,409 1,524,665 -647,744
Mexico 1,650,697 1,233,223 -417,474

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 1,536,075
Belgium 370,067
Poland 192,421
Netherlands 116,957
Ireland 105,878

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 804,151 731,924 -72,227
Belgium 184,144 185,923 +1,779
Poland 81,854 110,567 +28,713
Netherlands 55,339 61,618 +6,279
Ireland 1,469 104,409 +102,940
Spain 45,244 38,282 -6,962
Italy 42,967 36,916 -6,051
Denmark 41,349 28,648 -12,701
Slovenia 27,541 34,188 +6,647
Portugal 33,322 6,615 -26,707

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) 130,135,438
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 32,000,952
Other 3,888,916
Air transport 122,242

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) 66,051,389 64,084,049 -1,967,340
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 17,207,677 14,793,275 -2,414,402
Other 1,946,896 1,942,020 -4,876
Air transport 89,785 32,457 -57,328

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 56,497,976
Liverpool Docks 24,057,534
London Gateway Port 21,848,728
Milford 19,796,401
Holyhead 16,349,986

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 31,533,228 24,964,748 -6,568,480
Liverpool Docks 19,859,149 4,198,385 -15,660,764
London Gateway Port 12,358,781 9,489,947 -2,868,834
Milford 2,860,874 16,935,527 +14,074,653
Holyhead 4,786,104 11,563,882 +6,777,778
Dover 5,428,781 5,529,630 +100,849
Southampton 2,618,111 3,059,886 +441,775
000 1,946,896 1,942,020 -4,876
Felixstowe 1,697,073 1,848,438 +151,365
Immingham Docks 850,689 296,814 -553,875

Quick facts

HS code: 21050010

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

Description: Ice cream with little or no milkfat, perfect for those looking for lighter dessert options