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 134,938,614
Belgium 68,114,503
Italy 58,205,382
Netherlands 54,528,995
Slovenia 52,817,419

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 60,961,816 73,976,798 +13,014,982
Belgium 27,631,916 40,482,587 +12,850,671
Italy 31,032,170 27,173,212 -3,858,958
Netherlands 33,701,736 20,827,259 -12,874,477
Slovenia 25,186,983 27,630,436 +2,443,453
Spain 21,931,157 27,295,331 +5,364,174
Hungary 15,837,304 13,226,243 -2,611,061
Poland 12,431,057 9,977,107 -2,453,950
XS 5,053,161 8,662,588 +3,609,427
Portugal 6,389,377 6,623,730 +234,353

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 105,211,366
Belgium 79,330,768
Italy 61,765,324
Slovenia 59,479,948
Spain 50,384,536

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 48,008,031 57,203,335 +9,195,304
Belgium 32,559,231 46,771,537 +14,212,306
Italy 32,105,345 29,659,979 -2,445,366
Slovenia 28,948,376 30,531,572 +1,583,196
Spain 22,466,270 27,918,266 +5,451,996
Netherlands 29,595,623 19,449,224 -10,146,399
Hungary 15,853,630 13,072,103 -2,781,527
Poland 12,803,530 10,185,855 -2,617,675
XS 5,053,161 8,662,588 +3,609,427
Portugal 6,298,839 6,520,934 +222,095

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 15
Outer London - West and North West 14
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 13
Outer London - East and North East 11
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
Inner London - West 13 9 -4
Outer London - West and North West 10 12 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 9 10 +1
Outer London - East and North East 11 9 -2
Inner London - East 9 8 -1
Greater Manchester 6 9 +3
Outer London - South 7 8 +1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 3 7 +4
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 5 2 -3
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) 460,732,417
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 78,470,587
Other 13,214,543
Road transport 1,359,613
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) 230,245,842 230,486,575 +240,733
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 31,699,621 46,770,966 +15,071,345
Other 5,560,306 7,654,237 +2,093,931
Road transport 221,462 1,138,151 +916,689
Air transport 46,433 92,623 +46,190

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 154,708,029
Dover / Eurotunnel 146,894,145
Eurotunnel 72,312,100
London 53,720,951
Immingham Docks 28,332,799

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 89,186,314 65,521,715 -23,664,599
Dover / Eurotunnel 54,200,630 92,693,515 +38,492,885
Eurotunnel 38,829,813 33,482,287 -5,347,526
London 29,564,342 24,156,609 -5,407,733
Immingham Docks 12,042,105 16,290,694 +4,248,589
Felixstowe 14,969,925 7,392,346 -7,577,579
000 5,560,306 7,654,237 +2,093,931
Hull 6,522,092 4,728,493 -1,793,599
Thamesport 83,772 10,736,845 +10,653,073
ZLC 3,760,019 6,701,107 +2,941,088

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 21
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
2025-11 45
2025-10 48
2025-09 42
2025-08 51
2025-07 61

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 18
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 63,505,938
Germany 20,421,609
France 12,666,720
Netherlands 9,887,536
Australia 8,612,021

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 29,118,172 34,387,766 +5,269,594
Germany 12,197,234 8,224,375 -3,972,859
France 6,839,590 5,827,130 -1,012,460
Netherlands 6,260,446 3,627,090 -2,633,356
Australia 4,021,599 4,590,422 +568,823
Italy 2,536,114 2,784,960 +248,846
Spain 1,445,733 2,717,642 +1,271,909
Saudi Arabia 2,156,696 1,837,875 -318,821
United Arab Emirates 2,119,448 1,486,858 -632,590
Mexico 1,650,697 1,116,187 -534,510

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 1,582,053
XU 1,201,727
Belgium 368,226
Poland 193,146
Netherlands 116,950

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 843,260 738,793 -104,467
XU 611,820 589,907 -21,913
Belgium 171,101 197,125 +26,024
Poland 80,167 112,979 +32,812
Netherlands 51,336 65,614 +14,278
Ireland 2,345 104,291 +101,946
Denmark 61,297 28,069 -33,228
Spain 38,901 43,148 +4,247
Italy 43,129 38,386 -4,743
Slovenia 27,125 36,909 +9,784

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) 128,838,630
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 32,326,446
Other 4,000,610
Air transport 126,949

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) 65,096,721 63,741,909 -1,354,812
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 16,290,032 16,036,414 -253,618
Other 2,000,657 1,999,953 -704
Air transport 75,305 51,644 -23,661

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 56,130,119
Liverpool Docks 25,090,617
London Gateway Port 21,912,880
Milford 19,188,423
Holyhead 15,399,104

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 31,087,226 25,042,893 -6,044,333
Liverpool Docks 20,466,145 4,624,472 -15,841,673
London Gateway Port 11,190,019 10,722,861 -467,158
Milford 2,149,355 17,039,068 +14,889,713
Holyhead 4,696,856 10,702,248 +6,005,392
Dover 5,264,871 5,288,182 +23,311
Southampton 2,405,215 3,045,845 +640,630
000 2,000,657 1,999,953 -704
Felixstowe 2,110,070 1,841,414 -268,656
Immingham Docks 937,260 314,947 -622,313

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