Import/export HS code 210610: Protein concentrates and textured proteins

Protein-rich food products, often used as meat substitutes or supplements

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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 39,982,140
China 26,161,356
Ireland 24,760,004
United States 21,045,123
Germany 15,811,662

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 17,825,550 22,156,590 +4,331,040
China 11,214,917 14,946,439 +3,731,522
Ireland 12,434,357 12,325,647 -108,710
United States 13,078,411 7,966,712 -5,111,699
Germany 6,022,891 9,788,771 +3,765,880
France 6,521,118 6,343,459 -177,659
Belgium 5,895,852 6,025,167 +129,315
Spain 4,133,177 3,104,716 -1,028,461
Slovakia 3,064,905 3,795,192 +730,287
Poland 3,415,499 2,176,800 -1,238,699

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 £
China 29,368,943
United States 28,755,114
Netherlands 27,769,004
Germany 22,780,611
Ireland 20,680,413

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 £
China 12,695,196 16,673,747 +3,978,551
United States 17,386,694 11,368,420 -6,018,274
Netherlands 12,640,083 15,128,921 +2,488,838
Germany 10,420,564 12,360,047 +1,939,483
Ireland 10,658,430 10,021,983 -636,447
France 5,264,081 4,515,246 -748,835
Belgium 2,856,655 4,798,485 +1,941,830
Spain 4,102,011 3,366,843 -735,168
Slovakia 3,040,339 4,343,541 +1,303,202
XS 3,646,422 2,923,223 -723,199

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 36
Inner London - West 35
Inner London - East 30
Greater Manchester 29
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 25

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 25 31 +6
Inner London - West 28 25 -3
Inner London - East 19 20 +1
Greater Manchester 20 20 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 19 15 -4
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 16 16 +0
West Midlands 15 17 +2
Outer London - East and North East 15 16 +1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 12 10 -2
Outer London - South 13 10 -3

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) 122,142,883
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 70,890,924
Other 8,897,551
Air transport 8,432,928
Road transport 1,738,185

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) 59,449,361 62,693,522 +3,244,161
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 36,763,476 34,127,448 -2,636,028
Other 3,947,065 4,950,486 +1,003,421
Air transport 4,035,132 4,397,796 +362,664
Road transport 1,079,216 658,969 -420,247
Rail transport 11,232 0 -11,232

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 47,512,525
Felixstowe 27,223,426
Southampton 20,285,974
Immingham Docks 17,592,446
Liverpool Docks 15,248,422

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 23,119,188 24,393,337 +1,274,149
Felixstowe 12,336,879 14,886,547 +2,549,668
Southampton 11,094,022 9,191,952 -1,902,070
Immingham Docks 7,912,415 9,680,031 +1,767,616
Liverpool Docks 9,211,558 6,036,864 -3,174,694
Eurotunnel 6,862,354 7,087,280 +224,926
000 3,947,065 4,950,486 +1,003,421
London Gateway Port 3,321,791 5,296,162 +1,974,371
Holyhead 3,714,091 4,551,060 +836,969
London 3,627,929 3,276,877 -351,052

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 184
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 105
Manufacture of food products 93
Food and beverage service activities 33
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 21

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 105
2025-10 105
2025-09 112
2025-08 111
2025-07 110

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 166
54m+ 117
0-1m 85
15m-54m 52
Other 22

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 £
China 40,318,307
Singapore 35,935,255
Netherlands 32,105,136
Germany 29,253,973
United Arab Emirates 18,620,834

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 £
China 21,407,377 18,910,930 -2,496,447
Singapore 17,186,369 18,748,886 +1,562,517
Netherlands 24,628,481 7,476,655 -17,151,826
Germany 5,676,411 23,577,562 +17,901,151
United Arab Emirates 8,635,953 9,984,881 +1,348,928
Ireland 6,687,324 6,741,562 +54,238
Australia 8,556,032 2,601,736 -5,954,296
United States 3,223,236 5,082,743 +1,859,507
Spain 3,144,121 3,276,500 +132,379
Saudi Arabia 3,245,619 2,806,078 -439,541

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 2,764,644
XU 615,747
Nicaragua 238,081
Malaysia 147,923
Ireland 100,965

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 1,498,425 1,266,219 -232,206
XU 370,007 245,740 -124,267
Nicaragua 238,081 0 -238,081
Malaysia 41,561 106,362 +64,801
Ireland 42,269 58,696 +16,427
United States 3,794 34,225 +30,431
Netherlands 10,446 12,579 +2,133
Sweden 4,138 2,408 -1,730
Viet Nam 0 5,723 +5,723
Thailand 0 3,073 +3,073

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 137,215,864
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 94,478,330
Air transport 16,137,710
Other 3,957,689
Rail transport 159,399

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 75,099,221 62,116,643 -12,982,578
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 42,958,889 51,519,441 +8,560,552
Air transport 8,486,280 7,651,430 -834,850
Other 2,218,337 1,739,352 -478,985
Rail transport 159,399 0 -159,399
Road transport 19,957 994 -18,963

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Gateway Port 47,972,173
Southampton 47,497,425
Felixstowe 29,222,869
Middlesbrough 28,609,405
Dover / Eurotunnel 24,838,677

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 Gateway Port 23,579,613 24,392,560 +812,947
Southampton 26,091,785 21,405,640 -4,686,145
Felixstowe 13,453,548 15,769,321 +2,315,773
Middlesbrough 11,122,332 17,487,073 +6,364,741
Dover / Eurotunnel 14,582,471 10,256,206 -4,326,265
Liverpool Docks 11,117,991 8,569,875 -2,548,116
Immingham Docks 10,626,864 8,145,070 -2,481,794
London Heathrow Airport 4,100,764 2,142,003 -1,958,761
Manchester Airport 1,597,422 3,458,434 +1,861,012
Portsmouth 1,994,501 2,788,542 +794,041

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 210610

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

Description: Protein-rich food products, often used as meat substitutes or supplements